HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1999.11.18 - 25836MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #99282 November 18, 1999
BY: Finance Committee, Sue Ann Douglas, Chairperson
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY / DIGITAL INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER
- ESTABLISHMENT OF ENHANCED ACCESS FEE STRUCTURE FOR DELINQUENT TAX STATEMENT
PROGRAM
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, as provided by Public Act 462 of 1996 - Enhanced Access to Public
Records Act, the Board of Commissioners, by approving Misc. Resolution #97165 on
August 14, 1997, adopted the Oakland County Enhanced Access to Public Records
Policy; and
WHEREAS Section 3 (FEES) of the aforementioned policy specifies that "It
is the policy of Oakland County to charge a reasonable fee for providing enhanced
access to a public record."; and
WHEREAS the policy defines "reasonable fee" as a charge calculated to
enable recovery, over time, only those operating expenses directly related to the
public body's provision of enhanced access; and
WHEREAS the policy further specifies that proposed fees shall be presented
to and approved by the Board of Commissioners before they shall be effective; and
WHEREAS the Department of Information Technology/Digital Information
Service Center is scheduled to launch a new Enhanced Access product in the next
30 days; the Delinquent Tax Statement Program will provide specific information
from the County Treasurer's office to the end user, (typically title companies);
and
WHEREAS the County has incurred considerable expense to develop the
infrastructure necessary to implement the Delinquent Tax Statement Program; and
WHEREAS currently the Treasurer's Office charges $1.25 statutory fee per
statement; and
WHEREAS it is recommended that a .25 cent enhanced access fee be added to
the current $1.25 statutory fee for a total of $1.50 which constitutes a
"reasonable fee"; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
authorizes the establishment of the enhanced access fee of .25 cents per
statement for the Delinquent Tax Statement Program administered by the Digital
Information Service Center of the Department of Information Technology:
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
Fl CE COMMITTEE
FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
liam Caddell, County Clerk
Resolution #99282 November 18, 1999
Moved by Douglas supported by Moffitt the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Gregory, Jensen, Law, McCulloch, Melton, Millard, Moffitt, Obrecht,
Palmer, Patterson, Schmid, Sever, Suarez, Taub, Amos, Appel, Causey-Mitchell,
Colasanti, Devine, Dingeldey, Douglas, Galloway, Garfield, (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
I HEREBypOR HE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
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L. Brooks Patterson. County Executive Date
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, G. William Caddell, 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 November 18, 1999 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 18th day,pf November, 1999.