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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1964.01.17 - 20352Miscellaneous Resolution 4262 January 17, 1964 BY: Mr. Ingraham IN RE: 1964 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: Your Legislative Committee herewith presents its recommendations for the County's 1964 Legislative Program. Each item will be presented separately for your consideration. 1. Amendments to the Drain Code of 1956, as amended. These amendments are recommended by the County Drain Commissioner and since they are quite detailed, copies have been furnished to each member of the Board prior to this meeting. Amendments to Sections 2, 191 and 192 are designed to simplify the petition process so that branches of drains may be included and so that municipal corporations may petition for intra-county or inter-county cleanouts. The amendment to Section 464 makes provision to meet the situation where a member of a Chapter 20 drainage board is disqualified by reason of being an officer of a public corporation to be assessed. The amendments in Sections 491 through 495 and Sections 541 through 545 provide a basis for the action by drainage boards acting under Chapters 20 and 21 to take control of existing streams. MR. CHAIRMAN, I move that Item No. 1 of the Legislative Program be approved. 2. A Bill to amend the title and Sections 1 and 2 of Act No. 229 of the Public Acts of 1956, provides for reimbursement of counties for expenditures made in the hospitalization of mentally ill residents of such counties who have been detained under a court order pending admission to a state institution, and in order to qualify for reim- bursement the county shall have made provision, by contract or otherwise, for the care of such persons in hospital facilities adequate for the purpose and possessing security factors equivalent to the institution to which the person is to be admitted. MR. CHAIRMAN, I move that Item No. 2 of the Legislative Program be approved. 3. An amendment to Section 1 of Act No. 213 of the Public Acts of 1963 lowers the population standard,of counties from .1,000,000 104(00,000 and will bring Oakland Countyluncler the Act to receive the same court fees as are presently received by Wayne County under the provisions of Act No. 218, MR. CHAIRMAN, I move that Item 3 of the Legislative Program be approved. 4. An amendment to Act 185 of the Public Acts of 1957, as amended, (County Public Works Act) to amend certain sections of the act to clarify and expand definitions; to permit the county to have an interest in water supply or sewage disposal system in a municipality which extends outside of the county limits; to authorize the county by majority vote of the Board of Supervisors to merge and combine two or more systems; to authorize the county to advance monies for projects with or without interest; to authorize the county to pledge full faith and credit on revenue bonds; to authorize county and municipality contracts for water and sewer where limits of the unit extend beyond the county; to set up procedures for special assessments and permit up to 30 installments and authorize hearings on special assessment rolls; to authorize municipalities or other public corporations either within or without the county to contract with the county department of public works; to authorize the municipalities to contract with the county and deduct sales tax monies to pay the county; to authorize kcal municipalities, by 3/5 vote of the members elect of its governing body, to agree to advance funds to pay delinquencies on special assessments and be reimbursed by collection of delinquent special assessments or reassessments of the district by the department of public works to repay monies advanced by the local municipality. The foregoing is only a brief summary of this proposed amendment. The complete text of the amendment is attached to this resolution and has also been furnished to each member of the Board for study. - William A. Ewart Seeley Tinsmari MR. CHAIRMAN, I move that Item 4 of the Legislative Program be approved. 5. An amendment to Section 2, Act 282 of the Public Acts of 1945, as amended, County Planning Commission Act, provides that members of the Planning Commission receive compensation and travel expenses for attending- conferences and meetings as paid to the members of the Board of Supervisors. MR. CHAIRMAN, I move that Item 5 of the Legislative Program be approved. The Legislative Committee has accepted in principle the request for enabling legislation to establish and finance an Economic Development Committee but no proposed bill has as yet been presented to the Committee for consideration, it being in the hands of the Planning Commission and the Corporation Counsel for formulation. The Legislative Committee does, however, recommend to the Board that, sublect to examination of the proposed bill, this be added to the Legislative Program for 1964. Upon consideration of the home rule enabling legislation referred back to the Committee by the Board on December 10, 1963, and the Legislative Session for 1964 having been opened, with a deadline for bills on February 5, the Committee recommends that no action be taken on county home rule enabling legislation at this time, either the Oakland County proposed bill or the so-called Wayne County bill, but does recommend that the Governor's Committee recommendation be considered by the Legislative Committee with a later recommendation to the Board as to support of the Governor's bill. All of the foregoing recommendations have been approved by the undersigned members of the Legislative Committee. 'n LEGISLATIVE COMWTTEE V / „ CatI-F. 'Ingraham, Chairman ,a _ ,- . 7 ' Hugh G. Al lerton, Jr. i , Cyri I E. Miller / 1 A I Ic - n Wu.* NI of 1956 hert-k COINT?, ADDS n r' SHERWOOD J. BENNETT ComtraIler RICHARD E. NICOLA' Chief c.,/crozentant January 8, 1964 Mr. Gerard Coleman Supervisors Inter-County Committee Room 411, Veterans Memorial Bldg. 151 W. Jefferson Detroit 26, Michigan Dear Gerry: The motion approved by the Board of Supervisors on county home rule is as follows: "Motion by Monks supported by Gruenburg the board recommend that provisions be made for the adoption of a bill imple- menting county home rule in the constitu- tion in the nature of the legislation proposed by the Supervisors' Inter-County Committee." On roll call there were 46 ayes, 10 nays. The motion was declared carried. Very trulyodrs, , Sherwood J. BenAtt County Controller SJB:mb