HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1962.02.06 - 19778Miscellaneous Resolution 3899 February 6, 1962
BY Mr. Webber (Miscellaneous Committee)
IN RE: REPORT ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
To the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to authorization from the Board (Resolution #3839), your Miscellaneous
Committee sponsored an Economic Development Conference here in the Supervisors Room
on September 14, 196L In attendance were 12 community leaders from various areas
of the County who joined with representatives of the County Planning Commission,
MSU-O, the Press and the Michigan Employment Security Commission in an exploration
of steps which might be taken to establish a County-wide Economic Development Committee.
At the meeting reports on the work of the Kalamazoo County Manpower Committee
and the Area Re-development Act were considered and discussed, and a Steering Committee
consisting of Mr. Frank Webber, Mr. Fred Haggard and Mr. Delos Hamlin was appointed
to prepare a plan to be presented at a second meeting.
The Steering Committee has met with representatives of the Press, the State
Economic Development Department, and has had further study of possible establishment
of an Oakland County Economic Development Committee studied by members of the
County Staff.
Your Committee has been advised by Mr 0 Max M. Horton, Director of the Michigan
Employment Security Commission, that his office this year will conduct a manpower survey
of the Detroit Metropolitan Area, in which Oakland County will be included. Similar
surveys have been made for the Counties of Monroe, Kalamazoo and Calhoun. These
studies are made by the State with the cooperation of local sponsoring Committees composed
of community leaders, representatives from education, labor, employers and civic groups
in an effort to determine the extent of labor supply and demand in occupations which are
considered essential to the labor market in the County.
Copies to Haggard, Howell, Dickinson, Skrubb
Fronk F. 'Webber, Ch-airma6•.:' ••
ugh charteris Wallace B. Hudson
#3899
When the report for Oakland County Is completed, it is anticipated that it will
provide:
1. Basic data needed to evaluate the County's future manpower needs;
2. Stimulation for community-wide interest in the prospective labor requirements
in the area; and
30 Encourage the development of training facilities and programs designed to fit
the pattern of local needs.
On December 14, 1960, your Committee outlined to the Board some of the problems
facing the County which will have about 125,000 persons who will reach the age of 18 years
during the decade of 1960-1970 - which represents 104% increase over the preceding 10 year
period; and that by 1970 the total labor force of the County will reach 273,200 according
to preliminary studies made by the Employment Security Commission.
Your Committee is certain that the Economic Survey of the County which the Board
authorized to be conducted by the Planning Commission will also be extremely helpful in
the plans to promote the Economic and Industrial Development of the County. The iobs
which will be vital to the welfare of the citizens of Oakland County depend upon the
success of this program.
Your Committee is continuing to study the role which County Government should
play as the possible motivating force in getting an effective Economic Development Program
organized, and wishes to express its appreciation to Mr. Fred Haggard, President of the
Oakland County AFL-CIO Council, Mr. Grant Howell of the Royal Oak Daily Tribune,
and Mr. James Dickerson of the Pontiac Press for their assistance and counsel to this end.
MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Miscellaneous Committee, I move that the fore-
going report be received and placed on file and that copies thereof be forwarded by the
County Clerk to Mr. Haggard, Mr. Howell and Mr. Dickerson.
MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEE
Sydney Frid Clarence J. Millet'
Misc. 3899
Moved by Webber supported by Charteris the resolution
be adopted
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion
carried.