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OAKLAND COUNTY
Board Of Supervisors
MEETING
April 10, 1962
Meeting called to order by Chairman Delos Hamlin.
Invocation given by Dr. Leo Y. Goldman, Rabbi of the Congregation Shaarey Shomayim, Oak Park.
Roll called.
PRESENT; Allerton, Alward, Anahle, Archambault, Bloe, Brickner, Carey, Charteris, Cheyz,
Clack, Clarkson, Cummings, Davis, Dewan, Dickens, Dohany, J. W. Duncan, WM. Duncan, Durbin, Edward,
Edwards, Ewart, Fonts, Gabler, Goodspeed, Hall, Hamlin, Heacock, Hill, Hoard, Huber, Wallace Hudson,
Hulet, Hursfall, Ingraham, Kephart, Knowles, Lahti, Lessiter, Levinson, Love, Majer, Marshall, McCartney,
McGovern, Melchert, Menzies, Cyril Miller, Mitchell, Noel, OIDonoghue, Oldenburg, Osgood, Potter, Rehard,
Remer, Rhinevault, Rowston, Semann, Smith, Selley, Staman, Taylor, Tiley, Tinsman, Voll, Webber, Wood,
Yockey. (69)
ABSENT: Bonner, Calhoun, Demute, R. Duncan, Elliott, Forbes, Frid, Hocking, Horton, WM.Hudson,
Huhn, Johnson, Johnston, Lewis, MacDonald, Clarence Miller. (16)
Quorum Present
Moved by Cummings supported by Semann the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as printed.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Semann supported by Dickens the journal for the September Session be approved and
closed and the September Session stand adjourned sine die.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Daniel T. Murphy, Jr. Delos Hamlin
Clerk Chairman
APRIL SESSION
April_ 10, 1962
Meeting called to order by Daniel T. Murphy, Jr., County Clerk and Register ofDeeds.
Clerk called for nominations for Temporary Chairman.
Mr. Levinson nominated William A. Ewart. Mr. Solley Seconded the nomination.
Moved by Hursfall supported by Semann that nominations be closed, the rules suspended, and
the Clerk be instructed to cast the unanimous vote of the Board for Mr. .Ewart.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Mr. Ewart declared elected Temporary Chairman and escorted to the Chair.
BERKLEY CITY - - Wm. T. Duncan, john G.
(replaces Edwin J. Johnston)
HAZEL PARK CITY - Alex Majer, Vance C
Beamer (replaces Edmund R. Hocking)
TROY CITY - Robert J. Huber ., Wallace B. Hudson, James F. Carey (replaces Roy Duncan)
PLEASANT RIDGE. CITY - John S. Slavens (replaces Arthur C. Elliott, Jr.)
PONTIAC CITY - R. Clare Cummings, Margaret E. Hill, Philip E. Rowston, Wayne O. Anable
Roll Called.
PRESENT: Allerton, Alward, Anable, Archambault, Beamer, Beecher, Bice, Brickner, James Carey,
John: Carey, Charteris, Cheyz, Clack, Clarkson, Cummings, Davis, Dewan, Dickens, Dohany, J. W. Duncan,
Wm. Duncan., Durbin, Edward, Edwards, Ewart, Fouts, Gabler, Goodspeed, Hall, Hamlin, Heacock, Hill, Hoard,
Huber, Wallace Hudson, Hulet, Hursfall, Ingraham, Kephart, Knowles, Lahti, Lessiter, Levinson, Love,
Maier, Marshall, McCartney, McGovern, Melehert, Menzies, Cyril. Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Noel, 0?Donoghue,
Oldenburg, Osgood, Potter, Rehard, Remer, Rhinevault, Rowston, Semann, Slavens, Smith, Solley, Staman,
Taylor, Tiley, Tinsman, Voll, Webber, Wood, Yeckey. (74)
ABSENT: Bonner, Calhoun, Demute, Forbes, Frid, Horton, WM. Hudson, Johnson, Levin, Lewis,
MacDonald, (11)
Quorum Present
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Clerk read the following appointments:
HUNTINGTON WOODS CITY - David Ross Calhoun, Fred L. Yockey
Semann, Sander Levin (replaces John Huhn), Ralph S.
Clarence Miller),
168 Supervisors Minutes Continued. April 10, 1962
Nominations in order for Permanent Chairman.
,Mr. Carey nominated Delos Hamlin. Mr. Semann seconded the nomination.
Moved by Dohany supported by Durbin that nominations be closed, the rules suspended, and the
Clerk be instructed to cast the unanimous vote of the Board for Delos Hamlin.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Mr. Hamlin declared elected. Permanent Chairman and escorted to the Chair.
Nominations in order for Chairman pro tem.
Mr. Fouts nominated Arno L. Hulot. Mr. Rehard seconded the nomination.
Moved by Charteris supported by Taylor that nominations be closed, the rules suspended, and
the Clerk be instructed to cast the unanimous vote of the Board for Arno L. Hulet.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Mr. Hulet declared elected Chairman pro tern and escorted to the Chair.
The Clerk read the request for this meeting which was filed with him on March 28, 1962. Said
request was ordered filed with the Clerk. A true copy of the same appears in the notice of meeting here
inafter set forth.
The Clerk presented the notice of this meeting together with his affidavit as to the mailing
of said notice, which notice and affidavit are as follows:
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING
To the Members of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Oakland. State of Michigan
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Oakland, State of Michigan, will be held at the time and place stated in the following request Which
has been filed with me, to-wit:
"A regular meeting of the Board. of Supervisors of the County of Oakland, State of Michigan,
. is hereby called to be held on the 10th day of April, 1962 at 9:30 o'clock A.M., EST, in
the Supervisors Room in the Court House Office Building, Lafayette Street, Pontiac,
Michigan for the purpose of transacting such business as may come before the Board at that
time.
Signed: Delos Hamlin, Chairman
Board of Supervisors"
This is the first meeting of the April Session of the Oakland County Board of Supervisors.
The previous meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the Chair.
Signed: Daniel T. Murphy, Jr.
Oakland County Clerk and Register of Deeds
Dated:. March 28, 1962
PROOF OF MAILING
STATE OF MICHIGAN) . SS COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
Daniel T. Murphy, Jr., being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the County Clerk and
Register of Deeds of Oakland County and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors for Oakland County, and that
he served a true copy of the foregoing notice on each member of the Board of Supervisors of Oakland
County, Michigan by enclosing the same in an envelope properly sealed, sufficiently stamped, and
plainly addressed to such member at his last known address and depositing the same in the United States
mail at Pontiac, Michigan on March 28, 1962.
Signed: Daniel T. Murphy, Jr.
Oakland County Clerk and Register of Deeds
Subscribed and sworn.. to before me this 28th day of March, 1962
Julia Maddock, Notary Public, Oakland County, Michigan
My commission expires November 16, 1964
Clerk read cards of thanks from Wm. Duncan, Claude H. Stevens and the family of George
Schweigert. (Placed on file)
Clerk presented resolutions from the City of Lathrup Village, South Lyon City, Cheboygan
County- Board of Supervisors and the East Detroit Junior Chamber of Commerce opposing the Detroit Income
Tax Plan for non-residents. (Placed on file)
Clerk read resolution from the Pontiac City Commission relative to use of the old Court House
site for a display of automotive products manufactured in the City of Pontiac.
Moved by Ewart supported by Hill the resolution be referred to a Special Committee of not
more than five members, to be appointed by the Chairman.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Supervisors Minutes Continued. April 10, 1962
Clerk presented resolutionsfrom Grand Traverse, Cheboygan and Lapeer Counties relative to
Constitutional Convention proposals. (Referred to the Legislative Committee)
Clerk read resolution from the Detroit Board of Education recommending the establishment of
a metropolitan area program for sound fiscal support of local area governments and school districts.
(Referred to the. Ways and Means Committee)
Clerk read resolution from the City of Madison Heights endorsing the proposed airport. (Referred
to the Seer al Aviation Committee)
Clerk presented resolutions opposing the proposed airport from Dr. Clarence R. Will, the Village
of Lake Angelus, Township of Oakland, Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Ostrander, Anna May Baker, the Lake Orion School
District Board of Education, Orion Township Board, Annual Township meeting of Lyon Township, Holly Town-
ship Board, Pontiac Township Board and Rose Township Board. (Referred to the Special Aviation Committee)
Clerk read letter from the Birmingham City Commission urging this Board to make a more intensive
study of the proposed airport. (Referred to the Special Aviation Committee)
Clerk read resignation of Arthur G. Elliott, Jr. as supervisor of the City of Pleasant Ridge.
(Placed on file)
Clerk read letter from Delos Hamlin relative to establishment of the Internal Revenue Service
. Center in Oakland County. (Placed on file)
Clerk read resolution from Bloomfield Township objecting to the adoption of the resolution
amending the Evergreen Sewage Disposal Agreement. (Referred to the Board of Public Works)
Clerk read letter of thanks from John E. Dickens to James A. Scott of the Bloomfield Township
Water Department. (Placed on file)
The Annual Report of the Coordinating Zoning Committee was presented by R. C. Cummings, Chairman
of the Committee.
Misc. 3925
By Mr. Heacock
IN RE: TRANSFER OF PROPERTY TO ROAD COMMISSION
To the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and. Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the County of Oakland did, on September 7, 1961, exercise an option to purchase the
following described property:
"Part of the N.W. 1/4 of Section 24, Town 3 North, Range 9 East, Waterford Township,
Oakland County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point on N. and S. 1/4 line
distant- S. 00 02' 48" East 1131.08 feet from N. 1/4 corner of said Section 24, thence
S. 45° 02' 24" West 11.90.50 feet to center line of Watkins Lake Road, thence along
center of said Road S. 44° 57' 36" East 962.74 feet to E. and W. 1/4 line; thence
S. 59° 50' 30" East 163.15 feet to center of Section, thence N. 0 0 02' 48" West
1522.91 feet to beginning. Containing 16 acres more or less. Also that part of
S. W. 1/4 of Section 24 lying Northeasterly of center line of Watkins Lake Road,
containing 0.30 acres more or less."
and
WHEREAS the said purchase was made at the request of and behalf of the Board of County Road
Commissioners of Oakland County and the purchase money was furnished by the Board of County Road
Commissioners of Oakland County,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the said premises above described be transferred to the
Board of County Road Cormissioners of Oakland County, and that the Chairman and Clerk be authorized
to execute a Quit Claim Deed to that effect.
Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE
Luther Heacock, Chairman
Leroy Davis, C. Hugh Dohanya J. Wesley Duncan
Duane Hursfall, Hugh G. Allerton, Jr.
Moved by Heacock supported by Hui sfall the resolution be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted
Misc. 3926
By Mr. Heacock
IN RE: TRANSFER OF PROPERTY TO ROAD COMMISSION
To the Oakland County. Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the County of Oakland did on August 2, 1920 acquire title to property described as
follows:
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170 Supervisors Minutes Continued. April. 1.0, 1962
Lands in the Village and Township of Highland, County of Oakland, State of
Michigan, described as follows:
North 1/2 of Lot 71 and all of Lots 73 and 75 of Village of Highland according
to the recorded plat thereof recorded in Libor 3 of Plats, page 25, Oakland
County Records
and
WNEREAS purchase money was furnished by tle Board of County Road Commissioners but title was
taken in the name of the County of Oakland, a Municipal Corporation,
THEREFORE BE II RESOLVED that said premises above described be transferred to the Board of
County Road Commissioners of Oakland County and that the Chairman and Clerk be authorized to execute
a quit claim deed to that effect.
Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE
Luther Heacock, Chairman
Leroy Davis, Hugh C. Allerton, Jr., Duane Bursfall
C. Hugh Pohany, J. Wesley Duncan
Moved by Heacock supported by J. W. Duncan the resolution be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
Misc. 3927
By Mr. Fouts
IN RE: CONTROL CENTER
To the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
An application to the Federal Office of Civil Defense for matching funds for a Civil Defense
Control Center to be located on a site at the northerly line of the County Service Center was approved
on November 9, 1960. In 1901. the Federal Government advanced $2,500.00 to be matched with an equal
amount of county funds to prepare plans for the Center. Your Civil Defense Committee had pre-preliminary
plans prepared which were presented to the Board on August 22, 1961-
Since that time your Committee has provided a control center in the basement area of the
former Contagious Hospital. Building at the County Service Center which can be used for training of
civil defense personnel and will also have operational capability in the event of an emergency. This
was authorized by the Boird 0111 February 6, 1962 by the adoption of Miscellaneous Resolution 3902.
Your Committee, after further study, finds that it would not be feasible to locate the
permanent Control Center on the site previously set aside for this purpose and described in Resolution
3585, by action of the Hoard on October 26, 1959. Therefore, a new study is being made as to location
of the permanent Control. Center at another site, possibly under a future wing of the Court house.
Since the present application must be withdrawn pursuant to Section 14.6 of Civil Defense Administrative
Manual AM-25-1 and an accounting made to the federal government of funds advanced, your Committee on
March 23, 1962, recommended to the Ways and Means Committee that the application #Mich.-400-2-61 now
pending for federal participation be withdraw'.
Mr. Chairman, I offer the following resolution:
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Auditors and the Civil Defense Director be authorized to
take the necessary steps to terminate Application #Mich-400-2-61 for the Control. Center and make an
accounting and settlement with the federal government to withdraw said project.
Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Civil Defense Committee, and with the concurrence of the
Ways and Means Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
CIVIL DEFENSE COMMITTEE
Vance C. Fouts, Chairman
Lloyd A. Gabler, Margaret E. Hill
Alex R. Solley, Marshall E. Taylor
Moved by Pouts supported by Taylor the resolution be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
Misc. 3928
By Mr. Hall
IN RE: COUNTY ROAD TAX
To the Oakland County Baird of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Board of County Road Commissioners has presented to your Roads and Bridges Committee a
copy of a resolution wherein the said Board did declare and determine that in its judgment a tax in
the amount of 1/20th of 1 Mill ($0.05 on each $1000 of assessed valuation) should be raised in Oakland
County for the year 1963 for the purpose of constructing or reconstructing certain county roads.
At this time Iwould ask the Clerk to read the resolution which was adopted by the Board of
County Road Commissioners.
Clerk read the following resolution:
"At a regular meeting of the Board of County Road Commissioners of Oakland County, Michigan
held at the office of said Board, 2420 Pontiac Lake Road, Pontiac, Michigan, on the 2nd day of April,
1962.
Supervisors Minutes Continued. April 10, 1962
PRESENT: Thatcher, Lomerson and Felt
Commissioner Thatcher moved the adoption of the following resolution:
WHEREAS Section 20, Chapter IV of Act 283 of the Public Acts of 1909 as amended provides that
the Board of County Road Commissioners shall determine upon the amount of tax which in its judgment
should be raised in the county for county road purposes, and
WHEREAS in compliance with said Act this Board has caused preliminary surveys, general plans,
specifications, and estimates of certain roads to be made by the County Highway Engineer,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that based upon the above referred to estimates, this Board has
determined and it is hereby declared and determined that in its judgment a tax in the amount of 1/20 of
1 mill ($0.05 on each $1,000 of assessed valuatien) should be raised in Oakland County for the year
1963 for the purposes of constructing or reconstructing the following county roads:
ROAD LOCATION ESTIMATED COST
Martindale Road 0.1 Mile S of Travis Road Lyon Township $17,000
Newton Road 0.3 Mile S of Commerce Road Commerce Township 500
Pontiac Lake Road 0.4 Mile E of Airport Road Waterford Township 31,000
Avon Road At Livernois Road Avon Township 43,500
Buno Road 0.3 Mile W of Charms Road Milford Township 8,000
Carden Road 0.6 Mile W of Wixom Road Milford Township 8,000
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST $108,000
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Board hereby directs its Secretary-Clerk to enter the herein
contained determination upon the records of this Board and to file a true copy of this Resolution . with
the Oakland County Clerk.
The motion was supported by Commissioner Lomerson and carried by the following vote:
AYES: Felt, Lomerson, Thatcher
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by
the Board of County Road Commissioners of the County of Oakland, Michigan, under date
of April 2, 1962.
Signed: Irwin P. Nichols, Clerk of the Board"
The Road Committee resolution has been considered and approved by the Roads and Bridges
Committee and the said Roads and Bridges Committee recommends that the Board of Supervisors raise a
tax in the amount of 1/20th of 1 mill ($0.05 on each $1000 of assessed valuation) for the purpose of
constructing or reconstructing the County roads set forth in the Road Commission resolution just read.
Mr. Chairman, I offer the following resolution:
WHEREAS the Hoard of County Road Commissioners of the County of Oakland in compliance with
Section 20, Chapter IV of Act 283 of the Public Acts of 1909 as amended, has heretofore under date of
April 2, 19b2, adopted a resolution wherein the said Board did declare and determine that in its
judgment a tax in the amount of 1/20th of I mill, ($0.05 on each $1000 of assessed valuation) should
be raised. in Oakland County for the year 1963 for the purpose of constructing Or re-constructing the
herein itemized county roads, and
WHEREAS said Section 20, Chapter IV of Act 283 of the Public Acts of 1909 as amended, pro-
vides that it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors to raise a sufficient tax to keep any
county roads already built in reasonable repair, and
WHEREAS this Board has considered the determination heretofore made by the Board of County
Road Commissioners,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the above mentioned determination of the Board of County
Road Commissioners be and the same is hereby approved, ratified and confirmed;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following county roads, to-wit:
ROAD LOCATION ESTIMATED COST
Martindale Road 0.1. Mile S Of Travis Road Lyon Township $17,000
Newton Road 0.3 Mile S of Commerce Road Commerce Township 500
Pontiac Lake Road 0.4 Mile E of Airport Road Waterford Township 31,000
Avon Road At Livernois Read Avon Township 43,500
Bun° Road 0.3 Mile W of Charms Road Milford Township 8,000
Carden Road 0.6 Mile W of Wixom Road Milford Township 8,000
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST $108,000
be constructed or reconstructed by the Board of County Road Commissioners at the cost itemized and
specified;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a tax in the amount of 1/20th of 1 mill ($0.05 on each $1000 of
assessed valuation) shall be raised for the purpose aforesaid in accordance with the provisions of
Section 20 of Chapter IV of Act 283 of the Public Acts of 1909 as amended.
Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Roads and Bridges Committee, I move that the foregoing
resolution be referred to the Ways and Means Committee for a report and recommendation to be made as
a special order of business at the meeting of this Board on April 16, 1962 at 10:00 A. M.
ROADS AND BRIDGES COMMITTEE
Curtis H. Hall, Edward Cheyz, Seeley Tinsman
Chas, R. Edwards, Jr., Earl B. Rhinevault
Moved by Hall supported by Cheyz the resolution be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
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and Board, in the preparation of the attached budget, have
ew(A present and past operating costs and evaluated the
will provide an adequate budget to carry out a well-rounded
C the Salaries Committee and the Board of Auditors for the
in this report, and
, after careful study of the proposed "Enlarged Dequindre
od planning and is not only logical from a physical
7_ point of view and so therefore has included the sum
liment on the estimated annual cost to Oakland County,
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Misc. 3929
By Mr. Staman
IN RE: REPORT Of RECOMMENDED SALARIES APPROPRIATION - 1963 TENTATIVE BUDGET
To the Oakland County Board of Sneers:
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Your Board of Auditors and ti rola ittee recommend that $7,139,904 to cover the
cost of salaries, be placed in the lentata. l'aa Duo. This figure has been forwarded to the Ways
and Means Committee and we have been inla • that it 1.;s. been included in that Committee's overall
budget reconnendation.
Of the total salaries amount, it is recommended that $6,627,328 be appropriated in the various
departmental budgets for 1246 positions which have been previously approved; that $198,570 be placed in
the Salaries Reserve Fund for 41 new positions; that $114,000 be placed in the Salaries Reserve Fund
for Emergency Salaries and that $200,000 be. placed in the Salaries Reserve Fund for possible salary
adjustments. Attached you will find a summary sheet showing the anticipated salaries costs for each
department and the number of employees involved.
The salaries portions of this budget are shown on the smaller yellow pages located with each
departmental budget sheet. The descriptions of requested new positions and emergency salaries infor-
mation are ev on the left hand page, along with a brief description of the functions of the department.
NEW POSITTObI
A 1.0-ial of sixty-one new positions was requested by sixteen of the County's departments. All
depantmenta m,a Hag. such requests had opportunities for hearings before both the Board of Auditors and
the Salaries Caailittee. As a result of these hearings and a careful. review of the problems and programs
presented, 41 e , positions are included in this recommendation. Twenty-nine of these are related to
social. servic.
EMERGENCY a',a'_.aH:7
14,000 for Emergency Salaries covers 19 departments who requested a total of $149,125.
Emergency -..1arkes money has been placed in the Salaries Reserve Fund each year since 1950 and is used
only with t.1 approval of the Board of Auditors through its Personnel Division. Only amounts actually
spent to meet approved situations are transferred into the departmental salary budgets. The remainder
stays in the Salaries Reserve Fund. Emergency Salaries money is generally used only to cope with
fluctuating case loads or seasonal activities which do not justify permanent increases in personnel,
but which are difficult to overcome without additional.. temporary help.
POSSIBLE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS
While it is difficult, at this time, to anticipate the amount which might be desirable for
salary adjustments in the final budget, the following were used as guides in arriving at the recommended
amount of $200,000.
The salary adjustments of the past few years have cost between $226,000 and $186,000, with the
lower amounts coming in years when the salaries of elected officials could not be raised because they
were in the middle of their terms.
Most elected officials will he starting new terms in 1963.
The requested salary raises included in the 1963 budget requests submitted by the various
departments totaled $104,655, and these requests covered only specific job classifications representing
a small portion of the County's employees.
OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF AUDITORS
John C. Austin, Chairman
Robert Y. Moore, Vice-Chairman
Robert E. Lilly, Secretary
SALARIES COMMITTEE
Frazer W. Staman, Chairman
Marvin M. Alward, Lee H. Clack, Curtis H. Hall
Virgil_ C. Knowles, Elmer Kephart, Earl B.Rhinevault
Misc. 3930
By Mr. Levinson
• IN RE: TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1963
To the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Property Tax Limitation Statute (Act 62, Section 9, Public Acts of 1933,. M.S.A.
7.61) provides that the County shall, at tiw April Session of the Board of Supervisors, submit a budget
to the County Tax Allocation Board . for its use in determining the County's millage for the ensuing
year, viz: covering the period from January 1., 1963 to December 31, 1963; and
WHEREAS the preparation of such proposed allocation budget for presentation to your Honorable
Body- is a joint responsibility of your Ways and Means Committee, Salaries Committee and Board of Auditors,
and
WHF.,T,A the erbeve named Conan
scrutinized all a• 7a.rt.;1 ntal requests,
services neceaa- ahich, in their opinicat
County operat i a tha ensuing year, and
WE'AYa'; the joint omm:aatio -:
1963 salary poraion of thi• buj a J.n
WHEREAS your laa, . 0,
Interceptor" project, finds that it vet -
point of view but juat aa logical from
of $125,000.00 in the budget as the first.
which sum together with any other sums adia.a ,..d by the County are to be repaid the General Fund when
Supervisors Minutes Continued. April 10, 1962
the Clinton River project is financed and bonds are sold;
THEREFORE, Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Ways and Means Committee, Salaries Committee and
the Board of Auditors, I move that your Honorable Body give consideration to the adoption of the attached
budget for allocation purposes and that it be made a special order of business on April 16; 1962 at
10:00 A.M. and tabled until that time and date.
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WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
David Levinson, Chairman
John L. Carey, R. C. Cummings, Arno L. Hulet
Thomas H. O'Doneghue, Frank J. Voll, Sr.
SALARIES C01,2,11TTEN.
Frazer W. Staman, Chairman
Marvin M. Alward, Lee H. Clack, Curtis H. Hall.
Elmer Kephart, Virgil C. Knowles, Earl B. Rhinevault
BOARD OF AUDITORS
John C. Austin, Chairman
Robert Y. Moore, Vice Chairman
Robert E. Lilly, Secretary
Moved by Levinson supported by Cummings the resolution be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Misc. 3931
By Mr. Levinson
IN RE: NON-TAX REVENUES TO BUILDING FUND-SOUTH OAKLAND HEALTH BUILDING
To the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS this Board did, by Miscellaneous Resolution No. 3923, request the Board of Auditors
to include in the 1963 budget an amount equal to 1/10th of a mill toward the County's share for a new
South Oakland Health Building, and
WHEREAS it was the intent of this Board that "miscellaneous non-tax revenues" be used for
said purpose but said intent was not expressed,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Board does hereby allocate, pursuant to the provisions of
Act No. 177 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, the sum of $200,000.00 of the 1963 Miscellaneous
Non-Tax Revenues to the Building Fund to be used for the construction of a new South Oakland Health
Building, and said item shall be reflected in the 1963. Budget as a non-budgetary item.
Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Ways and Means Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
David Levinson, Chairman
John L. Carey, R. C. Cummings, Arno L. Hulet
Thomas H. O'Donoghue, Frank J. Voll, Sr.
Moved by Levinson supported by Cyril Miller the resolution be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
Misc. 3932
By Mr. Goodspeed
1N RE: REPORT ON STUDY OF PLANNING COMMISSION
To the Oakland County- Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are pleased resubmit for your consideration the following report on the activities of
the Oakland County Planning Commission, The Planning Commission operates under the state laws and
their powers and duties are set forth in Act 282 of 1945 (MSA 5.1192) and subsequent sections. The
powers and duties as outlined by the Corporation Counsel's Office are set forth in a letter signed
by Charles Davis, which is attached as appendix #1.
Briefly the duties of the Planning Commission are "To make the plans for the development
of the County) which may- include planning, in cooperation with the constituted authorities for in-
corporated areas An homes or to the extent to which, in the Commission's judgment, they are related
to the planning of the unincorporated territory of the County as a whole ....In the preparation of a
County development plan, the Planning Commission shall make careful and comprehensive studies of the
existing conditions and probable growth of the territory within its jurisdiction. Such plans shall
be made with the purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted and harmonious develop-
ment of the County which will be in accordance with present and future needs for best promoting the
health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare of the inhabitants, as well
as for efficiency and economy in the process of development."
The planning process for the Oakland County Planning Commission as outlined by the Director
George Skrubb, is as follows:
Plannin,7 Process
The process of planning can be simplified to four major phases. The first is the fact finding
step, at times referred to as the data gathering portion. This is followed by analysis and the evalu-
ation of the data generated to solve specific problems. The third phase involves the actual preparation
of the plans themselves. The final step, that of carrying out the plan, is more frequently than not the
responsibility of an operating agency.
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Current. Status
If we consider these four phases in light cf the operations of the Oakland County Planning
Commission, it can be said that the work of the staff is largely in the first phase of its long range
operational program. it is td that ancther t,e years will be required before the major portion
of the information is at hand to proceed to t!..' nd phase. And it is likely to take some seven to
eight years to cem7lete the various portions of the comprehensive county plan, based upon the present
staff and pronzsm thedule.
Plan anzent
It ia ai.imipated that the comprehenive plan of the county will be prepared in completely
documented yoLume••, each deotr,d. to a majoe '1 ,erct of the county's development. These volumes will
include: (1) hiforical l.-1,t,round; (2) p_leiltion; (3) economy; (4) residential potential; (5)
commercial areas and opportunities; (6) induial sites; (7) recreation; (8) public facilities; (9)
transportation; and (10) capital outlay plo:rammina. These plans are not to be sketches nor ten-
tative-preliminary in form, but rather sid--antial documents which provide a thorough report on the
status and development potential of Oakland County.
We have discussed with the Director the projects completed which are outlined in Appendix 2.
The projects that the Planning Commission is now working on which are outlined in Appendix 3. The
projects now wader consideration for future study are outlined in Appendix 4.
Appendix 5 is a report on the expenditures for the Planning Commission since its inception
in 1950, as submitted by the Board of Auditors.
Your Committee finds that the work of the Commission has, up to this time, been mostly the
collection of data and statistics necessary for the development of a comprehensive plan.
Your Committee believes that the monies expended by the Commission have been carefully and
economically spent toward the final goal.
Your Committee finds that the work of the Planning Commission has been used extensively by
the Public Works Department in their planning for sanitary sewer systems for the Clinton River Basin
and the Huron River Basin. Mr. R. J. Alexander reports that the information furnished by the Planning
Commission was valuable and necessary for the completion of its ultimate designs for a sanitary sewer
system.
Your Committee believes that the functions of the Planning Commission are not being used to
their fullest extent by the various committees of the Board of Supervisors or by the various department's
of the County.
YOUT Committee also believes that there should be a closer coordination between the County
Planning Commission and the various City and Township Planning Commissions throughout the County.
Your Committee believes that at the present time, many parts of Oakland County are now
experiencing a rapid growth and that many of the areas are being held back from their most rapid
development at this time because of the lack of proper physical facilities to serve an expanded
population and industrial and business development. The problem of furnishing many of these facilities
cannot be solved by these communities individually. It appears that in some cases, the need is very
urgent and that immediate steps should be taken to promote the completion of these facilities as soon
as possible.
We would include in the needed facilities the following:
1. A study- of needed transportation facilities to determine what facilities could better
serve the residents of this County to get them to and from their work, their recreation, their
shopping, etc.
2. Water supply. The development of many communities is now being held up because of the
lack of suitable water supply.
3. Sanitary sewers and sewage disposal systems. The need for these facilities should be
pointed out by the Planning Commission. The Department of Public Works is taking steps to coordinate
the design for the various drainage systems.
4. Storm water drainage systems.
5. Air transportation facilities. The development of suitable air transportation facilities
north of Detroit will enhance the development of industrial plants in this County.
C. Recreation facilities. Some communities are now well supplied with recreation facilities,
while other communities appear to have no recreation facilities or program within a reasonable distance
of their population.
7. Garbage and Refuse Disposal. Systems. The disposal of garbage and refuse should he con-
sidered on a county-wide basi.s This problem is also being studied by the Metropolitan Plan Commission.
Your Committee believes that these problems are with us now and that they should receive action
as soon as possible, even though a total development plan of the County is not forthcoming for some time.
Your Committee believes that the functions of the Planning Commission must go beyond the
accumulation and tabulation of considerable data and must include the interpretation of the data and the
direction of its use to culminate in a specific plan.
Your Committee believes that the most important function of the Oakland County Planning
Commission at this time, is to study the areas now experiencing a rapid growth, to determine their needs
and then through the Planning Committee of the Board, to make preliminary recommendations to the Board
on these needs, keeping in mind the solution that will best fit into the total. County deveiepment.
We believe that the Board should receive this report and refer the problem to the proper
committee which then should work with the Planning Commission and the Planning Committee to work out a
solution to the problem at the earliest possible time that will best serve the area and the County as
a whole.
WE WOULD THEREFORE RECOMMEND:
I. That in order to provide a closer tie between the Board of Supervisors and the Planning
COHMI''f on that the members of the Planning Commission who are also members of the Board of Supervisors,
be 6. rnated as a permanent committee of the Hoard and that this Committee be charged with the duties
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of presenting a report to the full Board of Supervisors on the activities of the Planning Commission at
least once a year and at such other times as they deem a special report to be necessary.
2. That the Planning Commission be directed to make immediate studies on the current needs
for public facilities within the County and make reports to the Board of Supervisors as soon as possible
on these areas having the greatest need.
3. That the various Committees of the Board and the various departments of the County more
closely coordinate their programs with the Planning Commission in order to make a more orderly develop-
ment for the County as a whole.
4. That the County Planning Commission develop a closer relationship with local, city, village
and Township Planning Commissions in order to more fully coordinate the activities of the local commissions
toward a better general county plan. The County. Planning Commission should keep the local Planning
Commissions advised of the statistics and information available at the office of the County Planning
Commission and also work with and advise the local Planning Commissions on matters that would affect
the general growth of the County.
5. That the Oakland County Planning Conmission designate one member of their staff as County
statistician and that all committees, boards and departments of the County be so advised. .
Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Special Committee to Study the Planning Commission, I move the
adoption of this report and that the recommendations therein be approved.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY PLANNING COMMISSION
Roy F. Goodspeed, Chairman
R. C. Cummings, John L. Carey, Virgil C. Knowles
(List of projects filed in records of Oakland County Board of Supervisors)
Moved by Goodspeed supported by Carey the report be referred to the Ways and Means Committee.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Misc. 3933
By Mr. Lessiter
IN RE: PROPOSED AIRPORT
To the Oakland County Hoard of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEInkS the Oakland County Board of Supervisors on February 16, 1962, authorized the purchase ,
of land in Orion Township for the purpose of development of a large airport, and
WHEPFAS it is not at this time known whether the proposed site would be approved or the project
declared feasible by state and federal authorities, and
WHiTa3; large sums of money would be required to be spent by Oakland County for planning and
engineering he 're the project could be submitted to state and federal authorities with a request for
financial parted.,ipation, and
tvtiAS the great cost of developing such an airport could now be greatly increased as a
result of a de,:ision of the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1962, and •
WHERVAS the completion and operation of such an airport may lead to burdensome taxation upon
the people of Oakland County, out of proportion to the benefits derived, and
WHEREAS publicity in regard to this matter is already stifling orderly development of a large
area of Oakland County,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Supervisors take no further action
relative to the project until such time as the Board is furnished with an estimate of costs to be
incurred in planning and engineering, together with a plan for financing the entire project of the
ultimate size proposed, and that such estimate and plan be submitted to the Board of Supervisors as
soon as feasible.
Proposed by: Cyril .E. Miller
Leroy Davis
John Lessiter
Moved by Lessiter supported by Solley the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Edwards supported by Marshall the motion be amended to refer the resolution to the
Aviation Committee.
Mr. Carey requested that the Aviation Committee make a thorough study of the question and
report back to the Board.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Moved by Ewart supported by Edward the Aviation Committee estimate the cost of the proposed
airport and report to this Board within five months.
Mr. Huber requested the Aviation Committee to study the question of whether the area can
support two major airports and obtain a report from the airlines to see if a second major airport
is justified.
Vote on motion:
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
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Mr. Cyril Miller discussed the appropriation for repair of Roads and Bridges.
Mr. Yockey requested that the Board procedure be streamlined.
Miscellaneous Resolution No. 3934
Recommended by the Board of Public Works
IN RE: WATERFORD snom P1S:POSAL SYSTEM
Mr. Webber of,ad the following resolution:
WHERE
by resolution adopt. 3 oa
to establish a county
F' :ad of the Charter Township of Waterford, Oakland County, Michigan,
5, PO., has resolved "That the County of Oakland is hereby requested
•.stem in and for the Charter Township of Waterford, to construct
such sewage collection, trunk sewe s and disposal facilities as may be necessary or appropriate as
parts of such system, and to finahc: such construction by the issuance of bonds in anticipation of
the collection af amounts to become due under a contract to be executed between said county and this
township when the township will agree to pay the cost of such construction, all as authorized by
Act No. 185, 1i0 ,•,n Public Acts of 1957, as amended.", and
WHEREAS -eke Board of Public Works cf said County of Oakland, by resolution adopted on March
20, 1962, has ajy .,,ad the establishment of a county sewage disposal system in and for said Charter
Township of Wat-,i sr. as requested by said Township Board and has recommended the adoption of this
resolution by the Bc..rd of Supervisors,
THEREFOR:I:, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN, as follows:
1. That this Board of Supervisors does hereby approve the establishment of a county sewage
disposal system in and for said Charter Township of Waterford pursuant to Act No. 185, Michigan Public
Acts of 1957, as amended, said system to consist of such sewage collection, trunk sewers and disposal
facilities as may be necessary or appropriate in order to provide a sewage disposal system in and
for said township.
2. That the Board of Public Works of said County of Oakland is hereby authorized and directed
to secure plans and specifications for such sewage disposal system; to negotiate a contract or contracts
with the said Charter Township of Waterford as to the construction, operation and financing of said
system; and to submit such plans, specifications and contracts to this Board of Supervisors for its
approval.
3. That said sewage disposal system shall be designated and known as the "Waterford Sewage
Disposal System".
The adoption of the foregoing resolution was moved by Mr. Webber and seconded by Mr. Semann
On roll call the said resolution was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS: Allerton, Alward, Anable, Archambault, Beamer, Beecher, Bloe, Brickner, James Carey,
John Carey, Charte d -. Cheyz, Clack, Clarkson, Cummings, Davis, [wan, Dickens, Dohanv, J. W. Duncan,
Wm, Duncan, Durbin, Edward, Edwards, Ewart, Fouts, Gabler, Goodspeed, Hall, Hamlin, Hcacock, Hill,
Hoard, Huber, Wallaa,2 Hudson, Hulet, Hursfall, Ingraham, Kephart, Knowles, Lahti, Lessiter, Levinson,
Love, Majer, Marshall, McCartney, McGovern, Melchert, Menzies, Cyril. Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Noel,
O'Donogiauc a Oldenburg, Osgood, Potter, Rehard, Romer, Rhinevault, Rowston, Semann, Slavens, Smith,
Staman, Taylor, Tiley, Tinsman, Voll, Webber, Wood, Yockey. (74)
NAYS: None. (0)
ABSENT: Bonner, Calhoun, Forbes, End, Horton, Wt. Hudson, Johnson, Levin, Lewis, MacDonald,
Demute. (11)
Mr. James Carey announced that inasmuch as he is an employee of the Detroit Edison Company,
he will not vote on any matter concerning the Detroit Edison Company.
Moved by Semann supported by Cummings the Board adjourn subject to the call of the Chair.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Daniel T. Murphx. Jr. Delos Hamlin
Clerk Chairman