HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2006.12.14 - 28118Miscellaneous Resolution #06257
BY: Commissioners Eric Wilson, District #3, Sue Ann Douglas, District #12, David
Woodward, District #18, David Coulter, District #25
RE: Board of Commissioners — Support for Senate Bill 248 and Ability to Retain
Existing Speed Limits on Gravel Roads
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Public Act 85 of 2006, which took effect November 9, 2006, amended the
Michigan Vehicle Code (MCL 257.628 and 257.629) to require that "prima fade" speed
limits be set according to the number of access points (driveways, side streets or
intersections) located along a stretch of road; and
WHEREAS Public Act 85 of 2006 also established that speed limits would not be in effect
unless they were posted properly in the appropriate area. If a speed limit sign is not
present on the road, the "general speed limit" of 55 miles per hour applies; and
WHEREAS this could have a negative impact by inappropriately increasing the speed limits
on up to 283 gravel roadways within Oakland County, which in many instances has
established 25 mile per hour speed limits on residential gravel roads. The Road
Commission for Oakland County is required to remove all of these signs from the gravel
roads; and
WHEREAS Senate Bill 248 enables local officials to retain existing speed limits on gravel
roads and to initiate any future speed limit increases. Keeping oversight of roads with local
officials ensures that the safest and most responsible speed limits are established within
each community; and
WHEREAS Senate Bill 248 proposes that if a gravel or dirt road was posted as provided by
law before November 9, 2006, that legally posted speed limit remains in effect unless the
city council of a city, the village council of a village, or a township board of a township
within whose limits the gravel or dirt road is located requests that the county road
commission increase that speed limit and the county road commission determines that the
increase is appropriate;" and
WHEREAS this proposed language in Senate Bill 248 will sunset on January 1, 2009; and
WHEREAS Senate Bill 248 (and House Substitute Bill H-8) passed both the Michigan
House and Senate with a two-thirds majority vote. The legislation was given immediate
effect and ordered enrolled. Upon receipt of an enrolled bill, the governor has 14 days to
consider the bill.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
hereby supports the enactment of Senate Bill 248 and providing local units of government
with the ability to retain existing speed limits on local gravel roads and urges Governor
Granholm to sign this legislation allowing for its immediate implementation.
Commissioner Eric Wilson
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Commissioner Sue Ann Douglas
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward
copies of this adopted resolution to Governor Jennifer Granholm, the Oakland County
delegation to the Michigan legislature, the Road Commission for Oakland County and
Oakland County's Legislative Lobbyists.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #06257 December 14, 2006
Moved by Wilson supported by Coulter to suspend the rules and vote on MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION
#06257 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL 248 AND ABILITY TO RETAIN
EXISTING SPEED LIMITS ON GRAVEL ROADS.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Kowall, Long, Melton, Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Nash, Palmer, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Wilson,
Zack, Bullard, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Jacobsen, Jamian. (22)
NAYS: Potter. (1)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on MISCELLANEOUS
RESOLUTION #06257 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL 248 AND ABILITY
TO RETAIN EXISTING SPEED LIMITS ON GRAVEL ROADS CARRIED.
Moved by Wilson supported by Coulter the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Long, Melton, Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Nash, Palmer, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Wilson,
Zack, Bullard, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Jacobsen, Jamian,
Kowall. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
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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
December 14, 2006, 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 14th day of December, 2006.
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk