HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1994.03.23 - 24191Commissioners Minutes Continued. March 24, 1994
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #94089
BY: Kevin Miltner, District #5
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - OBTAIN LOCAL APPROVAL OF PROBATION RESIDENTIAL
CENTER PLACEMENT AS A PRECONDITION OF FUNDING PASS-THROUGH
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS a county which has adopted a state-approved comprehensive community
corrections plan will act as a pass-through agent for state funding provided to
Probation Residential Centers (PRCs) within that county; and
WHEREAS the concept of Probation Residential Centers incorporates several
facets, including public safety issues that are largely impacted by the type of
offenders housed in PRCs and the degree of specifications imposed upon PRC
service providers; and
WHEREAS public safety concerns are often recognized by the taxpayer as the
most important issue in society today; therefore, it is imperative that placement
of all future PRCs be considered by the governing bodies of the appropriate
cities, townships or villages; and
WHEREAS it is entirely possible that placement of PRCs, upon adherence to
applicable zoning criteria, may be accomplished without consideration by the
appropriate local governing body, effectively minimizing citizen input into the
siting process and debate over alternatives to incarceration.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that subject to adoption of the Oakland County
Community Corrections Plan, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
requires that the governing body of a city, township or village in Oakland County
consider and approve placement of a PRC within that local governmental unit's
jurisdiction as a pre-condition to pass-through of state funding for that PRC,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that regardless of acceptance or rejection of the
Oakland County Community Corrections Plan, no County funding assistance for local
PRCs will be approved until, and unless, approval for placement of PRCs has been
made by the appropriate local government entity.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
Kevin Miltner, District #5,
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Public Services Committee.
There were no objections.
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