HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1993.12.09 - 22273REPORT (Misc. #93210) December 9, 1993
BY: Punic SERVICES COMMITTEE - Lawrence A. Obrecht, Chairperson
RE: MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #93210, GYPSY MOTH SUPPRESSION
PROGRAM
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Public Services Committee, having reviewed the above
referenced resolution, reports with the recommendation that the
resolution be adopted with the following amendment:
Substitute the following paragraph for the first BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED paragraph, that an Oakland County Gypsy Moth
Committee be established for the function communication,
reporting local concerns and recommending courses of action,
including notification all residents prior to application;
said committee to consist of:
•Director of Public Services Department Currently designated
Gypsy Moth Coordinator) who will select the municipality
representatives and coordinate meetings
*Chairperson Public Services Committee
*Executive Director of Cooperative Extension Services
*One Village Representative
•Two City Representatives
*Two Township Representatives
'One Representative of Huron/Clinton Metro Parks
*One Representative f Oakland County Parks & Recreation
One Representative of Oakland County Environmental Health.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Services Committee, I
move the acceptance of the foregoing report.
POBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #93210
BY: Dennis Powers, Commissioner, District #10
IN RE: GYPSY MOTH SUPPRESSION PROGRAM
TO THE OP. LAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairpc—on, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEFFAS the gypsy moth is known to be in all municipalities of
Oakland County and has become a major insect pest in Michigan in
the 1990's and major nuisance to the citizens and businesses
functioning in these distressed areas; and
WHEREAS the gypsy moth knows no political boundaries and the
most effective suppression strategies need to be local government
and county coordinated; and
WHEREAS the gypsy moth poses a threat to vehicular and
pedestrian traffic due to slippery conditions on roads and walkways
during the larvae and caterpillar stages of the gypsy moth's life
cycle; and
WHEREAS most communities are requesting that the County
recognize the severity of the gypsy moth issue by becoming the
coordinating body for the suppression of the insect in a most cost
effective, pro-active county -wide approach; and
WHEREAS the gypsy moth county-wide suppression effort requires
the recognition and identification of the insect in each stage of
its life cycle and particularly during the egg mass stage to
forecast density of populations in selected areas of each of 61
municipalities; and
WHEREAS recognizing natural predator and terrestrial
deterrents; projecting larvae and caterpillar populations and
levels of tree defoliation from egg mass counts; informing and
educating municipal leaders and citizens about suppression
alternatives; gaining local government leaders' decisions for the
suppression strategies they prefer and, where aerial applications
of bacterial suppressant is deemed necessary, plan, conduct and
carry out a coordinated aerial suppression on selected tracts;
seeking and obtaining grants and funding to reduce local cost;
represent the major functions to be performed; and
WHEREAS cost for the gypsy moth monitoring, insect infestation
projections, information and education will be borne by the local
government with various in-kind contributions from Oakland County
by virtue of its role as the coordinating entity for the
suppression program.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners acknowledges the severity and threat of the gypsy
moth to the health, safety and welfare of the general public and
will coordinate the monitoring and suppression of the insect on a
county-wide basis in cooperation with local communities,
municipalities and state efforts to deter nuisance and property
loss to citizens and the business community.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Gypsy Moth
Suppression Program be advised by an Oakland County Gypsy Moth
Committee consisting of local government designated. liaisons,
County Commissioners, designated public land liaisons, a
Cooperative Extension representative, and a representative of
Oakland County Environmental Health for the function of
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communication; reporting local concerns and recommending course(s)
of action, including notification of all residents prior to
application.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the cost of this suppression
program be borne by those local communities that wish to
participate, with Oakland County contributing in -kind services as
no
I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
DENNIS POWERS, COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT #10
Resolution #93210 December 9, 1993
Moved by Obrecht supported .by Law the Public Services Committee Report be
accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Obrecht supported by Law the resolution be amended to correspond
with the Public Services Report.
A sufficient majority haying voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Moved by Obrecht supported by Powers the resolution be amended to add one
additional County Commissioner to the Gypsy Moth Committee, such Commissioner
to be appointed by the Board Chairman; and further that this resolution, with its
amendments, be referred to the Finance Committee for determination of in-kind
services costs and other financial implications of the Gypsy Moth program.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution as amended:
AYES: Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, Law, McCulloch, McPherson, Miltner, Moffitt,
Oaks, Obrecht, Palmer, Powers, Price, Schmid, Taub, Aaron, Crake, Dingeldey, Douglas,
Garfield, Gosling, Huntoon, Jensen. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended, was
adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY 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 of Commissioners on December 9th., 1993 with the original
record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 9th. day of December, 1993
Lynn D. Allen, County Clerk