HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1996.04.03 - 24648APRIL 4, 1996
REPORT (Misc. #95055)
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - KAY SCHMID, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: M.R. #96055, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS—PUBLICATION OF AGENDA
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed M.R. #96055, reports
with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted with an amendment to
the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph, with a new line 3, as follows:
--Commissioners' Meetings be sent to all cable
television companies with a request that they
be published in all local outlets.--
and amending the remaining language of that paragraph into a new BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph as follows:
--BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Board of Commis-
sioners requests the County Clerk, in conjunction
with the County Executive's Media and Communica-
tions Director, to execute this public service.--
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the
acceptance of the foregoing Report.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
omas A. Law
Commissioner District #13
Commissioner District 418
March 7, 1996
Miscellaneous Resolution #96055
By: Commissioners Thomas A. Law and David L. Moffitt
In Re: Board of Commissioners—Publication of Agenda
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the County of Oakland operates under the Freedom of Inforniation Act
(FOIA). 1976 Public Act 442, which declares that, 'It is the policy of this State that all
persons_are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and
the official acts of those who represent them as public officials and public employees...so that
they may fully participate in the democratic process."; and
WHEREAS, the County of Oakland operates under the Open Meetings Act, 1976 Public
Act 267, as amended, which strengthens the right of citizens to know what actions are being
taken by their government; and
WHEREAS, the principals of democratic representation are most manifest at the local
level of government, and
WHEREAS, the government of the County of Oakland can work best for its citizens
when those citizens are informed and involved in the decisions of its government
NOW TIJEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners does hereby direct that the agendas of the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners' Meetings he published by all cable television companies, and requests that the
County Clerk, in conjunction with the County Executive's Media and Communication Director,
execute this public service.
Chairman, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution,
Resolution #96055 April 4, 1996
Moved by Schmid supported by Huntoon the General Government Committee
Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Schmid supported by Huntoon the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Schmid supported by Moffitt the resolution be amended to coincide
with the recommendation in the General Government Committee Report.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Holbert, Huntoon, Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett,
McCulloch, McPherson, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Pernick, Powers, Quarles, Schmid,
Taub, Wolf, Amos, Crake, Devine, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended,
was adopted.
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 April 4, 1996 with the original record
thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 4th day ciZegril
D. Allen, County Clerk