HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1995.04.27 - 24327April 27, 1995
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 405125
BY: Commissioner Ruel McPherson, District #25
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - HOSTING TRI -COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FORUM
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the County Commissioners from Wayne. Oakland and Macomb, Michigan's
largest urban counties, have similar problems and concerns in providing services
in a timely and cost efficient manner to their constituents; and
WHEREAS areas of common interest include but are not limited to: court
financing, county and regional transportation (SMART - Suburban Mobility
Authority for Regional Transportation), providing medical care for the needy,
providing full management for community mental health, developing a common
geographic information system, meeting state mandates for a common database for
friend of the court (CSES) and addressing the proposed reductions in state
revenue sharing; and
WHEREAS a great deal of benefit would be realized if these and other
matters could be discussed and addressed by County Commissioners from Wayne,
Oakland and Macomb Counties in a common forum; and
WHEREAS this common forum would indicate to the Michigan Legislature that
they need to devote more time, effort and funding to problems in the State's
three most populated counties.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
host a meeting of County Commissioners from Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties
to discuss common areas of concern.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this meeting should take place at the earliest
convenient time and be located in the Oakland County Commissioners Auditorium.
Chairperson,I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Ruel E. McPherson, Lawrence Pernick,
Nancy L. Quarles, Jeff Kingzett,
Eugene Kaczmar, Gilda Z. Jacobs,
JoAnne Holbert
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government
Committee. There were no objections.