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April 1, 1993
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 93062
BY: KEVIN A. MILTNER, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT #5
IN RE: DISTRICT COURTS--POLICY REGARDING REMOVAL OF OAKLAND
COUNTY AS DISTRICT CONTROL UNIT FOR 52ND DISTRICT COURT
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, from time to time, various control units for district
courts of the third class within Oakland County have requested that
their courts become courts of the second class, thus becoming part
of the 52nd district for which the County of Oakland is the control
unit; and
WHEREAS, the cost of operating most of these district courts
far exceeds the court revenue allocated to the control unit; and
WHEREAS, the County of Oakland, like all local units of
government, now faces financial uncertainties due to proposed
cutbacks in state and federal funds; and
WHEREAS, this system is patently inequitable to the citizens
of cities, villages and townships which fund their own courts as
well as pay county taxes to support the 52nd District Court; and
WHEREAS, the current state statutes allowing the state
legislature to change the class of the district court, thus
transferring the responsibility from one local unit to another,
would require the consent of the control unit.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Oakland County petition the
state legislature forthwith to remove the County of Oakland as the
District Control Unit for the 52nd District Court.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
KEVIN A. MILTNER
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT #5
#93062 April 1, 1993
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Public Services Committee
and the General government Committee. There were no objections.