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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 98170
BY: Commissioners Ruth Johnson, District #1 and Shelley Taub, District #12,
David 1. Moffitt, District #18
IN RE: PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRED TO INCREASE OR ADD NEW OAELAND COUNTY FEES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS higher fees adversely affect economic opportunities for residents
and businesses in Oakland County; and
WHEREAS Oakland County should actively pursue policies to reduce the cost
of government; and
WHEREAS fees should be increased only when the public has an opportunity
to voice their opinion.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
must hold a Public Hearing prior to the approval of any new fee or increase in
existing fees by more than five (5) percent annually or the cost of living, as
official indexed, whichever is less, for any such request not submitted through
the annual budget process.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that notice of this Public Hearing must be properly
publicly posted a minimum of twenty-eight days prior to its occurrence.
Chairperson, I move adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Resolution #98170 July 16, 1998
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government and
Finance Committees. There were no objections