HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2006.05.11 - 28236REPORT (MISC. 106087) May 11, 2006
BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #06087 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — OPPOSITION TO K-16
SPENDING MANDATE
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous
Resolution #06087 on May 1, 2006, reports with a recommendation that the resolution
be amended, as follows:
1. The 1 st WHEREAS paragraph should be amended, as follows:
WHEREAS, the American School Board Journal released their
"Educational Vital Signs" report indicating that the stake State of Michigan
ranks second only to Vermont in amount of state budget dedicated to
education, with 31.5%, while the national average in is 21.7%; and
2. The 6th WHEREAS paragraph should be amended, as follows:
WHEREAS, according to a recent MSUE/MACAO survey, counties are
required on average to provide over $1 billion worth of state mandated
services annually, but are only reimbursed from the state —State on the
average of about 55%; and
3. The r WHEREAS paragraph should be amended, as follows:
WHEREAS, the State Legislature and Governor are obligated to provide
funding for Michigan's' Michigan's counties as they come back into
revenue sharing beginning in F.Y. 2008, as part of means for counties to
provide these state mandated, critical services; and
4. The 8th WHEREAS paragraph should be amended, as follows:
WHEREAS, if the K-16 mandate is passed, it will cost Michigan over $1
billion in additional dollars in F.Y. 2007 alone, and with locked-in annual
inflationary increases would surely cut into funding for revenue sharing,
Medicaid and other critical services counties and Michigan's citizens
depend upon; and.
5. The NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph should be
amended, as follows:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners is opposed to a guaranteed educational inflationary
increase which favors the educational sector at the expense of all other
public sectors and that would prevent counties from funding critical
mandated servicesand
6. The BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph should be amended, as
follows:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to
the Board of Commissioners' lobbyist, the Michigan Association of
Counties, the Michigan State Legislature & the Governor.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Hatchett, Gregory, Coulter and Melton voting no
and Molnar absent.
en Kowall
District #6
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #06087
By: Commissioners Eileen Kowa11, Hugh Crawford
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - OPPOSITION TO K-16 SPENDING
MANDATE
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the American School Board Journal released their "Educational Vital Signs"
report indicating that the state of Michigan ranks second only to Vermont in amount of
state budget dedicated to education, with 31.5%, while the national average in 21.7%;
and
WHEREAS, the same report ranked Michigan 7 th for dedication of administrative
funding per pupil, but No. 1 outside of the Eastern Seaboard and Alaska; and
WHEREAS, between 1994 and 2004 appropriations for K-12 education increased by
42.9%, while enrollment increased by just 5%. At the same time, revenue sharing funds
for cities, townships and counties went up by just 11%; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is very supportive of fair
funding for educational resources for Michigan's students as a means to a promising
future and a thriving quality of life; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is equally supportive of fair
funding of critical emergency, local public health and public safety programs in order to
protect the health, safety, welfare and quality of life of Michigan's citizens; and
WHEREAS, according to a recent MSUE/MACAO survey, counties are required on
average to provide over $1 billion worth of state mandated services annually, but are only
reimbursed from the state on the average of about 55%; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature and Governor are obligated to provide funding for
Michigan's' counties as they come back into revenue sharing beginning in F.Y. 2008, as
part of means for counties to provide these state mandated, critical services; and
WHEREAS, if the K -16 mandate is passed, it will cost Michigan over $1 billion in
additional dollars in F.Y. 2007 alone, and with locked in annual inflationary increases
would surely cut into funding for revenue sharing, Medicaid and other critical services
counties and Michigan's citizens depend upon; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
is opposed to a guaranteed educational inflationary increase which favors the educational
sector at the expense of all other public sectors and that would prevent counties from
funding critical mandated services; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Board
of Commissioners' lobbyist, the Michigan State Legislature & the Governor.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #06087 April 27, 2006
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
Ruth -JtIttfrs- , County Clerk
I REMY APPROVE Ili FOREGOING RESIBION
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Resolution #06087 May 11, 2006
Moved by KowaII supported by Patterson the resolution be adopted.
Moved by KowaII supported by Patterson the General Government Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Moved by KowaII supported by Patterson the resolution be amended to coincide with the
recommendation in the General Government Committee Report.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Potter supported by Molnar to call the question.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to call the question carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Jamian, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott,
Wilson, Bullard, Crawford, Douglas. (15)
NAYS: Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Melton, Nash, Suarez, Woodward, Zack, Coulter. (9)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
OVIN•
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 May 11, 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 11th day of May, 2006.