HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.08.06 - 33494MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20322
BY: Commissioner Shelley Taub, District #12, Oakland County Board of Commissioners
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS — REVISION OF SECTION XI. — STANDING COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES —
COORDINATING ZONING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENT
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Coordinated Zoning Committee was established by resolution of the Board of Commissioners in
1974; and
WHEREAS the Rules for the Oakland County Board of Commissioners have contained a long-standing provision
requiring the members of the Coordinating Zoning Committee to maintain membership on the Standing Committee
serving in a liaison role to the Department of Economic Development and Community Affairs; and
WHEREAS due to the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic the Board of Commissioners
instituted special procedures during a state of emergency, MR#20083, and special procedures for social distancing
and remote participation. MR#20127, consolidating the standing committee structure; and
WHEREAS with the Board approval of MR#20083 and MR#20127, the change to the standing committee structure
necessitates a revision to the appointment requirements for the Coordinating Zoning Committee; and
WHEREAS it is necessary to amend the Rules of the Board of Commissioners to absolve the standing committee
membership requirement for the Coordinating Zoning Committee and restructure this committee under the full Board
of Commissioners.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 2019-20 Rules of the Board of Commissioners are amended as
follows:
XI. STANDING COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
Delete subsection 11 from section D. Economic Growth and Infrastructure Committee as follows:
D. Economic Growth and Infrastructure Committee
(!!)Three (3) membeFs of the Econemin Growth and I nfrastrunt-Fe Gernmttee shall be appeiRted by the County,
.. 4h G nt d InfrastF6iGt6iFe Committee hall alse terminate the V MW'.7 PF0N-1 in ih3 GOHRty
GGGF iRating Zoning Committee.
Add subsection 2 to section F. Other Committees as follows:
F. Other Committees
(2) Three (3) members of the Board of Commissioners shall be appointed by the County Board of
Commissioners to act as the County Coordinating Zoning Committee. Termination of membership on
the Board of Commissioners shall also terminate the membership in the County Coordinating Zoning
Committee.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the staff of the Board of Commissioners are authorized to renumber the Rules
of the Board for the codification of this Rule.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the institution of these special appointment procedures for the Coordinating
Zoning Committee shall be rescinded at any time upon the powers vested under Section XV.(2) - Special
Procedures For Social Distancing And Remote Participation,
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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District #12
COAKLANDFr
COUNTY MICHIGAN
August 6, 2020
DAVID T. WOODWARD, CHAIRMAN
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners has delegated the authority to
conduct master plan and township zoning reviews granted under Michigan law to
the Coordinating Zoning Committee. Please accept the following membership
appointments to the Coordinating Zoning Committee as per the amended Board
Rule XI.F.(2) — Standing Committee Responsibilities.
Commissioner Gwen Markham, Chair
Commissioner Janet Jackson
Commissioner Mike Spisz
Sincerely,
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David T. Woodward, Chairman
Oakland County Board of Commissioners
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Resolution #20322
August 6, 2020
Moved by Taub seconded by Gershenson to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution #20322
— Board of Commissioners — Amendment to the Rules of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners —
Revision of Section XI. — Standing Committee Responsibilities — Coordinating Zoning Committee Membership
Requirement.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #20322 — Board of Commissioners — Amendment to the Rules of the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners — Revision of Section XI. — Standing Committee Responsibilities — Coordinating Zoning
Committee Membership Requirement carried.
Moved by Taub seconded by Gershenson the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Markham, McGillivray, Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert,
Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kuhn, Long, Luebs. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
Moved by Spisz seconded by McGillivray to confirm the following appointments to the Coordinating Zoning
Board:
Commissioner Gwen Markham, Chair
Commissioner Janet Jackson
Commissioner Michael Spisz
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the appointments to the Coordinating Zoning Board were
confirmed.
I HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANTTO MCL 45.559A (7
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 August 6, 2020,
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, t have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan this 6th day of August, 2020.
Lisa Brown, Oa Jand County