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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #99149
BY: JOHN P. GARFIELD, DISTRICT #9
IN RE: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNFUNDED STATE AND FEDERAL MANDATES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the State of Michigan and the Federal Government has
systematically, over time, shifted the responsibility for the funding of
certain programs to the local level by passing laws requiring the locals to
implement such programs; and
WHEREAS in recognition of this problem and after passage of several
resolutions protesting unfunded mandates, the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners passed Miscellaneous Resolution 95089, which requires Oakland
County to bill the State for the shortfall in funding the County experienced
in the event of an unfunded mandate; and
WHEREAS the State of Michigan has never responded to such billings; and
WHEREAS unfunded mandates continue to savage the resources of Oakland
County government, as evidenced in part by the following:
1. Information Technology-$693,000 in one-time costs to implement Friend
of the Court-related mandates.
2. Information Technology and Equalization-$646,000 in setup costs and
$45,000 in increased annual costs to implement Proposal A.
3. Public Health-$878,000 in annual cost sharing and childhood
immunization registry shortfalls.
4. Prosecutor and Clerk-$503,000 in annual cost related to
implementation of the requirements of the Community Domestic Relations
Act.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby directs that no Oakland County Department may implement a
State or Federally mandated program without first having an appropriation
passed by the Board of Commissioners in accordance with the General
Appropriations Act and P.A. 2 of 1968, as amended.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this resolution are sent
to all Federal and State legislators from Oakland County and to the County's
State legislative liaisons.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
JOHN P. GARFIELD, DISTRICT #9
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Resolution #99149 June 10, 1999
The Vice Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government
Committee and the Finance Committee. There were no objections.