HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2004.05.06 - 27607MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 104124
BY: Commissioners Peter H. Webster, District 418
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - REQUEST FOR LEGISLATION AMENDING AND
UPDATING THE SECONDARY ROAD PATROL FUNDING FORMULA - OFFICE OF HIGHWAY
SAFETY PLANNING, MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the mission of the Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP),
Michigan Department of State Police, is to save lives and reduce
injuries on Michigan roads, through leadership, innovation,
facilitation, and program support in partnership with other public and
private organizations, and
WHEREAS the OSHP is responsible for administration of the Secondary
Road Patrol (SRP) program, which distributes SRP funds to counties for
secondary road patrol and traffic accident prevention, and
WHEREAS the Michigan office of the Auditor General released a
performance audit of the Office of Highway Safety Planning in April
2004, and
WHEREAS one finding of the performance audit is that the "OHSP did not
seek amendatory legislation to modify the formula used to allocate SRP
funds to counties. Therefore, counties that have had large increases
in road miles and population since 1977 are not receiving an equitable
distribution of the funds in relation to their increased
responsibilities for secondary road patrol and traffic accident
prevention", and
WHEREAS the audit includes a recalculation of what the counties'
allocation of SRP funds would have been if current road mileage and
population were used.
WHEREAS the recalculation shows that Oakland County would be eligible
for an additional $204,000 in SRP funds if current road mileage and
population are used, and
WHEREAS the Auditor General recommends that the OHSP seek legislation
to modify the formula used to allocate funds to counties to ensure
equitable distribution of SRP funds, and
WHEREAS the OMSP contends that the authority for amending and updating
the distribution formula rests solely with the Legislature.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners strongly urges that the Michigan Legislature immediately
introduce and enact legislation amending and updating the distribution
formula for Secondary Road Patrol (SRP) fund distribution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
recommends that amending legislation provide for regular updates of the
funding formula.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to
all Oakland County Senators and Representatives to the Michigan
Legislature.
Chairperson, I move the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #04124 May 6, 2004
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.