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Miscellaneous Resolution # 97208 _ October 9, 1997 -
BY: Finance and Personnel Committee, Sue Ann Douglas, Chairperson
RE: General Appropriations Act - Fiscal Year 1998, Infrastructure Improvements
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 1998 contained language in
Section 21, Paragraph (g), that would enable the non-departmental account entitled
"Infrastructure Improvements" (#3661) to be utilized for a "one-time" expenditure of up to
$3.0 million for traffic flow and safety improvements; and
WHEREAS, on September 25, 1997, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
approved an amendment from the floor to replace the language in the General
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1998, Section 21, Paragraph (g) with the following
wording:
(g) Funds will not be spent from the non-departmental account
entitled, "Infrastructure Improvements" (#3661) without a
specific Board resolution allowing for such expenditure to
occur. Further, the Board of Commissioners shall establish
specific eligibility criteria for the project(s) to be funded from
this account. Any unused funds will be returned to the
Delinquent Tax Revolving Fund. Finally, all expenditures from
this account shall be made in conformance with state law.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Commissioners hereby
rescinds Section 21(g) of the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1998, and
replaces it with the following language:
(g) Funds will not be spent from the non-departmental account
entitled, "Infrastructure Improvements" (#3661) without a
specific Board resolution allowing such expenditure. The
improvement project shall be limited to alleviating traffic flow
'and/orpublic safety concerns and is considered to be a "one-
time" expenditure to assist in this effort. As a pre-condition to
approval of the expenditure, specific criteria for same shall be
established, to include that the maximum amount to be
expended is limited to up to $3.0 million and that should non-
county public funds not provide at least 75% of the total
financing of said project, the expenditure will not be made and
the unused funds will be returned to Delinquent Tax Revolving
fund. Finally, any final expenditure and transfer shall be done
in conformance with state law.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance and Personnel Committee, I move the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Johnson, Kingzett, Law,
Taub, Wolf, Amos, Devine,
Palmer, Pernick, Coleman.
McCulloch,
Dingeldey,
(6)
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L. Brooks tterson, County Executive
Resolution 4$97208 October 9, 1997
Moved by Douglas supported by Garfield the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Moffitt supported by Douglas the resolution be amended in the NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph section (g) by changing the word "public" to
"traffic" so the sentence will read as follows:
The improvement project shall be limited to alleviating traffic flow and/or
traffic safety concerns and is considered to be a "one-time" expenditure to
assist in this effort.
Discussion followed.
The Chairperson stated a "Yes" vote will change the wording and a "No" vote
will not.
Vote on amendment:
AYES: Douglas, Jacobs, Kingzett, Law, Millard, Moffitt, Obrecht, Pernick,
Powers, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Dingeldey. (13)
NAYS: Garfield, Holbert, Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson, McCulloch, McPherson,
Palmer, Amos, Coleman, Devine. (11)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Holbert, Huntoon, Jacobs,
Millard, Moffitt, Obrecht, Powers, Schmid,
Douglas. (18)
NAYS: Garfield, Jensen, McPherson,
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended,
was adopted.
THE FOPEGOINO RESOLUTI(7
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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 October 9, 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 9th day of October 1397.
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Lynrf D. Allen, County Clerk