HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1995.07.13 - 24455. July 13, 1995
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 195192
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - KAY SCHMID, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: REINSTATEMENT OF $2.7 MILLION STATE SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY
ACTION A,GENCIES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) is the second largest
community action agency in the State of Michigan and provided service to 187,077 people in
1994; and
WHEREAS OLHSA received State Supplemental Assistance (SSA) funding in the amount of
$162,000 and was able to leverage an additional $9 for each dollar received; and
WHEREAS OLHSA used that funding to support approximately 30 programs in five focus
areas; and
WHEREAS community action agencies statewide are the only nonprofit multiservice network
in the state organized to serve all poor people in Michigan whether on public assistance or
not; and
WHEREAS the 30 existing community action agencies in the State of Michigan are the only
non-governmental social service network serving all 83 counties in the state.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners and the
General Government Committee supports continued funding by the State of Michigan of the
statewide network of community action agencies, including the Oakland Livingston Human Service
Agency.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we support the $2.7 million budget item for State
Supplemental Assistance funding for Community Action Agencies.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to Oakland County's
legislators and to the Governor.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GWERNMENT COMMITTEE
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OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
1200 N TELEGRAPH RD DEPT 470 - PONTIAC MI 48341-0470 (810) 858-0100
FAX: (810) 858 -1572
June 26, 1995
The Honorable John Engler
Governor of the State of Michigan
Capitol Building
Lansing, Mi
Dear Governor Engler:
The General Government Committee of the Oakland County Board
of Commissioners has unanimously adopted the attached resolution
requesting that the $2.7 Million budgeted for the State
Supplemental Assistance funding for Community Action Agencies be
continued.
This resolution will be taken up by the full Board of
Commissioners at its next meeting, and we fully expect the
enduibement of our Board. Because we have been informed that
this apprnpriatinn is on your desk for signature, we are
forwarding the resolution to you to convey to you the importance
we place on this continued funding. In Oakland County, the
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency has provided
extraordinary service to more than 180,000 low income people with
the relatively small amount of State Supplemental Assistanbe
money they receive. Please allow them to continue their fine
work.
Sincerely,
Kay hmid, Chair
General Government Committee
cc: Brooks Patterson, County Executive
Larry Crake, Chairman
Resolution #95192 July 13, 1995
Moved by Schmid supported by Amos the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, Law, McCulloch,
McPherson, Moffitt, Obrecht, Pernick, Powers, Quarles, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Amos,
Crake, Devine, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Holbert, Huntoon. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
D t iu
STATE CF MICHTGAN)
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 July 13, 1995 with the original record
thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, : have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 13th day
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Lynn/D. Allen, County Clerk