HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.07.23 - 33520MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20265
BY: Commissioner David T. Woodward, Chairperson, Oakland County Board of Commissioners
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS — REVISION OF SECTION XII. — SPONSORSHIP OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING
CERTAIN PROJECTS WITHIN COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 2019-20 Rules of the Board of Commissioners are amended as follows:
XII. RESOLUTIONS ON THE BOARD FLOOR
A. Commissioner -Initiated Resolutions Introduced on the Board Floor:
(1) Following presentation of a written Commissioner -initiated resolution to the Chairpersons and Vice
Chairpersons of the caucuses, a Commissioner may then introduce the written resolution on the Board floor.
(a) The caucus Chairpersons and Vice Chairpersons shall be responsible for presenting the resolution to
each caucus. The majority caucus Chairperson or Vice Chairperson shall also provide a copy of the
resolution to the Clerk of the Board for the caucus minutes.
(b) If it is the intent of the initiating Commissioner to request suspension of the Board's Rules to
immediately consider the resolution, a written notice of that request must accompany presentation of
the resolution to the caucuses.
(2) A resolution introduced on the Board floor shall be referred to the appropriate liaison committee and to any
additional committees as the Chairperson determines.
(a) The resolution shall not be substantively debated until its referral and action by the committee(s).
Objections to a referral(s) shall be sustained upon eleven (11) affirmative votes.
B. Sponsorship of Resolutions authorizing certain projects within Commission Districts:
(1) A resolution authorizing a project of the Tri -Party Road Improvement Program, the Local Road
Improvement Program or the School Drinking Water Program may be introduced in the name of the
Commissioner or Commissioners representing the geographical area of the project boundaries of the
project at the liaison committee of jurisdiction designated by the Board.
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.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. rid
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Commissioner David T. Woodward, Chairperson,
Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Resolution #20265 July 23, 2020
Moved by Gershenson seconded by Jackson to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#20265 — Board of Commissioners — Amendment to the Rules of the Board of Commissioners — Revision
of Section XII. — Sponsorship of Resolution Authorizing Certain Projects Within Commissioner Districts.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #20265 — Board of Commissioners — Amendment to the Rules of the Board of Commissioners
— Revision of Section XII. — Sponsorship of Resolution Authorizing Certain Projects Within Commissioner
Districts carried.
Moved by Jackson seconded by Taub the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Middleton, Miller,
Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman,
Jackson. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
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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 July 23, 2020,
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 Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan this 23rd day of July, 2020.
Lisa Oa an