HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1991.05.09 - 18569MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION No. #91104 Date: May 9, 1991
By: Commissioner Serra - Dist. 18
Commissioner McPherson - Dist.
In Re: Custodial Prisoner Maintenance Costs.
To: THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS communities in the Southern part of the County now pay a fee in the
amount of $25.00 per prisoner per day for the sheriff to incarcerate local offenders and;
WHEREAS communities now request warrants from the County Prosecutor in order
to avoid local misdemeanor prosecutions since persons convicted of a misdemeanor through
local prosecution are housed at the expense of the convicting local community (whereas
others, convicted through the County Prosecutor's , action,: are incarcerated at County
expense) and;
WHEREAS the County would help many financially strapped local governments by
eliminating the cost of incarcerating local offenders and;
WHEREAS other Counties do not assess any fee against local communities for the .
incarcertaion of local prisoners and; -
WHEREAS a Constitutional responsibility of the County Sheriff is Maintaining the
County jail and;
WHEREAS the County would realize a 'savings in the time used by Prosecutor's
personnel as well as the cost of unnecessary County-level trials,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board Of
Commissioners hereby waives and nullified Custodial Prisoner Maintenance Costs and
declares that it is the policy of the County of Oakland to incarcerate misdemeanor offenders
from local communities, when incarceration is ordered by a Court or required by law, at no
cost to the local community which arrested or prosecuted such individuals.
#91104
May 9, 1991
The Vice Chairperson referred the resolution to the Public Services
Committee, the General Government Committee and the Finance Committee.
There were no objections.