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OAKLAND COUNTY
Board Of Commissioners
MEETING
July 16, 1970
Meeting called to order by Chairman Robert F. Patnales at 955 A. M. in the County Center
Auditorium, 1200 North Telegraph Road, Pontiac, Michigan.
Roll called.
PRESENT: Aaron, Bawden, Benson, Brennan, Coy, Edwards, Gabler, Grba, Hamlin, Horton, Houghten,
Kasper, Mainland, Mastln, Mathews, O'Brien, O'Donoghue, Olson, Patnales, •Perinoff, Pernick, Powell,
Richards, Richardson, Szabo, Walker, Wilcox. (27)
ABSENT: None. (0)
Quorum present.
Invocation given by Thomas H. O'Donoghue.
Approval or correction of the minutes of the previous meeting was postponed until the next meeting.
Clerk read letter from Ralph W. Moxley, Assistant Director of the Oakland Police Academy,
thanking the Board for the use of the Auditorium for the EighthSession of Basic Police Course graduation
exercises on June 14, 1970. (Placed on file.)
• Misc, 5446
By Mr. Edwards
IN RE: INTERIM RULES OF PROCEDURE
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Chairman of the Oakland County Board of• Commissioners has recommended the following
procedure for resolutions to be reported out of the committees and for adoption'by this Board:,
1. Requests for resolutions for Board consideration shall be in the hands of Corporation Counsel
five (5) working days prior to the next general meeting of the Board.
2. Complete resolutions are to be delivered to the Board Chairman at least two (2) days prior
to the meeting for review and coordination with all past resolutions related to the subject 'matter that
may have been before the Board on a prior date.
3. In the event that a Committee is confronted with an emergency situation, please make arrange-
ments with the Committee Clerk and the Office of the Board Chairman so that it may be added to the agenda.;
and
WHEREAS your Committee has reviewed the proposed rules and recommends that the proposed rules
be adopted with the addition of a fourth rule, to read as follows:
4. This procedure shall not preclude the offering of resolutions for Board referral on an
individual basis.;
as interim rules until such a time as Administrative Rules are adopted by this Board.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that interim rules be adopted as follows:
I. Requests for resolutions for Board consideration shall be in the hands of Corporation Counsel
five (5) working days prior to the next general meeting of the Board.;
2. Complete resolutions are to be delivered to the Board Chairman at least two (2) days prior
to the meeting for review and coordination with all past resolutions related to the subject matter that
may have been before the Board on a prior date.;
3. In the event that a Committee is confronted with an emergency situation, please make arrange-
ments with the Committee Clerk and the Office of the Board Chairman so that it may be added to the agenda.;
4. This procedure shall not preclude the offering of resolutions for Board referral on an
individual basis,
Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Committee on Committees, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
Charles B. Edwards, Jr., Chairman
E. Frank Richardson, Christian F. Powell
Richard R. Wilcox, William L. Mainland
William M. Richards,Robert F. Patnaies
Moved by Edwards supported by Perinoff the resolution be adopted.
Mr. Grba voted "no".
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
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Misc. 5447
By Mr. Mainland
IN RE: CREATION OF POSITION OF HOUSING COORDINATOR
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS under a Federal Program, indigents may purchase housing with Federal Funds, and
WHEREAS the State has been providing a person to consult with and advise the indigents in the
purchase of such homes, and
WHEREAS the State has informed the County that they will no longer do so, and it now has become
a County responsibility, and
WHEREAS your Committee recommends the creation of the position of County Housing and Real Estate
Coordinator, and
WHEREAS the person appointed to such position shall also coordinate the County-owned lands,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that a position of County Housing and Real Estate Coordinator
be and is hereby created at the following salary range:
Base 1 Year 2 Year 5 Year
$10,500 $11,000 $11,500 $12,000
Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Personnel Practices Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
William L. Mainland, Chairman
Paul E. Kasper, Lew L. Coy, Deios Hamlin
Mary Mead Bawden, James Mathews, Dennis M. Aaron
FINANCE COMMITTEE FISCAL NOTE
Pursuant to Rule 15(b) of this Board, the Finance Committee has reviewed the recommendations
of the Personnel Practices Committee to pay the sum of $5,500.00 for the remainder of the year 1970,
for the purpose of creating the position of County Housing Coordinator, and finds the sum of $5,500.00
to be available In the 1970 Contingent Fund and further moves that the sum of $5,500.00 be appropriated
from the 1970 Contingent Fund to the County Housing and Real Estate Coordinator Budget.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Fred D. Houghten, Chairman
Delos Hamlin, Christian F. Powell, Albert F. Szabo
Mary Mead Bawden, Thomas H. O'Donoghue
Moved by Mainland supported by Edwards the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Mr. Grba voted "no".
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
Misc. 5448
By Mr. Wilcox
IN RE: PUBLIC HEARING - ANNEXATION TO THE VILLAGE OF LEONARD
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS a petition has been submitted to the Oakland County Clerk by the Village of Leonard
requesting annexation of certain described lands to the Village of Leonard from the Township of Addison
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 14, Section 5, Act 3 of the Public Acts of 1895, as amended, and
WHEREAS it Is necessary that the Board of Commissioners holds a Public Hearing on the question
of such annexation prior to the Board of Commissioners voting on the question of annexation, and
WHEREAS your Committee recommends that the Public Hearing be held at 10:00 A. M. Eastern
Standard Time, on Thursday, September 17, 1970, in the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Auditorium,
and further, that notice of such hearing be published in the Oxford Leader;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that a Public Hearing be held at 10:00 A. M. Eastern Standard
Time, on Thursday, September 17, 1970 in the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Auditorium, on the
petition to alter and change the boundaries of the Village of Leonard;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that notice of such hearing be given In the Oxford Leader once each
week for at least three (3) weeks prior to September 17, 1970.
Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Local Affairs Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Richard R. Wilcox, Chairman
Wes E. Olson, Harry W. Horton, Paul E. Kasper
James M. Brennan, Philip O. Mastin, Jr., Dennis M. Aaron
Moved by Wilcox supported by Houghten the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
(0)
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to change the time of the Moved by Walker supported by Olson that the resolution be amended
Public Hearing from 10:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M., September 17, 1970.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried,
Vote on resolution as amended:
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
Misc. 5449
By Mr. Olson
IN RE: ESTABLISHING A COUNTY LIBRARY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Act 138 of the Public Acts of 1917, as amended, permits a county to establish a county
library, and
WHEREAS a Public Hearing was held at 8:00 P. M. on the 21st day of April 1970 on the question
of establishing an Oakland County Library, and
WHEREAS your Committee recommends that the County of Oakland does not establish a County Library
pursuant to the provisions of Act 138 of the Public Acts of 1917, as amended;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that pursuant to the provisions of Act 138 of the Public Acts of
1917, as amended, the County of Oakland does not establish a County Library.
Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Local Affairs Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Niles E. Olson, Harry W. Horton, James M. Brennan
Philip O. Mastin, Jr., Dennis M. Aaron
Moved by Olson supported by O'Donoghue the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Bawden supported by Richards the resolution be referred to the Regional Affairs
Committee for a report back to the Board.
Discussion followed.
AYES: Powell, Richards, Richardson, Walker, Bawden, Benson, Brennan, Coy, Gabler, Hamlin,
Houghten, Kasper, Mainland, O'Brien, Patnales. (15)
NAYS: Perinoff, Pernick, Szabo, Wilcox, Aaron, Edwards, Grba, Horton, Mastin, Mathews, O'Donoghue,
Olson. (12)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Discussion followed on presentation of a report on the Oakland-Orion Airport.
Moved by Walker supported by Mastin that the rules be waived and that the Aviation and Trans-
portation Committee be discharged from further consideration of the Oakland-Orion Airport report.
Discussion followed.
AYES: Pernick, Powell, Richards, Szabo, Walker, Aaron, Brennan, Coy, Edwards, Houghten, Mastin,
Mathews, O'Brien, O'Donoghue, Olson. (19)
NAYS: Richardson, Wilcox, Bawden, Benson, Gabler, Grba, Hamlin. Horton, Kasper, Mainland,
Patnales, Perinoff. (12)
Three-fifths of the members not having voted in favor of the motion, the motion lost.
A film on Oakland County Parks was presented by the Parks and Recreation Commission.
Moved by O'Brien supported by O'Donoghue the Board adjourn to August 6, 1970 at 9:30 A. M.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
The Board adjourned at 11:35 A. M.
Lynn D. Allen Robert F. Patnales
Clerk Chairman