HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1991.02.28 - 18492Miscellaneous Resolution #91046 February 28, 1991
BY: David L. Moffitt, Commissioner, District 15
IN RE: POLICY RESPONSE EFFECTIVENESS-AMENDMENT TO BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS' RULE XI (D): PROCEDURES TO BRING
MATTERS TO THE BOARD
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is
the policy making body of County Government and is organized as a
representative, deliberative legislative body; and
WHEREAS in these increasingly complex, rapidly changing
times the pace of events and the corresponding need for rapid
consideration and policy response by such a deliberative body calls
for constant review of the operating procedures to invoke timely
policy response; and
WHEREAS the current Rules of the Board do not specify a
date or deadline for referral of new resolutions introduced to the
Board, affording latent delay in the Board's ability to respond to
policy needs and situations that may, in the opinion of some, if not
always all members of the Board, require expedited response; and
WHEREAS, Board Rule XI (D) provides in pertinent part
as follows:
"D. Any resolution referred to committee(s) shall be placed
upon said committee's agenda for consideration. "; and
WHEREAS, it is proposed that the rule be amended to
include the underscored language:
Any resolution referred to committee(s) shall be placed upon
said committee's agenda for consideration not later than the 2nd
meeting of such committee following its referral; provided,
however, that the committee may, at the discretion of the
committee chairperson or by majority vote of the committee,
place such resolution on the committee's agenda for the first
meeting of such committee following its referral; and
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DaviAi —1 - . Moffitt
Commissioner, District No. 15
WHEREAS, a recent examplo---is the referral of MR 91025,
for proposed suspension of pu>l<ation "The Solid Waste Management
News, which will not be h rd by any committee until at least March
5, 1991, although roduced on February 14, 1991, potentially
resulting in ins icient time to complete the resolution's deliberation
before the perwsletter's next publication; and
WHEREAS, the Board should not routinely countenance
almost a one month delay in referral of new items for its
consideration, nor should the public.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
Commissioners hereby amends the Rules of the Board as stated in the
aforesaid underscored language.
Mr. Chairperson, I move adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
#91046
February 28, 1991
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government
Committee. There were no objections.