HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1997.12.11 - 24992MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #97278 December 11, 1997
BY: FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 25 OF THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Section 25 of the General Appropriations Act identifies the
procedures for writing off bad debts including providing the Reimbursement
Division the authority to reduce Inmate Prisoner Billings that exceed an
individuals ability to pay; and
WHEREAS a request has been made by the Court and the Reimbursement Division
to expand that authority to write off debts, beyond an individuals ability to
pay, resulting from Court orders; and
WHEREAS granting this request will lessen an administrative burden and
improve accountability between the Reimbursement Division and the Court, without
reducing collections.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT.RESOLVED the Section 25 of the General Appropriations Act be
amended to add the following statement after the fourth (4th) line of the
paragraph:
" Also, within the administrative authority of the Fiscal Officer and with
the general approval of the Court, Circuit Court and Probate Court
financial orders for $2,500 or less may be reduced and amended by the
Reimbursement Division based on an individual's ability to pay. Waiver of
fees in excess of $2,500 shall require the approval of the Court."
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance and Personnel Committee, I move the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
Resolution #97278 December 11, 1997
Moved by Douglas supported by Coleman the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Johnson, Kingzett, Law, McCulloch, McPherson, Millard, Moffitt,
Obrecht, Palmer, Powers, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Amos, Coleman, Douglas, Fracassi,
Garfield, Holbert, Huntoon, Jacobs, Jensen. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
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L. Brooks Patterson ounty Exacutive Date
GOING RESOLUTION
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 December 11, 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 11th day of December 1997.