HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1996.03.20 - 24815MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #96071 March 21, 1996
BY: COMMISSIONER SHELLEY G. TAUB
IN RE: DEVOLUTION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO LARGE, URBAN COUNTIES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, amidst the national discussion on devolution of
programs such as welfare, Medicaid and Medicare by the Congress of
the United States, there has been significant and innovative input
from the governors of the fifty states to block grant these
programs to the states; and
WHEREAS, the enaction of these megablock grants will allow the
states to construct and reshape programs which will reflect the
economic realities of each State, reducing cumbersome delivery of
service; and
WHEREAS, large, urban counties, such as Oakland, with a
population of over one-half million residents, are larger than many
of the states, and have snphintratpci service delivery systems in
place which directly serve the needs of their citizens, and which
already directly administer federal programs; and
WHEREAS, for Counties such as these, directly block granting
welfare, Medicaid and Medicare funds to the Counties, eliminating
the State as a duplicative bureaucratic layer, should be
considered; and
WHEREAS, we believe that the more local the charity, the aid
and the assistance is; the more appreciated, the more cost
effective, and the better the outcome will be.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners does hereby request that our Federal legislators,
give due rnnq91==ratinn to providing large, urban counties, with
populations over 500,000 the ability to administer the devolved
federal programs, within the same guidelines and waivers granted to
the State in which they are located.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
forwarded to the Governor, Oakland County's State and Federal
7 ,egglatnrq, the Counties of Wayne, Kent, and Macomb,and to the
National Association of Counties.
r1-11-perenn, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.