HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1994.05.12 - 24210MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #94143 May 12, 1994
BY: General Government Committee, Donald W. Jensen, Chair
IN RE: OPPOSE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION ON AGING PROPOSED REGULATIONS ON INTRASTATE
FUNDING FORMULAS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Administration on Aging UlioA) has proposed a two-criteria test
for approval of Intrastate Funding Formulas which profess to simplify
administrative funding regulations; and
WHEREAS the Area Agency on Aging 1-B, (AAA, 1-B) has reviewed the proposed
regulations and has found them to be confusing, misleading, arbitrary and
contrary to the intent of the Older Americans Act; and
WHEREAS the new regulations require that states must identify those regions
with high concentrations of low income minority older people, using 100% of
poverty level and census data on minorities, and then must translate those
numbers into a percent of each region's total older population, ranking the
regions in descending order according to the percent of low income minority older
people compared to the total number of older people in each region; and
WHEREAS using the above method, at the point where the number of low income
minority older people constitute 51% of the state's total low income minority
older population, the new two-criteria test is applied, but holds harmless those
51% regions from any decrease in funding; and
WHEREAS legislative intent of the Older Americans Act is that all older
adults have access to services, and that the certain groups of elderly which are
targeted are those who are low income and those with social needs,.giving special
attention to the needs of low income minority seniors; and while AcA's proposed
two-criteria test intends to be a measure of targeting, it, in fact, does not
target to most low-income persons which contradicts the intent of the Older
Americans Act, and results in a discriminatory application of the Act.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
does hereby record its strong opposition to the proposed regulations of the
Administration on Aging on Intrastate Funding Formulas which would adversely
impact more than 74% of Michigan's elderly poor; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to Oakland
County's United States Legislative Delegation, the Federal Administration on
Aging, and the Area Agency on Aging, Region 1-B.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Resolution #94143 May 12, 1994
Moved by Jensen supported by Gosling the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Miltner, Moffitt, Oaks, Obrecht, Palmer, Pernick, Powers, Schmid,
Taub, Wolf, Aaron, Crake, Dingeldey, Garfield, Gosling, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar,
Kingzett, McCulloch, McPherson. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
DOES NOT REQUIRE COIN EXECUTIVE Aatou
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 May 12, 1994 with the original record
thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and atixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 12th day o ay ,1994.
LyrnyD. Allen, County Clerk
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Misc. #94143
(move for reconsideration)
Moved by Jensen supported by Wolf to reconsider Miscellaneous Resolution
#94143 - OPPOSE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION ON AGING PROPOSED REGULATIONS ON
INTRASTATE FUNDING FORMULAS.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried and
Miscellaneous Resolution #94143 was before the Board.
Moved by Jensen supported by Wolf the resolution be amended by changing the
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph to read:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent
to Congressman William Ford and all members of Oakland County's
United States Legislative Delegation, the National Association of
Counties, the Federal Administration on Aging, Oakland County's
Michigan Delegation, and the Area Agency on Aging, Region 1-B.
AYES: Palmer, Pernick, Powers, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Aaron, Crake,
Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Gosling, Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar,
Kingzett, McCulloch, McPherson, Miltner, Moffitt, Oaks, Obrecht. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion to amend
Miscellaneous Resolution #94143 -OPPOSE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION ON AGING PROPOSED
REGULATIONS ON INTRASTATE FUNDING FORMULAS - carried.