HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1968.10.07 - 18983October 7, 1968
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION NO.
By Drain Committee - Mr. Potter
Reference: Nichilan Clean Water Bond Issue
To: Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the control of water pollution for the protection of
M the health of the Citizens and economy of the community is of vital concern
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to this Board, and
WHEREAS, to provide pollution control facilities, this Board
has over the past several years, sold millions of dollars in bonds to finance
some of these needed improvements, and
WHEREAS, the cost for additional needed facilities continues
to increase at a very rapid rate, and
WHEREAS, the cost for these facilities has been paid for
largely by local funds, and
WHEREAS, there are still some needs for pollution control
facilities in the county that we are unable to meet, that are estimated to
cost an additional several millions of dollars, and
WHEREAS, the State of Michigan has receenized the need to
provide financial assistance to the communities for pollution control by the
adoption of Act 78, Michigan Public Acts of 1968, setting forth a. bonding
program to he voted on November 5, 1958,
NOW THEREFOR BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of Supervisors
of Oakland County supports and strongly recommends an affirmative vote in
L November on the Clean water bond issues, and
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FURTUP, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the
Governor of the State of Michigan, all Senators and Representatives from
Oakland County, the Director of the Michigan Department of Conservation,
the Chairman of the Conservation Commission and the Water resources
Commission,
Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Drain Committee I move the
adoption of the foregoino resolution,
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