HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1992.06.11 - 20279General Government Committee
Richard G. Skarritt, Chairperson
BY:
Miscellaneous Resolution f 92127 June 11, 1992
IN RE: DRAIN COMMISSIONER - SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL 936
(Create Regional Sewer & Water Authority Act)
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 936 would create a regional water and
sewerage authority which would replace the City of Detroit Water
and Sewerage Department as the provider of wholesale water supply
and sewage services to southeastern Michigan; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of Senate Bill 936 will replace the
Detroit Board of Water Commissioners, whose seven members are
appointed and serve at the pleasure of the Mayor of the City of
Detroit, with a regional assembly that will be directly elected by
the governing body of each city, township and village that receives
water supply and sewage services from the new regional authority;
and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 936 will provide fair representation for
all of the municipal customers of the regional authority since the
representative of each city, township and village will vote in
direct proportion to the volume of water purchased or sewage
delivered for treatment to the authority; and
WHEREAS, the passage of Senate Bill 936 will assure that
wholesale water supply and sewage treatment services, which
constitute a vital part of the public infrastructure of all of
southeastern Michigan, will be managed and operated by a fully
representative regional authority that will be able to provide
wholesale water and sewerage services on a cost effective basis.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners supports Senate Bill 936.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be sent
to all state legislators from Oakland County and to the County's
legislative agent.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committe,
I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
RICHARD G. SKARRIT, CHAIRPERSON
Misc. # 92127 June 11, 1992
Moved by Skarritt supported by Pernick the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Gosling supported by Pernick the resolution be amended by changing
the BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph to read:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to all state
legislators from Oakland County, to the County's legislative agent and all
legislators from the affected counties.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution as amended:
AYES: Law, McConnell, McCulloch, Millard, Moffitt, Oaks, Obrecht, Olsen,
Palmer, Pernick, Schmid, Serra, Skarritt, Wolf, Aaron, Bishop, Caddell, Crake,
Ferrens, Gosling, Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson, Krause. (24)
NAYS: Price. (1)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
CCUNTY OF OAKLAND
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the
Oakland County Board on Commissioners on June 11, 1992, with the original record
thereof now remaining in may office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
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Ccunty of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 11th day of ,June , 1992. -. .i / "t.a...e-
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Lyry D. Allen, County Clerk