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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1965.12.21 - 19664Miscellaneous Resolution 4510 December 21, 1965 BY: Mr. Ingraham IN RE: REPORT ON REFERRED LEGISLATIVE ITEMS TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: At the Board of Supervisors meeting on September 20, 1965, your Legislative Committee reported on the achievements of Oakland County's formal 1965 legislative program. Also reported was action taken by your Committee on items of legislative interest referred to us by other county boards of supervisors. Since that meeting your Legislative Committee has received additional referral items and, after due consideration, herewith reports on the action taken. I. Concurrence was given to the resolution from Hillsdale County petitioning the State Legislature to act to relieve the financial burden imposed on counties by the interpretation of the new Constitution by the Supreme Court regarding changes in criminal appellate procedure. 2. Your Committee concurred in the recommendation of your Local Taxes Committee to oppose the placing of state equalized valuation on both the tax roll and the tax statements as would be required by Act 275 of 1964, this requirement becoming effective December 31, 1965. It is significant to note here that S.B. 269, which became Public Act 410 on November 3, 1965, with immediate effect, moved the time when the tax roil and the tax statement must show the state equalized valuation from December 31, 1965 to December 31, 1966 3. Your Legislative Committee concurred in the recommendation of the Local Taxes Committee that Senate Bill 239, which would amend the School Code of 1955, be defeated for reasons, among others, that townships will be required to spread school taxes and collect in summer and there could be two tax spreads for any one school district in the same year. #4510 4. On October 6, 1965, the County Welfare Department advised that legislation relating to a welfare matching formula and proposed merging of State and county welfare agencies, as proposed in H.B. 2963, was being rewritten into a substitute for S.B. 216. After due consideration, your Legislative Committee recommended opposition to substitute S.B. 216 for, among other reasons, that it did not conform to the policy as previously approved by this Board of Supervisors in that it does not include hospital costs, and the merger provision takes away from County employees benefits which have been earned by them and places their positions, compensation and security in jeopardy. This substitute S.B. 216 was passed into law on October 27, 1965, with immediate effect, known as Public Act 401, which now provides for the merger of welfare services at the local level except for Wayne and Oakland Counties, and increases the State's share for general relief from 30% to 40% and sets a ceiling of one mill on county expenditures beyond which the State pays 100% of the general relief costs. 5. Concurrence was given the resolution from Baraga County whereby local governments, particularly villages, townships and counties, be given 30 days notice by any State or Federal Department or agency of their intent to purchase lands for any purpose other than right-of-way. 6. It was the consensus of your Committee that no action be taken on a proposal to amend the General Property Tax Laws to include the taxing of motor boats, with the County Treasurer to determine the taxable value. 7. A similar resolution from Shiawassee County seeking support to approve an increase of the monthly trailer tax in trailer courts to at least $5.00 per month from the present tax of $3.00 was reported to this Board in February of this year and was approved for inclusion in the Supervisors Inter-County 1965 legislative program. There were several other legislative items considered which were referred to other Committees of this Board for review and recommendation report to the Legislative Committee. These items will be contained in a future report from your Committee. #4510 Your Legislative Committee further advises that the 1966 legislative program for Oakland County is being formulated and, upon its completion, a report will be made to the Board of Supervisors. MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Legislative Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing report and the recommendations contained therein. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE William L.Mailand John S. Slovens Moved by Ingraham supported by Slavens the report be adopted. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was adopted.