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July 19, 2022
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #22-187
Sponsored By: William Miller III
Board of Commissioners - Resolution Creating Special Committee to Study Road Commission
Operations Options
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS county government exists to provide necessary services to constituents and success in
accomplishing that mission depends heavily upon the guidance and initiative of county leadership; and
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners, as the county’s legislative body, holds the responsibility of
establishing policy framework which provides sound fiscal oversight of the county budget and the expenditure
of taxpayer funds; and
WHEREAS during its deliberative processes, the Board of Commissioners evaluates the spending of the
county budget, monitors the effectiveness of board-adopted policies and seeks to streamline and increase
efficiencies which positively impact county services and the bottom line where possible; and
WHEREAS PA 2 of 2020, section (7) states … the powers, duties, and functions that are otherwise provided
by law for an appointed board of county road commissioners may be transferred to the county board of
commissioners by a resolution as allowed under section 11 of 1851 PA 156, MCL 46.11. The appointed board
of county road commissioners of that county is dissolved on the date specified in the resolution adopted under
this subsection, and the county board of commissioners is authorized to receive and expend funds as allowed
under 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.651 to 247.675; and
WHEREAS further, PA 2 of 2020 9) states that … before adopting a resolution under subsection (7), the
county board of commissioners shall conduct, at a minimum, two public hearings on whether to transfer the
powers, duties, and functions of the board of county road commissioners to the county board of commissioners;
and
WHEREAS it is the intent of the Board of Commissioners to thoroughly evaluate the option to streamline
government operations and absorb the Oakland County Road Commission into county government as provided
by law, and to determine the potential outcomes of such action on the oversight and delivery of county road
work, county operations and the budget.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby expresses its
intent to form a Special Committee to Study Road Commission Operations for the purpose of evaluating the
option provided under Michigan Public Act 2 of 2020, and other applicable laws, and will provide a report and
presentation to the Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee as to potential avenues to pursue.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Special Committee to Study Road Commission Operations members
will be appointed by the Board Chairperson, two from the majority party and one from the minority party.
Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: William Miller III.
Date: July 19, 2022
David Woodward, Commissioner
Date: July 25, 2022
Hilarie Chambers, Deputy County Executive II
Date: July 28, 2022
Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-05-12 Full Board - Refer to Economic Development & Infrastructure
2022-06-15 Economic Development & Infrastructure - Recommend as amended to Board
2022-07-19 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner William Miller III seconded by Commissioner Charles Cavell to adopt the attached
Resolution: Creating Special Committee to Study Road Commission Operations Options.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Kristen Nelson, Eileen Kowall, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell,
Marcia Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet Jackson,
Gary McGillivray, Robert Hoffman (14)
No: Michael Gingell, Karen Joliat, Christine Long, Philip Weipert, Thomas Kuhn, Chuck Moss, Adam
Kochenderfer (7)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: (0)
Passed
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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 19, 2022, 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 on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk / Register of Deeds