HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1959.12.14 - 19198Miscellaneous Resolution No.
By: Mr
In Re: County Water and Sewer System
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the purpose for creation of the Department of Public Works
under Act No. 185 of the Public Acts of 1957 was to provide facilities and render
services throughout the county when one or more units of government were unable
to provide such facilities and render such services or when one or more units of
government desired to have facilities provided and services rendered by such
department for the benefit of its citizens, and
WHEREAS, the Township Board of the Township of Avon feels it is in the
best interest of the citizens to have certain water and sewer systems operated by
the Oakland County Department of Public Works, and
WHEREAS, Section 9, Chapter I of Act No. 185 of the Public Acts of 1957
requires that the consent of the municipality must be obtained prior to the furnish-
ing of such service to individual users within the municipality, and
WHEREAS the Township Board of the Township of Avon, by official
P;c en resolution of said Township Board, passed on - T r 9, 1959 has
given its consent to the County of Oakland, by and through its Department of Public
Works, to operate a water and sewer system, and to service individual users within
what is known as Avon Township No, 2 Water Supply and Sewage Disposal area,
commonly referred to as M.S. U. -Oakland Faculty Housing project within said town-
ship, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works has made a comprehensive study
and report on the proposed described system, and
WHEREAS, said report has been duly considered by the Board of Public
Works and it is recommended to this Board of Supervisors that said system be estab-
lished as a County system under the Department of Public Works • and
WHEREAS, the service can be rendered to the area involved with no
financial obligation to the county since all costs connected with the operation
and maintenance will be borne by the individual users of said system,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of
Oakland County, upon recommendation of its Board of Public Works does hereby
establish a county water and sewer system to be known as the Oakland County
Water and Sewer System, within the Township of Avon, under the Board of Public
Works as provided for in Act. No. 185 of the Public Acts of 1957, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Public Works is hereby
authorized to take any and all necessary steps to acquire, operate and maintain
said system or systems, pursuant to the provisions of said Act No. 185, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all costs in connection with the operation
and maintenance of said system shall be borne by revenues from same.
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of this resolution.
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Seconded by Mr. Vo11
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