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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1997.11.20 - 25158MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #97267 BY: Commissioner Frank H. Millard IN RE: RECISION AND REMAND OF THE OAKLAND COUNTY WELL PROTECTION AND EDUCATION POLICY MR #97129 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 in the adoption of Miscellaneous Resolution #96232, ADOPTION OF THE OAKLAND COUNTY WELL PROTECTION AND EDUCATION POLICY, (the Policy), the Board of Commissioners sought to create a policy which would insure such safe water; and WHEREAS the County Executive did not implement MR #96232 contrary to the override of his veto of that resolution; and WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners in the passage of Miscellaneous Resolution #97129, on June 12, 1997, directed: "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." and 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." and WHEREAS as of November 20, 1997, the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, has failed to appoint an Ad Hoc Well Protection and Education Policy Review Committee pursuant to the direction of the Board thereby denying the Board the opportunity to attempt resolution of the outstanding issues relating to the Policy; and WHEREAS this action is prudent and necessary in light of the receipt and publication of a letter received by the Department of Human Services on October 8, 1997, the contents of which states that policy fails to provide "adequate Provisions for implementing a proactive, preventative water supply program" which would qualify for State cost sharing and that the policy "is inappropriate as a measure to achieve compliance" wit the MPRs for the State's Drinking Water Program; and WHEREAS the Board's failure to address this issue in a timely fashion by following through with the mandates set forth in MR 97129 has resulted in an unnecessary and unacceptable delay in addressing this very important issue contributing significantly to the continued deterioration of relations between the County's Executive and Legislative branches to the detriment of the citizens of this county. WHEREAS in light of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Letter which indicates that our adopted policy needs to be modified to meet the basic requirements for State approval, a new, fresh look at this important issue should be undertaken by this Board, through its established standing committee process. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does hereby rescind MR #97129, discharges the Chairman from further obligation thereon, and remands the issue of Oakland County Well Protection and Education Policy back to the Public Services Committee for review and modification of Res. 96232. C X Chairperson, I move adr -tion of the foregoing resolution. kla _ 41A4,4— P its"Aird ZAK/ Oe-fl ib,is 4 Resolution #97267 November 20, 1997 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Public Services Committee and the General Government Committee. There were no objections.