HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1960.01.18 - 192353618 Miscellaneous Resolution No
By: Mr. Horton
In Re: County Water and Sewerage System
Recommended by Board of Public Works
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 Farmington Township feels it is in the best
interest of the citizens to have certain water systems operated by the Oakland
County Department of Public Works, and
WHEREAS, Section 9, Chapter 1 of Act No. 185 of the Public Acts of 1957
requires that the consent of the municipality must be obtained prior to the furnishing
of such service to individual users within the municipality, and
WHEREAS, the Township Board of Farmington Township, by official resolution
of said Board passed on June 9, 1959 has given its consent to the County of Oakland,
by and through its Department of Public Works, to operate a water and sewerage
system, and to serve individual users within Kimberly Subdivision of said Township,
and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works has made a comprehensive study
and report on the 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 established
as County system under the Department of Public Works, and
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WHEREAS, the service can be rendered to the areas involved with no
financial obligations 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
the water and sewerage system constructed now or in the future in Kimberly
Subdivision as a county system to be known as the Oakland County Water and
Sewerage System, within the Township of Farmington, under the Board of Public
Works as provided for in Act No. 185 of the Public Acts of 1957, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Board of Public Works is hereby authorized
to take any and all necessary steps to acquire, operate and maintain said system
pursuant to the provisions of said Act. No 185.
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.
Seconded by Mr.