HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1990.11.08 - 18299Nov. 8, 1990 Misc. Resolution No. 90274-
By: Dennis M. Aaron, County Commissioner, Dist. 19
IN RE: FUNDING FOR RESPITE CARE AND OTHER SERVICES
To: The Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, it is the prime responsibility of the State
of Michigan to fund necessary services under the direction of
the Community Mental Health Board including the funding
required to provide respite care and housing for the develop-
mentally handicapped, and
WHEREAS, funding for many necessary services in
these areas has been inadaquate, and
WHEREAS, the County of Oakland has the ability
and means to suppliment the programs of the Community
Mental Health Board beyond the present County match of
funds for presently funded programs.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
Commissioners allocate in the 1991 budgetthe sum of five
hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) to the Community
Mental Health Board for funding of respite care and developmentally
handicapped housing needs in 1991 and that the specific use
of these funds by the Mental Health Board be subject to approval
of the Board of Commissioners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 1991 budget be amended
by reducing the "line item" allocation for the funding of the
1991 costs of employees' retirement needs in amount five
hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00).
Mr. Chairman, I move adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
Dennis M. Aaron
County Commissioner, Dist. 19
#90274
November 8, 1990
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee.
There were no objections.