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Commissio -rA'"ra y Quarles, District #17
Chairperso rgislative Affairs and Government
Operations Committee
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #19003 January 9, 2019
BY: Nancy Quarles, Chairperson, Legislative Affairs and Government Operations Committee
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — AMENDMENT TO THE TRI-PARTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM APPROVAL PROCESS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS since the 1970s, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners has authorized the Tr-Party
Road Improvement Program to assist Oakland County's cities, villages and townships (CVTs) with the
construction, maintenance and repair of roads under the supervision, direction and control of the Road
Commission for Oakland County (RCOC); and
WHEREAS Miscellaneous Resolution #09221, as amended by Miscellaneous Resolution #10045, provides
that any Oakland County appropriation in support of the Tr-Party Road Improvement Program shall be
distributed only after "The Commissioner(s) representing the CVT requesting the project submits a
resolution authorizing the appropriation of the County's 1/3 share of the project from the General Fund
Assigned Fund Balance for Tr-Party Program. The resolution shall be approved by the Finance Committee
and the full Board before any funds may be released from the Tr-Party Program designation account.", and
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners has adopted Rules of Procedure for the 2019-2020 session
requiring an amendment to the policies approved in Miscellaneous Resolutions #09221 and #10045.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby amends
and approves the Tr-Party Road Improvement Program Approval Process, in accordance with the
provisions and restrictions of 1917 PA 253, MCL 247.121 and as set forth below:
"The CVT has authorized its 1/3 share of the funding for the project and has executed a written contract for
payment with the RCOC; and the Commissioner(s) representing the CVT requesting the project submits a
resolution authorizing the appropriation of the County's 1/3 share of the project from the General Fund
Assigned Fund Balance for Tr-Party Program. The resolution shall be approved in accordance with the
Rules for the Board of Commissioners."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the administrative staff of the Board are directed to prepare a final
version of the policy including the adopted amendment and incorporate the revised policy.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this adopted
resolution to the Road Commission for Oakland County, Oakland County Fiscal Services and the Clerks of
the cities, villages and townships of Oakland County.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Legislative Affairs and Government Operations Committee, I move the
adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Gingell absent.
Resolution #19003 January 9, 2019
Moved by Quarles supported by Miller the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Commissioner Middleton addressed the Board to raise a Point of Order regarding the liaison committee
referral.
Chairperson David Woodward ruled this Out of Order.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Middleton supported by Hoffman to challenge the ruling of the Chairperson.
Vote on challenge to the ruling:
AYES: Weipert, Hoffman, Kochenderfer, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Spisz, Taub. (8)
NAYS: Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Jackson, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Miller, Nelson,
Powell, Quarles. (11)
A sufficient majority having not ruled in favor, the challenge to the ruling failed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Woodward, Zack Gershenson, Jackson, Kochenderfer, KowaII, Long, Luebs, Markham,
McGillivray, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert. (17)
NAYS: Hoffman, Middleton. (2)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, 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 January 9, 2019,
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 9th day of January, 2019.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County