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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1997.08.14 - 24960ts REPORT (Misc. #97162) August 14, 1997 BY: General Government Committee, Kay Schmid, Chairperson IN RE: MR #97162 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - SUPPORT SENATE BILL 981 - REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above-referenced resolution on August 4, 1997, reports with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted with the deletion of the last BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph and the insertion of a new BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph to read: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to Oakland County's U.S. Congressional delegates, U.S. Senators Fred Thompson, John Glenn, Charles S. Robb, John D. Rockefeller, William Roth and Ted Stevens, and the National Association of Counties. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing report. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #97162' BY: Commissioner Nancy Dingeldey IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - SUPPORT SENATE BILL 981 - REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS Senator Fred Thompson and Senator Carl Levin are engaged in a bipartisan effort to improve the Federal rulemaking process with the introduction of Senate Bill 981 - the Regulatory Improvement Act of 1997, and WHEREAS this legislation would ensure that federal agencies make rational and transparent regulatory decisions, mindful of the burdens faced by State and local governments, and WHEREAS the Regulatory Improvement Act promotes the public's right to know how and why agencies make regulatory decisions and provides public access to regulatory decisions and analysis, and WHEREASthis legislation requires that federal agencies consider and disclose the benefits, as well as, burdens of major rules including rules adversely affecting state, local or tribal governments, and WHEREAS the Regulatory Improvement Act would improve the quality of government decisions by having federal agencies conduct independent peer reviews of scientific and economic information utilized in risk assessment and cost-benefit analyses related to major rules, and WHEREAS the Regulatory Improvement Act would increase government accountability by requiring federal agencies to explain any legal impediment or other factor hindering them from issuing cost-effective rules and this act formalizes the role of the Office of Management and Budget in the regulatory review process and requires the disclosure of outside contacts with the OMB during its review. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does hereby support Senate Bill 981 - The Regulatory Improvement Act of 1997 and its efforts to improve the quality of government decision making by making agency regulations more open, cost-effective and accountable to the people it serves. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners urges the nation's leaders to support this legislation which will address our burdensome regulatory system and deters the promulgation of unnecessarily regulation which interferes in the lives of people and the efficient operation of businesses and State and local units of government. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to Oakland County legislators, the Governor, the Michigan Association of Counties, and to Oakland County's legislative agents. Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing rhplution. ancy Didgeldey - Commissioner, District #11 Resolution #97162 July 31, 1997 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections. ••• Resolution #97162 August 14, 1997 Moved by Schmid supported by Dingeldey the General Government Committee Report be accepted. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted. Moved by Schmid supported by Dingeldey the resolution be adopted. Moved by Schmid supported by Dingeldey the resolution be amended to coincide with the recommendation in the General Government Committee Report. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried. Moved by Dingeldey supported by Palmer the resolution be amended to also send copies to U.S. Senators Spencer Abraham and Carl Levin. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried. Vote on resolution, as amended: AYES: Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Holbert, Huntoon, Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, McCulloch, McPherson, Millard, Moffitt, Palmer, Pernick, Powers, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Amos, Devine. (22) 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 August 14, 1997 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 14th day f Augus 97. (24V147am... D. Allen, County Clerk MARY JO HAMMOND Director of Elections 858-0563 SUE PAYNE Chief Deputy Register 858-0610 COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE 1200 N TELEGRAPH RD DEPT 413 PONTIAC MI 48341-0413 REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE 1200 N TELEGRAPH RD DEPT 480 PONTIAC MI 48341-0480 LYNN D. ALLEN OAKLAND COUNTY CLERK -REGISTER OF DEEDS PONTIAC *11/11 48341-0413 (810) 858-0560 G. WILLIAM CADDELL STEPHANIE A. SCHROEDER DEPUTY CLERK — REGISTER Chief Deputy County Clerk 858-0561 858-0586 August 20, 1997 Dear Senator: Attached is a representative copy of Miscellaneous Resolution #97162, which was adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on August 20, 1997. As the County Clerk/Register of Deeds, I have been instructed to provide you with this adopted resolution. While the Representative Copy is not the official copy, it conveys more succinctly the intent of the adopted County resolution. Sincerely, , / Lynn D. Allen County Clerk/Register of Deeds skw enc. Sincerely, ( , COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE 1200 N TELEGRAPH RD DEPT 413 PONTIAC MI 48341-0413 REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE 1200 N TELEGRAPH RD DEPT 480 PONTIAC MI 48341-0480 G. WILLIAM CADDELL DEPUTY CLERK REGISTER 858-0561 MARY JO HAMMOND Director of Elections 858-0563 LYNN D. ALLEN OAKLAND COUNTY CLERK - REGISTER OF DEEDS PONTIAC-MI 48341-0413 (810) 858-0560 STEPHANIE A. SCHROEDER Chief Deputy County Clerk 858-0586 SUE PAYNE Chief Deputy Register 858-0610 August, 20, 1997 Dear Congressman: Attached is a representative copy of Miscellaneous Resolution #97162, which was adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on August 20, 1997. As the County Clerk/Register of Deeds, I have been instructed to provide you with this adopted resolution. While the Representative Copy is not the official copy, it conveys more succinctly the intent of the adopted County resolution. Ar0,1r1 - - -• Lynn D. Allen County Clerk/Register of Deeds skw enc.