HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2005.08.18 - 27788August 18, 2005
REPORT MR #05154
BY: PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE, CHARLES E. PALMER, CHAIRPERSON
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — RECOVERY OF DETROIT WATER SYSTEM
FUNDS MISAPPROPRIATED FOR DIGITAL RADIO SYSTEM
TO: OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Planning & Building Committee having reviewed MR #05154 on August 9, 2005
Reports to the Board with the recommendation the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning & Building Committee, I move the acceptance of
the foregoing report.
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
_PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE
Motion carried on unanimous roll call vote with Woodward absent.
REPORT (MISC. #05154) August 18, 2005
BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #05154 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — RECOVERY OF DETROIT
WATER SYSTEM FUNDS MISAPPROPRIATED FOR DIGITAL RADIO
SYSTEM
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution
#05154 on August 10, 2005, reports with a recommendation that the resolution be
adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
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General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Long, Kowall and Coulter absent.
Miscellaneous Resolution # 05154
BY: Commissioner Bill Bullard, District #2
RE: Board of Commissioners - Recovery of Detroit Water System Funds Misappropriated for
Digital Radio System
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS recent media coverage has noted that the City of Detroit's new $130 million digital radio system
is being paid for through the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department; and
WHEREAS the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) is reportedly paying 33% of the total cost
for the project, amounting to an estimated $43 million for the local dispatch and communication system;
and
WHEREAS the DWSD will only directly use 11 percent of the radios, while over 60 percent of the system's
radios, towers, computers and infrastructure will be used by Detroit's police arid fire departments; and
WHEREAS the radio system paid for by the DWSD has an exceptionally high price tag, costing twice as
much as the new radio systems in Oakland and Macomb counties combined - primarily attributable to the
DWSD's lack of adequate, managerial oversight and accountability or the existence of a governance
structure that is accountable to all of the rate payers within the region; and
WHEREAS the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department customers include 125 suburban communities
in eight counties, with more than 75% of its 4,3 million water customers residing outside of Detroit; and
WHEREAS historically, the DWSD has failed to provide detailed information relative to the expenditures
related to the water system: and
WHEREAS suburban communities pay $26 million in water fees to the DWSD, which is to be applied
towards expenses directly associated with the regional water system; and
WHEREAS Oakland County water customers are being treated unfairly when money that should be applied
towards the maintenance and upkeep of the water system is being misappropriated to cover expenses
non-related to the water system.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby voices
its staunch opposition to the Detroit Water and Sewer Department misusing the funds collected from
Oakland County water system rate payers for digital radio system expenses that are unrelated to the water
system.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners respectfully requests the
Oakland County Drain Commissioner John McCulloch to consider the appropriate and necessary legal
action on behalf of the water system rate payers of Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk forward copies of this adopted resolution to
the Mayor of the City of Detroit, the Detroit City Council, the Detroit Water and Sewer Board and the
Oakland County Drain Commissioner.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #05154 July 28, 2005
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee and the Planning and Building
Committee. There were no objections.
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk
Resolution #05154 August 18, 2005
Moved by Patterson supported by Palmer the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Patterson supported by Palmer the General Government Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Palmer supported by Patterson the Planning and Building Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Hatchett, Jamian, KowaII, Long, Melton, Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Nash, Palmer, Patterson,
Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Wilson, Woodward, Zack, Bullard, Coleman, Coulter, Crawford,
Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted,
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, 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 August 18, 2005
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 of August, 2005.