HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2017.10.26 - 23172Commissioner Marcia Gershenson
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REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #17308
BY: Commissioners David Woodward, District #19; Marcia Gershenson, District #13
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — OAKLAND COUNTY COOPERATIVE LAKES MONITORING
PROGRAM — PARTNERSHIP WITH HURON RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners has authorized the Oakland County Cooperative
Lakes Monitoring Program to assist citizen volunteers monitor Oakland County lakes for indicators of water
quality and document changes in lake quality over time; and
WHEREAS Miscellaneous Resolution #17278, as adopted by the Board of Commissioners on September
28, 2017 provides that Oakland County appropriate $50,000 for a partnership with Michigan Clean Water
Corp (MiCorp) in support of the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program in Oakland County; and
WHEREAS MiCorp's unique structure as a network of citizen volunteer water quality monitoring programs
is not capable, as identified in MR#17278, to act as a fiduciary or a contractual agent with the County; and
WHEREAS the Huron River Watershed Council agreed to act as a suitable fiduciary and contractual agent
with the County to undertake the responsibilities outlined in MR#17278 for the Cooperative Lakes
Monitoring Program.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners calls for the
development of a partnership with the Huron River Watershed Council to do the following:
• Support the recruitment and training of volunteers to do Oakland County lake testing and
monitoring.
• Expand water quality monitoring activities across Oakland County.
• Cover costs for volunteer trainings and materials.
• Provide an annual report to the Board of Commissioners about the number of volunteers recruited
and trained, and the results of annual testing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes that
the one-time appropriation of $50,000 approved with MR#17278 be changed from a partnership with
MiCorps to a partnership with the Huron River Watershed Council for the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring
Program within Oakland County, to be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners shall work in partnership with the Health
Department, MiCorps and the Huron River Watershed Council to coordinate public engagement activities
related to the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners requests Corporation Counsel to negotiate
an agreement with The Huron River Watershed Council for the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program and
authorizes the Board Chairperson to execute said agreement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no budget amendment is required as the one-time $50,000 appropriation
was authorized under MR#17278.
Chairperson, I move the goption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #17308 October 26, 2017
Moved by Woodward supported by Weipert to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#17308 — Board of Commissioners — Oakland County Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program —
Partnership with Huron River Watershed Council.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, KowaII, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Spisz,
Taub, Tietz, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Berman, Bowman, Crawford, Fleming, Gingell. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #17308 — Board of Commissioners — Oakland County Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program
— Partnership with Huron River Watershed Council carried.
Moved by Woodward supported by Weipert the resolution be adopted.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Jackson, Kochenderfer, KowaII, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Spisz, Taub,
Tietz, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Berman, Bowman, Crawford, Fleming, Gingell, Hoffman. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
Herm APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.559A (7)
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, 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 October 26,
2017, 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 26th day of October, 2017.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County