HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1995.02.09 - 24427February 9, 195
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #95013
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, KAY SCHMID, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: BOARD OF COMESSIONERS - (SUPPORT) OPPOSITION TO FEDERAL UNFUNDED MANDATES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, by Resolutions 94274, 93209 and 93047, the Oakland County Board
of Commissioners has gone on record opposing unfunded federal mandates, and the
serious consequences of these mandates on state and local financial resources;
and
WHEREAS, from surveys commissioned by the National Association of Counties,
it has been determined that by 1998, one-quarter of all locally-raised revenue
will be consumed by unfunded federal mandates; and
WHEREAS, the federal top-down approach to solving domestic problems
restricts local government from not only prioritizing its needs, but impedes
addressing local issues in an innovative and resourceful manner; and
WHEREAS the ability to apply local solutions to local problems is lost when
inflexible, one-size-fits-all federal requirements are imposed; and
WHEREAS, decisions on how to spend scarce local tax dollars should be made
by the locally elected officials who are accountable to their constituents.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
does hereby ardently oppose the passage of federal unfunded mandates and directs
that certified copies of this resolution be sent to our Congressional delegation
and to our State Legislators and to the Michigan Association of Counties.
Chairman, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the
foregoing resolution.
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GENERAL GWERNMENT COMMITTEE
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and fixed the seal 41the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 9th day of brua 5
Lyn( D. Allen, County clerk
Resolution #95013 February 9, 1995
Moved by Schmid supported by Garfield the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Kaczmar supported by McPherson the resolution be amended in the
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph by replacfng the word "ardently" with
"strongly" and the word "passage" with the word "concept".
Discussion followed,
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the amendment failed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Law, McCulloch, McPherson, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Powers,
Quarles, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Amos, Crake, Devine, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield,
Holbert, Huntoon, Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
DOES POT REQUIRE EXECUTIVE ACTION
STATE OF MICHTAN)
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 February 9, 1995 with the original
record thereof now remaining in my office.