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MR 97129
REVIEW OF THE OAKLAND WELL PROTECTION
AND EDUCATION POLICY
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L. mom PATTERSON
COUNT EXECUTIVE
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June 12, 1997
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #97129
BY: General Government Committee, Kay Schmid Chairperson
IN RE: REVIEW OF THE OAKLAND COUNTY WELL PROTECTION AND EDUCATION POLICY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the supply of safe potable water is fundamental to
individual public and community health; and
WHEREAS, the Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners formed the
Residential Water Task Force for the purpose of investigating current
well water policies and recommending changes; and
WHEREAS the Residential Water Task Force report to the Public
Services Committee ultimately resulted in the adoption of Miscellaneous
Resolution #96232, ADOPTION OF THE OAKLAND COUNTY WELL PROTECTION AND
EDUCATION POLICY, (the Policy), and
WHEREAS the County Executive and the County Health Division has
found some difficulty in interpreting the Policy, and
WHEREAS in the interest of expediting the implementation of the
Policy, a review of that Policy by an Ad Hoc Committee of Commissioners
and the County Executive is in order.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners does hereby direct its Chair to appoint an Ad Hoc Well
Protection and Education Policy Review Committee whose responsibility it
will be to review said Policy with the County Executive in an attempt to
resolve all outstanding issues relating to the Policy, and report its
findings and recommendations to the Public Services Committee, for
recommendation to the Board of Commissioners within 45 days of the
appointment of the Ad Hoc Well Policy Review Committee.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Ka/ S'chmjiii, Chairman
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L. Brooks Patters94{County Executive Date
Resolution #97129 • June 12, 1997
Moved by Schmid supported by Dingeldey the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Palmer supported by Kingzett the resolution be amended by adding
a BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph to read as follows:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED if consensus is not reached between the Board of
Commissioners and the County Executive in regards to implementation of the
Oakland County Well Protection and Education Policy within said forty-five days,
the Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized to proceed
with appropriate legal action to ensure implementation of said policy.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Palmer supported by Dingeldey to call the question. The
Chairperson stated a "yes" vote will call the question, a "no" vote will not.
AYES: Johnson, Kingzett, Palmer, Amos, Coleman, Dingeldey, Garfield. (7)
NAYS: Kaczmar, Law, McCulloch, McPherson, Millard, Moffitt, Obrecht,
Pernick, Powers, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Devine, Douglas, Holbert, Huntoon, Jensen.
(17)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion failed.
Discussion continued.
Vote on Palmer's amendment:
AYES: Kingzett, McCulloch, Obrecht, Palmer, Schmid, Taub, Amos, Coleman,
Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Huntoon, Johnson. (13)
NAYS: Kaczmar, Law, McPherson, Millard, Moffitt, Pernick, Powers, Wolf,
Devine, Holbert, Jensen. (11)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Kingzett, McCulloch, McPherson, Obrecht, Palmer, Schmid, Taub, Amos,
Coleman, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Huntoon, Johnson, Kaczmar. (15)
NAYS: Law, Millard, Moffitt, Pernick, Powers, Wolf, Devine, Holbert,
Jensen. (9)
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 June 12, 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 12th day of June 1997.
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Allen, County Clerk