HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1999.09.23 - 25865September 23, 1999 REPORT (Misc. #99240) BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE -Shelley G. Taub, Chairperson RE: MR #99240 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION-REVIEW OF UNREQUESTED TELEPHONE SERVICES AND EXCESSIVE CHARGES TO: The Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The General Govemment Committee having reviewed the above referenced resolution on September 13, 1999, recommends to the Oakland County Board of Commissioners the resolution be adopted. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing report. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE General Government Committee Vote: Motion carried on a unanimous roll call vote. {&L 4. C Lu ,loiY/PC.,/t14,r) elyINS.90-19t9 Afrie,erfr/ 01-e? MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #99240 BY: Commissioners Ruel E. McPherson, District #25 and John P. Garfield, District #9 IN RE: PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION- REVIEW OF UNREQUESTED TELEPHONE SERVICES AND EXCESSIVE CHARGES To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS Oakland County has seen an increase in unsolicited features such as the automatic callback service and three-way calling, which cause additional charges to our constituents' monthly telephone bills; and WHEREAS telephone companies have also added services for additional fees which are accompanied by a solicitation message; and WHEREAS no charge for enhanced service should be placed on the telephone customer's phone bill without the prior express consent of the customer; and WHEREAS such a methodology of access to these services undermines the community's faith in our public utilities, and is an encroachment on the rights of the telephone consumer; and WHEREAS long-distance carriers often assess $3-$5 per month in fees for not making sufficient long distance-calls; and WHEREAS Oakland County residents and businesses have also been subject to the practices of "cramming" and "slamming"; and WHEREAS Oakland County residents have also been subject to excessive fees and rates charged by providers of pay-telephone services; and WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners desires to protect its constituents from these practices. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does hereby request the Michigan Public Service Commission and the Federal Communications Commission to review and hold public hearings on the telephone companies' methodology of access to special services for fees, and any and all other additional service charges. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to all members of the State Legislature, the Michigan Public Service Commission, and the Federal Communications Commission. Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. -2,w7/L, w/‘/‘ Ruel E. McPherson Resolution #99240 September 9, 1999 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections. Resolution #99240 September 23, 1999 Moved by Taub supported by Garfield the General Government Committee Report be accepted. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted. Moved by Taub supported by Garfield the resolution be adopted. Moved by Garfield supported by Sever the resolution be amended by striking the 4th WHEREAS paragraph. Discussion followed. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried. Vote on resolution, as amended: AYES: Garfield, Gregory, Jensen, Law, McCulloch, McPherson, Melton, Moffitt, Obrecht, Patterson, Schmid, Sever, Suarez, Taub, Appel, Causey-Mitchell, Coleman, Devine, Dingeldey. (19) NAYS: Douglas, Galloway, Millard, Palmer, Amos, Colasanti, (6) A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted. 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 September 23, 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 thi§1023rd dedy of September, 1999. G. William Caddell, County Clerk