HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1991.11.21 - 18572REPORT September 26, 1991
BY: Planning and Building Committee, Larry P. Crake, Chairperson
IN RE: MR 91171 PURCHASING-REVISION OF STYROFOAM BAN POLICY
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
Mr. Chairperson / Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Planning and Building Committee, having reviewed the
above-referenced resolution on September 17, 1991, reports with
the recommendation that the resolution be adopted with the
following amendmenL.1:
Add the following to the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
paragraph:
; that do not contain chlorofluoro carbons (CFC's).
Add the following additional paragraph:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the DPW Facilities Maintenance
Division institute a comprehensive internal recycling
proram for recyclable styrofoam products.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building
Committee, I submit the foregoing report.
D BUILDING COMMITTEE
November 21, 1991
REPORT
BY:
IN RE:
FINANCE COMMITTEE - DR. G. WILLIAM CADDELL, CHAIRPERSON
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #91171, PURCHASING--REVISION
OF STYROFOAM BAN POLICY
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Finance Committee, having reviewed the above-referenced
resolution, reports with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I
submit the foregoing Report.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
DONNA R. HUNTOON
COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #4
August 8, 1991
MISC. RESOLUTION 91171
BY: DONNA R. HUNTOON, COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #4
RE: PURCHASING: REVISION OF STYROFOAM BAN POLICY
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, by adoption of Miscellaneous Resolution #89236,
entitled Prohibition of the Use of Styrofoam Products by County
Departments, adopted on September 14, 1989, the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners instituted an environment protection policy
which, in part, prohibited the purchase of "styrofoam, non-
biodegradable, non-recyclable and kindred products wherever an
environmentally safer substitute can be obtained.", and
WHEREAS, it is crucial that the County maintain vigilance
as recycling markets and environmental technology evolve, and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of Misc. Res. #89236, the
technology for the recycling of styrofoam products has advanced
making it practical to both purchase the less-expensive styrofoam
products and to recycle them.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners does hereby lift its sanction against the
prohibition of the purchase of recyclable styrofoam products.
Mr. Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
Resolution # 91171 November 21, 1991
Moved by Crake supported by Moffitt the reports be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the reports were accepted.
Moved by Crake supported by Johnson the resolution be adopted. •
Moved by Crake supported by Johnson the resolution be amended as recommended
in the Planning and Building Committee Report. (Add the following to the NOW THEREFORE BE
IT RESOLVED paragraph:
; that do not contain chlorofluoro carbons (CFC's.)
Add the following additional paragraph: .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the DPW Facilities Maintenance Division institute a .
comprehensive internal recycling program for recyclable styrofoam products.
,
A sufficient majority having voted theretor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Moffitt, Palmer, Pappageorge, Schmid, Skarritt, Wolf, Caddell, Crake, Gosling, 1
Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson, McConnell, McCulloch, Millard. (15)
NAYS: Oaks, Pernick, Serra, Aaron, Bishop, Ferrens, Krause, McPherson. (8)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners on November 21, 1991
with the on record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County
of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 21st day of—) November 1991 /.._ •
Lynn D. AlTeT,—Tounty Cler