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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1965.02.23 - 19572Miscellaneous Resolution 441 0 February 23, 1965 BY: Mr. Ingraham IN RE: REPORT ON REFERRAL RESOLUTIONS PERTAINING TO LEGISLATIVE ITEMS TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: Your Legislative Committee presented the County's 1965 Legislative Program to this Board of Supervisors on December 15, 1965, at which time it was considered and approved. Since that time, several other matters of legislative interest have been received, and your Committee wishes to report its actions and recommendations relative to these items. The Legislative Committee has recommended concurrence in the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oakland County Township Supervisors Association does oppose the State Tax Commission's method of spreading the assessment roll wherein it is necessary that the equalized valuation, as well cis the assessed valuation, be set forth. - The Hillsdale County resolution pertaining to boat numbering as provided by Act 240 of the Public Acts of 1962, as amended, recommends that the law be amended to provide that $2.00 out of the $3.00 numbering fee be returned to the County in which the applicant resides; provided that no County which elects not to participate in a marine enforcement program shall be eligible to receive any division of this fee. Your Committee recommends loining the resolution. A resolution from Washtenaw County endorsing Oakland County's proposal that a study should be made of the problems of cost involved in criminal appeal cases was received and approved. It should be noted that this item has been presented to the S.I.C.C. and will be included in their 1965 legislative program. Your Legislative Committee considered the referral by this Board of the matter of legislation providing for four (4) year terms for elected township officials and it was learned that a House Bill 2106 has already been introduced in the Legislature providing for such terms. #4410 Your Committee took action to concur in permissive legislation providing four (4) year terms for elected township officials. A resolution from the Calhoun County Board of Supervisors concerning the general property tax and favoring a revised tax program for the State of Michigan was referred to the Ways and Means Committee for consideration and recommendation. At the meeting of the Legislative Committee on February 11, 1965, limited study and consideration was given to the Wayne County, so-called, Home Rule Bill which was approved by them on January 28, 1965, in a form different from that earlier proposed and in which the Legislative Committee concurred with the recommendation of the County Special Home Rule Study Committee to the Board of Supervisors for approval. Copies of the new bill were forwarded earlier to all members of the Board. Specifically, the Committee wishes to report to the Board of Supervisors disapproval of the sections of the new bill which make it mandatory that charter commissioners and the election of a board of supervisors be on a partisan basis and also that the county offices of Sheriff, Prosecutor, Treasurer, Clerk, Register of Deeds and Drain Commissioner be filled by election. The reasoning behind their disapproval of these items is that it was felt by the Committee that each county should be permitted to determine whether or not its needs were best met by partisan or non-partisan selection and, while the Committee feels that the Clerk, Treasurer, Prosecutor and Sheriff must be elected under the terms of the Constitution of 1963, it does not feel that the possibility of consolidation, elimination or appointment of the other offices should be forbidden by the enabling legislation but should be left up to the charter commission. The Committee was, however, in approval of the new proposal, as against the one which was approved by the Board of Supervisors, which permits the county to extend services into a municipality only upon the invitation of, or by agreement with, the legislative body of the municipality rather than the provision which was in the original proposed bill which permitted the county to invade the municipality with services subiect only to a veto. #4410 It is hoped that in making further studies of this question, weight will be given to these statements of position of the Legislative Committee as it is the opinion of the Committee that if Wayne County is to propose and support its latest version of the so- called Wayne County bill, it would be of little value for Oakland County to support the abandoned bill. MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Legislative Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing report and the recommendations contained therein. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE Carl F".- -Ingraham, Chairman Vernon B. Edward Cyril E. Miler William A. EWarti Alexander C. Perinoff William L. Mainland, John'S. Slovens Moved by Ingraham supported by Edward the report be adopted. Mr. Ingraham stated that Mr. Perinoff voted against the 4-year term for township officials. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was adopted.