HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1994.02.10 - 24082February 10, 1994
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #94035
BY: PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE, LAWRENCE A. OBRECHT, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: GYPSY MOTH SUPPRESSION PROGRAM
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Gypsy Moth Suppression Program was approved by the
Board of Commissioners re: Miscellaneous Resolution #93210,
December 9, 1993; and
WHEREAS Oakland County is a participant in the 1994 Michigan
Cooperative Gypsy Moth Suppression Program (1994 M.C.G.M.S.P.); and
WHEREAS the Townships of Avon, Bloomfield, Farmington,
Southfield, and West Bloomfield have committed 4,400 acres to be
eligible for the 1994 M.C.G.M.S.P.; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Gypsy Moth Coordinator will work in
collaboration with the Michigan Department of Agriculture in
bidding out the areas to be treated for aerial application of
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) through the State program; and
WHEREAS Oakland County will be required to pay for the
treatment as a part of being eligible to receive 50% and 25%
reimbursement eligibility per the 1994 M.C.G.M.S.P. procedures; and
WHEREAS the above mentioned communities have submitted 4,400
qualifying acres for the program in early May, 1994.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Public Services
Committee having reviewed the above recommends the creation of a
fund account in the amount of $162,000 for the purpose of the
following:
Aerial Spraying (4,400 acres @ $30/acre) $132,000
Consultant - Admin. (1500 hrs. at $18/hr.) 27,000
Consultant - Operating Exp. 3,000
Total $162,000
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Executive be authorized
to sign contracts involved with the Gypsy Moth Suppression Program,
subject to review by the Contract Review Process.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Gypsy Moth Coordinator will
submit appropriate documentation to the Michigan Department of
Agriculture and obtain reimbursement from the State of Michigan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that local municipalities will be
billed the additional cost of administration for the program, as
well as aerial spray costs not reimbursed by the Michigan Gypsy
Moth Suppression Program.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Services Committee, I
move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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