HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1965.12.21 - 19662Miscellaneous Resolution 4508 December 21, 1965
BY: Mr. Fouts
IN RE: RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION FOR EDWIN C. SAGE, JR.
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Edwin C. Sage, Jr. has submitted his resignation after 36 years of service with
Oakland County.
Mr. Sage was born June 1, 1901, in Pontiac, where he received most of his
schooling, and has been a resident of Oakland County all of his life.
Ted took up the profession of land surveying and received his certificate as a
Registered Land Surveyor February 14, 1926.
On June 11, 1927, he married Margaret L. Webster and a son was born to this
couple March 7, 1943. Mrs. Sage departed this life July 7, 1965.
Ted started working for the Oakland County Drain Commission in November 1925
and continued with the Drain Commission until June 1930 when he left to go with the
City of Pontiac.
He worked with the City of Pontiac from 1930 until 1934 doing surveying and
drawing up assessors' plats.
In May 1934 he returned to Oakland County to work for the Treasurer's Office
under County Treasurer Charles Sparks. He started the Tax Description Division of the
Treasurer's Office and was responsible for setting up the addressograph system for property
descriptions, assessment and tax rolls.
Through his efforts in supplying more reliable property descriptions, the rejection
of taxes, because of faulty descriptions, was reduced from over $100,000 per year down
to the present situation involving a rejection of around $1,000 a year.
In 1940 he became Chief Deputy Treasurer.
In 1951 Mr. Sage was asked to take over the new Equalization Department under
the direction of the Equalization Committee. However, due to a breakdown in his health,
he was unable to handle the job as director. After his recovery he accepted the position
of Statistical Engineer.
It was through his direction that the present system was put in use by the Equalization
Department for sampling property assessments and determining scientifically the proper
equalization for each of the units within the County. This system has received considerable
praise from time to time by the Michigan State Tax Commission and is still considered the
standard for equalization throughout the State of Michigan.
In 1960 Mr. Sage was made Assistant Equalization Director and upon the retirement
of William Gra ben di ke in 1963 Mr. Sage became the Director for the Equalization
Committee.
Under Mr. Sage's direction the department functioned smoothly and efficiently
and the equalization reports submitted by the department were accepted without question
by the Board of Supervisors and the State Tax Commission.
Mr. Sage is an avid deer hunter and fisherman and he expects to get a lot of
pleasure out of his retirement.
A large part of the Good Government System in Oakland County can be credited
to Mr. Edwin C. Sage.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Board of Supervisors by this resolution
does express our great appreciation and gratitude for his valuable services to the County
since 1925; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be presented to Mr. Sage
as a token of our appreciation.
EQUALIZATION COMMITTEE
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Vance C. Fouts, Chairman
Harold J. Reme
Seeley Tinsman
MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Equalization Committee, I move the adoption
of the foregoing resolution.
Donald A. Melchert Frank F. Webber
