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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1962.10.01 - 199134015 Miscellaneous Resolution October 1, 1962 BY: Mr. They IN RE: VILLAGE AND CITY ANNEXATION AND INCORPORATION PROCEDURES To the Oakland County Board of Supervisors Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: In order that your Committee and the Board may be guided in the future when petitions for either annexation or incorporation are presented for consideration, a study has been made of the various State laws and the proceedings required under each. For villages there are two Acts -- the 1895 Act (Act 3 of the Public Acts of 1895) and the later 1909 Act (Act 278 of the Public Acts of 1909). Under the old Village Act villages were permitted to be incorporated and boundaries altered when petitions were filed with the County Clerk and hearings are held before the Board of Supervisors. No election is provided. Under the later Village Act, an election is required if the petition is sufficient both for incorporation as well as alteration of boundaries. No hearings are required. Act 279 of the Public Acts of 1909 sets up the requirements for home rule cities both as to incorporation and alteration of boundaries. If the petition filed with the County Clerk is found to be sufficient, the Board then sets the date for an election. No hearings are required. Recently the Board had before it a petition from the Village of Clarkston which comes under the 1895 law, There are at least two other villages in the County which come under this Act. It has been the practice in the past to hold hearings in the affected area only when the Committee was so ordered by the Board of Supervisors. As the result of the study just completed by your Committee, it is recommended that meetings of the Committee be held in the affected area only when there is a resolution by the Board of Supervisors authorizing such meetings. Moore Seeley Tinsman' / hn E. Noel John Lessiter Your Committee further reports to the Board that a comprehensive study of all of the annexation laws of the State is presently being made by a special committee appointed by the Governor. This committee, which has a membership of 5, is composed of the Chairman of the State Association of Supervisors, a representative of the Michigan Municipal League, the Township Officers Association and 2 university people. It is expected that this committee will make its recommendation to the Governor in time for him to report recommendations to the next Session of the State Legislature,, MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Boundaries Committee, I move that the recommendation as to the holding of meetings in the affected area only when there is a resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors authorizing such meetings be approved. BOUNDARIES COMMITTEE ThoMas C. Tney, Chairman 7.