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Chairperson, we move the adoption of /he foregoing resolutio
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Miscellaneous Resolution #96236
BY: Commissioners Lawrence A. Obrecht and Thomas A. Law
RE: Board of Commissioners--Elimination of Per Diem
TO The Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Oakland County has the highest caliber of public servants and citizen volunteers
of any County in the Nation, and these individuals feel strongly that public service is a public trust,
and
WHEREAS, some, but not all, of the Boards, Commissions, Councils, Committees or
Authorities which advise County programs offer its members a stipend for service, and
WHEREAS, appointment to a Board, Commission, Council, Committee or Authority which
arises from a County employee's or elected official's position with the County is to be encouraged,
but not additionally recompensed, not because these members do not bring valuable insight,
knowledge and expertise to these other bodies, but because the County does not wish to perpetuate
any perception of "double-dipping", and
WHEREAS, these full-time employees and county-elected officials are proud of their service
and contribution, and do not serve in order to collect these per diems.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
does hereby adopt a policy which precludes all county elected officials, County Executive,
Prosecutor, Drain Commissioner, Sheriff, Treasurer, Judges and Commissioners, and all full-time
County employees from receiving any per diem for service on any board, Commission, Council,
Committee or Authority to which they are appointed by the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners or on which they sit by virtue of their office.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the per diems established by Miscellaneous Resolution
#96115, for the Board members of the Personnel Appeal Board, Sanitary Code Appeal Board, and
the Community Mental Health Services Board be excluded from this policy.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Drain Commissioner be requested to eliminate per
diem payment for the Drain Board members.
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