HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 1969.11.06 - 78372131
OAKLAND COUNTY
Board Of Supervisors
MEETING
November 6, 1969
Meeting called to order by Chairman Charles B. Edwards, Jr. at 10:30 A. M. in the County Center
Auditorium, 1200 North Telegraph Road, Pontiac, Michigan.
Invocation given by Christian F. Powell.
Roll called.
PRESENT: Aaron, Bowden, Benson, Brennan, Coy, Edwards, Gabler, Grba, Horton, Houghten, Kasper,
Mainland, Mastin, Mathews, O'Brien, O'Donoghue, Olson, Patnales, Ferinoff, Pernick, Powell, Richards,
Richardson, Szabo, Walker, Wilcox, (26)
ABSENT; Hamlin. (1)
Quorum present.
Mr. Mainland requested that the minutes of October 9, 1969, page 225, be corrected, after "Mr.
Mainland presented the Salaries portion of the 1970 Budget", to include the Salaries portion of the
1970 Budget Report.
There were no objections. The October 9, 1969 minutes were corrected to read as follows:
"Mr. Mainland presented the Salaries Portion of the 1970 Budget.
SALARIES PORTION OF 1970 BUDGET
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
Your Board of Auditors and the Personnel Practices Committee recommend the following amounts be
placed in the 1970 Budget to cover the cost of salaries:
$12,778,786 for 1492 positions which have been previously approved
587,341 for 73 new positions
86,000 for emergency salaries
88,800 for 37 Co-op student positions
300,000 for overtime reserve
20,000 for tuition reimbursement and training
190,000 for negotiated salary adjustments
$14,050,927 Total Salaries Budget
On the following pages are a summary sheet, showing the distribution of the total salaries
amount to the various departmental budgets, a comparison with previous County budgets and explanations
of the major salaries budget items.
The larger colored pages of the budget document show the number of positions budgeted for each
classification in each department, their 1969 and recommended 1970 salary ranges and their estimated
cost at the recommended rates.
The shorter colored pages contain descriptions of the new positions requested by each department
and show whether they have been included or declined in this budget recommendation.
With the exception of the salary rates recommended for elected and appointed officials, which
are solely the responsibility of the Personnel Practices Committee, this report is the joint recommendation
of that Committee and the Board of Auditors.
The total salaries budget represents a $7,319 increase over the tentative 1970 Budget and a
20.17% increase over the 1969 Budget. The major reasons for this increase are the approval of 80 previously
approved positions after the approval of the 1969 Budget, but before the final Budget hearings on the 1970
Budget; the 73 new positions included in this recommendation; a change in the method of budgeting tuition
reimbursement and training expenses; salary adjustments totaling approximately $786,695 for non-negotiated
positions and the reserve of $190,000 for salary adjustments still being negotiated.
The recommendations included in this report were arrived at after the department heads of the
County had opportunities for hearings with the Board of Auditors alone, and later with the Personnel
Practices Committee, with the Board of Auditors in attendance. Hearings were held in the compilation of
the Tentative Budget in the spring and again during the month of August. The salary adjustments were
arrived at after studying the results of the County's annual salary survey which is described in detail
in this report.
Mr. Chairman, I move the acceptance of this report as the official recommendation of the
Personnel Practices Committee and the Board of Auditors for consideration as part of the total 1970 Budget.
BOARD OF AUDITORS
Daniel T. iiurphy, Chairman
Robert E. Lilly, Vice Chairman
George Fulkerson, Member
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
William L. Mainland, Chairman
Dennis M. Aaron, James M. Brennan, Delos Hamlin
James Mathews, Fred D. Houghten
242
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969
TOTAL SALARY PORTION OF FINAL 1970 BUDGET
(Joint Recommendation-Personnel Practices Committee and Board of Auditors)
Appropriated in Salaries Reserve Fund Total Depart. _
Departmental Budgets Total Approp.&
For Positions For New Emergency Co-Op Salaries Sal.Reserve
Department Previously Approved Positions Salaries Positions Reserve Fund Fund
No. Amount No, Amount No. Amount
Animal Welfare 13 $ 123,198 2 $ 15,702 - - $ 15,702 $ 138,900
Board of Auditors 106 1,034,986 4 27,725 $ 3,000 8 $19,200 49,925 1,084,911
Circuit Court 44 408,385 - - 1 2,400 2,400 410,785
Circuit Ct.-Probation 23 234,641 4 37,008 - - 37,008 271,649
Clerk-Register of Deeds 59 421,527 - - 4 9,600 9,600 431,127
Coop.Extension Service 5 36,831 - - - - 36,831
Corporation Counsel 7 114,685 - - - - 114,685
Dept. of Public Wks. 113 35,000* - - - 35,000
Disaster Con.& Civ.Def. 4 36,129 - - _ - 36,129
District Courts 18 131,380 3 18,000 - - 18,000 149,380
Drain Commission 31 368,073 - - - 368,073
Equalization 27 322,374 3 22,573 - - 22,573 344,947
Facilities & Oper. 13 173,258 1 5,325 _ - 5,325 178,583
Friend of the Court 35 317,195 3 25,077 - 4 9,600 34,677 351,872
Health Department 230 2,438,704 12 104,804 - 6 14,400 119,204 2,557,908
Medical Examiner 12 125,570 - - - 125,570
Oakland Co.San, 176 1,367,840 2 13,126 55,000 - 68,126 1,435,966
Planning Commission 16 188,323 1 7,376 - - 7,376 195,699
Probate Court 30 272,163 3 19,900 _ 4 9,600 29,500 301,663
Probate-Juvenile Ct, 113 1,023,0 18 11 86,533 5,000 4 9,600 101,133 1,124,151
Probate-Camp Oakland 29 215,458 6 24,542 5,000 - 29,542 245,000
Probate-Children's V111.107 899,055 2 14,700 12,000 - 26,700 925,755
Prosecuting Attorney 39 423,737 7 83,200 - 4 9,600 92,800 516,537
Sheriff 158 1,461,545 8 76,400 3,000 - 79,400 1,540,945
Supervisors 31 172,030 - - - - 172,030
Telephone Exchange 4 27,711 2,000 - 2,000 29,711
Treasurer 32 268,410 - - 2 4,800 4,800 273,210
Veterans Affairs 17 137,560 1 5,350 1,000 - 6,350 143,910
OVERTIME RESERVE 300,000 300,000
SALARY ADJUSTMENTS 190,000 190,000
TRNG.& TUITION REIMB, 20,000 20,000
TOTAL 1,492 $12,778,786 73 $587,341 586,000 37 988,800 $1,272,141 $14,050,927
*Actual cost of D.P.W.-$1,127,885 but it is anticipated that $1,092,885 will be charged to projects,
RECOMMENDED SALARIES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
Present Recommended
Length First Day Last Day Annual Annual Salary
Elected Officials Of Term In New Term In New Term Salary Effective 1/1/70
Circuit Court Judges 2 Appointed 9/6/63 1/1/71 $30,000 $30,000
3 6 years 1/1/67 1/1/73 (Of which (Of which
2 8 years 1/1/67 1/1/75 $20,000 i5 $20,000 is
2 10 years 1/1/67 1/1/77 from the state from the state
of Michigan) of Michigan)
Probate Court Judges 1 6 years 1/1/65 1/1/71 $29,000 $29,000
i 6 years 1/1/67 I/1/73 (Of which (Of which
1 8 years 1/1/67 1/1/75 $10,000 is from $10,000 is from
the State of the State of
Michigan) Michigan)
Prosecuting Attorney 4 years 1/1/69 12/31/72 $24,000 $26,000
Clerk-Register of-Deeds 4 years 1/1/69 12/31/72 19,500 21,000
Treasurer 4 years 1/1/69 12/31/72 19,500 21,000
Drain Commissioner 4 years 1/1/69 12/31/72 19,500 21,000
Sheriff 4 years 1/1/69 12/31/72 19,500 21,000
Increased salaries for Judges would have been considered if they had not been prohibited under Act 252 of
the Public Acts of 1966, which limits the salaries paid to Circuit Court Judges as follows "---in no
case shall the total of the salary payable by the State plus the salary payable by the county exceed
$30,000."
RECOMMENDED SALARIES FOR APPOINTED OFFICIALS
Member-Board of Auditors 3 years 1/1/70 12/31/72 524,000 $26,000
Member-Board of Auditors 3 years 1/1/68 12/31/70 24,000 26,000
Part time Member-Board of 3 years 1/1/69 12/31/70 $75.00 per 575.00 per
Auditors meeting-$7500 meeting-$7500
Maximum Maximum
Chairman-Bd.of Aud.(Res.#3696) 1 year 1/1/70 12/31/70 $7,500 $7,500
Road Commissioners 6 years All three members 12,000 12,000
Chairman-Road Commission 1 year 1/1/70 12/31/70 500 500
Welfare Commissioner 3 years 1/1/68 12/31/70 500 500
Director-Animal Welfare 2 years 1/1/69 12/31/70 14,000 Range S14,000
(Provided appointee is a Registered Veterinarian.Two year term (M.S.A. 12.526) to $16,000
Corporation Counsel Range $20,000 Range $22,000
to $24,000 to $26,000
Disaster Control & Civil Defense Director 12,000 13,000
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969
SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES
The Personnel Division of the Board of Auditors conducted its annual Salary Survey during July
and August, covering 129 out of the County's 519 job classifications. The survey covered four major
private employers, twelve cities, seven Michigan Counties, nine comparable Counties elsewhere in the
County, four hospitals and five School Districts. Precise written job descriptions and personal visits
to all in-state employers were utilized to insure direct comparability between job levels. The Survey
also made comparison between fringe benefit programs.
Reflecting the County's recruiting experience during 1969, the Survey showed that County
salaries are fairly competitive for some classifications, barely competitive for some and well below
the market for others. The survey also confirmed that temporary shortages of certain types of employees
have pushed the relative salaries for some classifications well above the traditional relationships the
County has attempted to maintain.
The focus of modern technology on the types of work performed by government, from electronic
data processing to custodial work, has resulted in the County competing more and more for the specialized
types of employees who are in great demand. Over 30% of the County's positions are in classifications
which should be filled by persons with at least a Bachelor's Degree. Most of our other positions also
require high levels of skills, experience and training. Because of the shortage of available employees
in many areas, the county must lure prople from other employers, go directly to the schools to recruit
students before they graduate and train and up-grade present employees while keeping them from leaving
for higher salaries elsewhere.
In addition to this information, which suggests that the salaries for certain classifications
should be boldly adjusted in varying amounts to meet the current market, there are other indicators
calling for upward salary adjustments for all County employees. The Bureau of Labor Statistics cost-
of-living index for the Detroit area has increased from 120.6 to 128.5 from August of 1968, when the
County's present salaries were recommended, through August of 1969. Most of the cities and School
Districts in Oakland County have installed higher salary schedules since the County's current rates were
determined. The City of Pontiac, a direct competitor,made its rate changes retroactive to January 1,
1969 with a schedule that is well above the County's. The County of Washtenaw, which has one-fourth the
population and assessed,valuation of Oakland County has eighteen of its professional and executive level
positions at a level higher than even the recommended new rates for comparable County positions.
During the first eight months of 1969, budgeted positions were vacant a total of 16,979 employee-
days, approximately 8% of the budgeted employee-days during this period. The Sanitation Division of the
Health Department was at approximately half strength during the first half of the year, and many other
County services, which reach all segments of the County's citizenry, have also been shorthanded.
Because of these factors, a recommended salary adjustment package was developed which allowed
the salaries portion of the budget to come within 57,000 of meeting the amount for salaries in the
Tentative 1970 Budget. The adjustment package was not based on a pat formula, but on an analysis of
each of the 519 job classifications. It was designed to reduce the number of employees leaving for
higher salaries; to increase the County's ability to lure employees from other employment; to lessen
the time critical positions will be left unfilled and the public unserved; to reduce the cost in time,
money, efficiency, and service while replacement employees are trained in County methods and procedures;
to reduce advertising and recruiting expense; and to maintain high productivity and morale by creating
and maintaining reasonable and meaningful salary differentials between employees with varying degrees
of responsibility.
The recommended 1970 salaries and the present rates are shown on the larger colored pages for
each department in the budget document. The salary adjustments range from $3,000 for five positions
requiring Physicians and four positions for which the adjustments involve putting experimental positions
into permanent categories, to $500, with three classifications under special conditions getting less
than $500. The salaries of this recommendation would still, with few exceptions, leave Oakland County
rates well below the highest paid in the state, and apparently, many of the competitive rates will be
adjusted upward before or shortly after new County rates become effective January 1, 1970.
Based on comparative salaries and the highly competitive employment market in which the County
finds itself, and considering that Oakland has the highest per household income of any County in the
state ($13,451), ranks among the top 1% in County per capita wealth in the United States and ranks a
close second in the smallest amount per capita (536.18) spent for total County government functions in
the state, the salary adjustments in this recommendation are not only less than extravagent, but are
necessary if the County is to continue to recruit and retain the skilled and qualified employees it
needs to provide and improve its services to the public. Money saved by having marginal salaries can
prove to be a very expensive economy.
NEGOTIATED SALARY ADJUSTMENTS
The County bargaining team is currently engaged in negotiations with Council 23, American
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-C10, which represents 443 employees in the
Sheriff's Department, Probate Court and the Custodial Division of the Department of Facilities and
Operations.
Because these negotiations have not as yet been completed, the sum of $190,000 has been placed
in the Salaries Reserve Fund portion of this recommendation to cover future negotiated salary adjustments.
When the Board of Supervisors has approved new contracts covering these departments, the required funds
will be transferred from the Salaries Reserve Fund into the salaries budgets of these departments.
In the rmsantime, the amounts included in the salaries portion of the budget For these departments
are based on 1969 salary ranges.
SALARIES RESERVE FUND
Funds allocated for New Positions, Emergency Salaries, Co-Op Student Positions, Overtime Reserve,
Training and Tuition Reimbursement, and Negotiated Salary Adjustments are placed in the salaries reserve
fund and are transferred into the individual departmental salary budgets only when the approved need
develops.
243
244
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969
The procedures involved in making the transfers into departmental budgets is explained in the
discussion of each program, but the basic premise is to provide a tighter review of such expenditures and
to prevent the use of such funds to augment departmental budgets or to be used for purposes other than
the budgeted intention.
NEW POSITIONS
The recommendation of 73 New Positions was arrived at after hearing requestsfrom 21 departments
who requested 156 positions for the Tentative Budget and 123 for the Final Budget. The reduction from
the 115 New Positions recommended in the Tentative Budget was primarily made because it was felt the funds
were more needed for salary adjustments. The requests for New Positions were, for the most part, well
documented, many being repeat requests from previous years.
The evaluations of new position needs included reviews of the necessity for the present level
of service; the ability to cope with increasing populations and caseloads; the need for higher or more
intensive levels of service; departmental abilities to house and utilize additional personnel; the
apparent level of departmental efficiency; possible alternatives to additional manpower; and the con-
sequences of not adding personnel.
A summary of the numbers and cost of the recommended New Positlons is found oe the summary
sheet (Chart l). A comparison with the number of new positions granted in previous he aa P. is found
in Columns I, J and 0 of Chart II. A written description of each requested New Position is found on
the shorter colored pages of the budget document which is arranged alphabetically by departrents.
EMERGENCY SALARIES
"Emergency Salaries" amounts are granted to certain departmen ,e to cope with fluctuating case
loads, to cover vacation and sick leave absences, and to cover special pr )jects and repetitive seasonal
work. Experience has shown that the hiring of short term temporary empi yai , is usually less expensive
than staffing with a larger number of full-tine permanent employees to , tit peak loads. Often the use
of "Emergency Salaries" allows a department to have a roster of "on call" employees available to cope
with emergencies. Permission must be obtained from the Board of Auditors, through the Personnel Division
before such funds can be used. A monthly transfer is made from the SalarLs Reserve Fund to the depart-
mental salaries budgets, based on the amounts actually spent for this put. .• e. The amounts recommended
for the various departments are shown on the summary sheet and in the individual departmental colored
sheets of the budget document. Chart II, columns K & L show the amounts budgeted and used for this
purpose in the past.
CO-OP STUDENT POSITIONS
These are positions to be filled only with students from formal high school Co-Op training
programs. The students go to school for half a day and work for half a day, generally during their
senior year. Currently the County pays Co-Op students $1.75 per hour during the first semester and
$2.00 per hour during their second semester. Such students usually also work full time during the
summer months. The employing County department files a report on the student's work progress with
the school. Besides getting excellent help at a comparatively low cost, the Co-Op Program has provided
an excellent recruiting base, especially in the clerical areas. in the past, the County has placed
Co-Op students in vacant positions when they were available. The creation of the special Co-Op Student
Positions will formalize the program. The summary sheet shows the distribution of these positions among
the various County departments. A monthly transfer is made from the Salaries Reserve Fund to the
departmental salaries budgets, based on the amounts actually spent for this purpose.
OVERTIME RESERVE
The creation of the Overtime Reserve, within the Salaries Reserve Fund, allows funds to be
budgeted for the payment of overtime without committing th..: ;tds v parcular departments. Within
guidelines laid down by the Personnel Practices Committee, overime is esr ) only when the work and the
time of doing it are assigned by the department head and only tuployees in certain categories are
eligible for overtime pay. The County's computer provides a monthly accumulative account of the overtime
used, detailing it by department, employee and the amounts of time and money involved. Funds are trans-
ferred on a monthly basis from the Salaries Reserve Fund to the departmental salaries budgets involved.
TRAINING AND TUITION REIMBURSEMENT
In the past, funds for the Tuition Reimbursement Program (approximately $8,000 per year) have
been paid from the Contingent Fund. Funds for other training activities have been placed in the
operating budgets of various departments.
Placing these funds in the Salaries Reserve Fund will allow the Board of Auditors to coordinate
and the Personnel Practices Committee to oversee, all training activities, which have become more
important as the County seeks to upgrade present employees instead of fighting in the competitive market
for hard-to-get specialists and technicians."
Moved by Mainland supported by Mastin the minutes of the October 9, 1969 meeting be approved
as corrected.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by O'Brien supported by Szabo the minutes of the October 16, 1969 meeting be approved
as printed.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Clerk read card of thanks from the family of R. Clare Cummings. (Placed on file.)
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969 245
Clerk read letter from the Oakland County Road Commission relative to use of the Sheriff's
helicopter. (Placed on file.)
Clerk read letter from John B. Huhn, Chairman of the Oakland County Veterans Affairs Commission,
requesting a reconsideration of the salaries of the Director and Assistant Director of the Department of
Veterans Affairs. (To be referred to the proper committee.)
Clerk read letter from Duane W., Shaw, Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs, requesting
a change in the rules of the Board relative to Veterans Affairs. (To be referred to the proper committee.)
Clerk letter from Edward A. tenon, Deputy State Civil Defense Director, extending their thanks
to the political subdivisions who participated in the IRIS exercise held August 25 through September 2,
1969. (Placed on file,)
Clerk read letter from William L. Mainland, Chairman of Southeast Michigan Council of Governments,
requesting an appropriation of $8,500 as Oakland County's share for the completion of the TALUS Project
and the transition of the Continuing Planning Process from TALUS to SEMCOG.
The Chairman stated this matter would be discussed under new and miscellaneous business.
Mr. Gabler presented a report on the development of aviation in Oakland County.
Moved by Gabler supported by Mastin that the County Airports presentation, listed on the agenda,
be postponed until the next meeting of the Board and that the agenda be arranged to allow adequate time
to make this presentation.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Misc. Resolution No. 5215
Recommended by the Board of Public Works
IN RE: CLINTON-OAKLAND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM - PAINT CREEK INTERCEPTOR
Mr. Horton presenten the Contract and the estimates referred to in the following resolution,
a copy of which Contract has been sent to each member of the Board of Supervisors.
The following resolution was offered by Mr. Horton;
RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS WITH RESPECT TO CLINTON-OAKLAND SEWAGE
DISPOSAL SYSTEM - PAINT CREEK INTERCEPTOR
WHEREAS the Board of Public Works has submitted to this Board plans and specifications and
estimates of the cost and period of usefulness of the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System - Paint
Creek Interceptor, prepared by Johnson E. Anderson, Inc., registered professional engineers, which have
been approved by the Board of Public Works, and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Public Works has approved a form of Contract to be dated
January i5, 1969, between the County of Oakland and the Township of Oxford, the Township of Orion, the
Township of Avon, the Township of Oakland, the Village of Oxford and the Village of Lake Orion for the
extension of the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System to be known as the Paint Creek Interceptor, and
did authorize the Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Public Works to execute said Contract subject
to the approval of this Board of Supervisors, and
WHEREAS the aforesaid municipalities will pay 100% of the cost of the project, and
WHEREAS the said Contract is to be executed by each of the said municipalities,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the said plans and specifications and estimates of cost and
period of usefulness be approved and the County Clerk is hereby authorized to endorse thereon the fact
of such approval and return same to the Board of Public Works;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Public Works be and they
are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver on behalf of said County of Oakland, a Contract
to be dated January 15, l969 between the County of Oakland and the Township of Oxford, the Township of
Orion, the Township of Oakland, the Township of Avon, the Village of Oxford, and the Village of Lake
Orion, which reads as follows:
CLINTON-OAKLAND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM - PAINT CREEK INTERCEPTOR CONTRACT
THIS CONTRACT, made this 15th day of January, 1969, by and between the COUNTY OF OAKLAND, a
Michigan county corporation (hereinafter called the "county") by and through its Board of Public Works,
party of the first part, and the TOWNSHIP OF OXFORD, the TOWNSHIP OF ORION, the TOWNSHIP OF AVON, the
TOWNSHIP OF OAKLAND, the VILLAGE OF OXFORD, and the VILLAGE OF LAKE ORION, township and village
corporations in the County of Oakland (hereinafter called the "municipalities"), parties of the second
part:
W1TNESSETH:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Supervisors by resolution, Misc. No. 4342, adopted on
June 22. 1964, did approve of establishment of the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System (herein
sometimes called the "System") to serve the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal District (herein sometimes
called the "District") within which district lie all of the municipalities party to this Contract, and
WHEREAS Act No. 185 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1957, as amended, grants to the board of
public works in any county having a department of public works the power to acquire sewage disposal
systems as defined in said Act and to improve, enlarge and extend any system acquired pursuant themeto,and
WHEREAS pursuant to the amended Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System Contract dated January
11, 1967, between the COUNTY OF OAKLAND and the CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF WATERFORD, the TOWNSHIP OF AVON, the
TOWNSHIP OF WEST BLOOMFIELD, the TOWN6HIP OF INDEPENDENCE, the TOWNSHIP OF ORION, and the TOWNSHIP OF
PONTIAC in said County of Oakland, the said county, acting through its Department of Public Works will
246
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969
acquire the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System and will finance such acquisition from the proceeds
of bonds issued and to be issued in anticipation of payments to be made by the foregoing municipal
corporations in accordance with the provisions of said amended Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System
Contract (herein referred to as the "Base Contract"); and
WHEREAS by the terms of said Act the county and the municipalities are authorized to enter
into a contract for the acquisition, improvement, enlargement or extension of a sewage disposal system
and for the payment of the cost thereof by the municipalities with interest, over a period not exceeding
forty (40) years, and the county is then authorized, pursuant to appropriate action of its Board of
Supervisors, to issue its bonds to provide the funds therefor, secured by the full faith and credit
contractual obligations of the municipalities, and upon affirmative vote of three-fifths (3/5) of the
members elect of the Board of Supervisors, by the full faith and credit pledge of the county; and
WHEREAS the municipalities desire to construct an interceptor sewer in the District which
will extend the System by construction of the so-called Paint Creek Interceptor (hereinafter sometimes
referred to as the "Interceptor") to serve the municipalities under the provisions of Act No. 185 of
the Michigan Public Acts of 1957, as amended, for the purpose of collecting and disposing of sewage from
areas within the said municipalities as shown on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof by
this reference, and to issue bonds to finance such Interceptor in anticipation of the collection by the
county of amounts to become due under this contract between the county and the municipalities, whereby
the municipalities agree to pay the cost of such Interceptor; and
WHEREAS no other municipality in the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal District will be affected
at this time by the construction of said Paint Creek Interceptor, and
WHEREAS in order to issue such bonds, it is necessary that the county and the municipalities
enter into this contract, and
WHEREAS the Department of Public Works (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "DPW") has
obtained plans, specifications and an estimate of cost for the construction of said Interceptor, pre-
pared by Johnson & Anderson, Inc., registered professional engineers, and a map showing the approximate
location of said Interceptor, which map is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and by this reference made a
part hereof, and which estimate of cost is attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and by this reference made a
part hereof.
THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY AGREED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO, as follows;
1. The plans and specifications for the Paint Creek Interceptor as prepared by Johnson &
Anderson, Inc., registered professional engineers, are hereby approved and adopted in the form initialed
by the parties hereto under the date hereof, and the estimate of cost thereof is approved and adopted
in the amount set forth on Exhibit "Es" hereto attached. The said Interceptor shall consist of an
interceptor sewer and appurtenant facilities, located approximately as set forth and generally shown on
Exhibit "A" hereto attached which shall collect and dispose of sewage from the area shown on said
Exhibit "PP. The said plans and specifications and estimate of cost shall be submitted to the county
board of supervisors, together with an ordinance or resolution approved by the Oakland County Board of
Public Works (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Board"), providing for the issuance of bonds
by the county as hereinafter provided, in an aggregate principal sum not exceeding the amount of the
capital cost as hereinafter defined less the amount of any Federal grant or of any other funds received
by the county to defray such capital cost. If such bond ordinance or resolution shall be adopted by
said board of supervisors, then the DPW shall proceed to secure bids for the construction of the project,
to secure bids for the purchase of the bonds, to award the construction contracts and to issue the
bonds, and shall cause the project to be constructed within a reasonable time thereafter.
2. The said Paint Creek Interceptor (herein sometimes referred to as the "project") is
designed for, and shall be used for, the collection and transportation of sanitary sewage only, Said
project may be divided into sections by the DPW for purposes of construction and the letting of con-
struction contracts.
3. Said interceptor being an extension of the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System to be
constructed by the county, the provisions of the Base Contract shall continue in full force and effect
and shall be binding upon all parties to this contract. The Township of Oxford, the Township of Oakland,
the Village of Oxford and the Village of Lake Orion, although not parties to the Base Contract, do hereby
adopt and agree to be bound by the provisions of the Base Contract in the same manner as the parties to
said Base Contract. The said Interceptor is designed to serve the areas shown on Exhibit "A" and
properties within the municipalities to be served thereby shall be connected, either directly or
indirectly, to the Interceptor or to the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System only upon such terms
and conditions as are prescribed by the municipalities, as may be appropriate, and the terms and
conditions prescribed in the Base Contract and this contract. No area not included within the area
shown on Exhibit "A" shall be served by or connected to the Interceptor except by agreement by the
parties hereto in writing. The county and the municipalities shall not permit the discharge into said
interceptor of any sewage in violation of the Base Contract or this contract.
4. The municipalities shall pay to the county, to cover the capital cost of the Interceptor,
the amount of the county bonds, plus interest and other charges as herein provided, issued to defray
the capital cost thereof, now estimated as set forth on Exhibit "B".
The term "capital cost" as above used, shall include all items of cost of the type set forth
in Exhibit "B" attached hereto and any other items of cost of a similar nature as may be set forth in
any revision of Exhibit "B" agreed to by the parties hereto, incurred by the county in acquiring and
constructing the Interceptor.
The capital cost of the Interceptor is hereby allocated to the municipalities in accordance
with the percentages set forth on Exhibit "C" which is attached hereto and by this reference is made
a part hereof. Each municipality hereby covenants and agrees to pay its share of the capital cost as
shown on Exhibit "C" or any amendment thereto agreed to by the parties, less the amount of any Federal
grant or of any other funds received by the county to defray such capital cost.
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969 247
5. It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the Interceptor is to serve the
municipalities and not the individual property owners and users thereof, unless by special agreement
between the board and the municirelity wherein such property is located. The county shall not be obligated
by this contract to serve an), ae! i shown on Exhibit "A", or to construct any facilities other than
those described in paragraph' 1 ,rel 2 hereof as the project.
6. The amount to be paid by the municipalities shall be divided into not to exceed forty (40)
annual installments, numbered in direct order of their Jiitarities. The principal amounts of the annual
installments shall be determined by applying the per ........ •••-e• set forth on Exhibit "C" to the annual
principal maturities of county bonds to !re issued pursuant to this contract. Said installments shall
become due on April 1 in each year commencina with the first year principal payments on said bonds shall
become due. The municipalities shall .! •e pay their respective sham s, ai shown on Exhilib of the
interest, exclusive of capitalized intf.i-ete payable on the said bele •.. iaid inmos. ' shall
commence 30 days prior to the first date that interest not capitasiizi - : sbali Lagar • du. s..id bonds and
thereafter shell be payable on April 1 and October I in each year. In adt!iie, the umnicipalities shall
pay in each year on said dates ti-air respective shares of the amountbf iaaaiha aocet fees an, r bond
handling and financing chargr.% eaable by the county with respect to the ise! and and the e• oeie
thereof. If any municipai:1, Mall fail to pay any principal instaliment c- : when ihs sJit. becomes
due, then the amount thereDf "Ii be subject to a penalty, in addition to i: :ace t, -f ..-neli . Wj ne
percent (1/2 of 1%) for ee.e iv-nth or fraction thereof that the same remains :hi •ii! orb • - a •!. . cL1=3.
Any municipality may pay eAance of maturity -11 or nny part of an annuf..i i• by surerndering
to the county, bonds issue.] in anticipation of p.,e, .rs io 1i• made under thiJ. •Jat, of a like principal
amount maturing in the sat,: thiindsr year, end 11 fuinci nie interest cot • ie ! ttached tinie•-!i. Accrued
interest upon the amount 3,, • :aeon any inns,: i a t, n-: -a-rd interest ti• • the boni...........dared,
shall be adjusted to the date el' surrender and any differeea- shall be paid in cish. All surrendered
bonds and coupons shall be cancelled, Upon the sale and celivery of thf ! to he sold pursuant to
this contract the DPW shall prepare and forward to each municipality a schai
interest installments to be paid by the municipalities which schedule shall
set forth in Exhibit "C", the principal amount of bonds sold, and the in., :,
addition, the, • DPW shall se.mi-annually notify the municipalities of their ie
e ef the principal and
hesed upon the percentages
r te on said bonds. In
sh•res of the paying
agent fees and other bond -a !lino and financing char
bonds and the payment ciaiei:f.
7. If the actual Jost shall be less the:
any Federal grant or of any other funds received
surplus from the sale of bonds therefor sdiel be (1)
palities hereunder or (2) used to enlarg..,
of the the county so directs either or both si
such bonds on the open market, and in such e!,Ji.t ,
ges payable by the coin to with am et to the county
iii:unt of county bonds issued plus the amount of
c •unty to defray such capital cost, then any
JJ,:ited on the payments next ALIQ from the munici-
the interceptor, if the Board of Supervisors
resolution, or (3) shall be used to purchase
,tailments from tft.. municipalities in the year or
in each of the years in which the bonds so pernr.J'icd ryiture, shall be r• eeeed by the principal amount of
such bonds and the municipalities shall tir crs''' • • 1 eecoraingly. An ), ben .. so purchased shall be cancelled.
If the proceeds of the sale of • s • itinai bonds to be ise'n'e by the county for the project
plus the amount of any Federal grant oi ol Jiy aos,r funds receivad ! county to defray such capital
cost are for any reason insufficient to cc-': icier the preijE . • in etei rdince with the plans and specifications
therefor, the board shall, if necessary, submit to th - .-uvrvisors of Oakland County a resolution
providing for the issuance of additional bonds in ae eiery to provide funds to complete the
project in which event the duties and obligations of the and the municipalities as expressed and
set forth in this contract shall be. applicable to sieh ed•!:bion:...1 issue of bonds as well as the original
issue, it being at all times fully recognized and eh...fel that the payrients to be male by the municipalities
in the manner specified in Section F of this contre_t shall be '.,ased upon the z ,:(r :t,ate amount of the
bonds outstanding. In lieu of the issuance of s.ch e'litional Lands, any otheA may be agreed upon
by the county and the municipalities to provtei :hi cseess:7y 'inid• to complete the project.
8. Each manicipality which 15. a poti.i doe.- pledoc its full faith and credit for the
prompt payment of the aforesaid obligations and t !ill each year levy a tax in an em, cot which taking into
consideration estimated delinquencies in tax collections, will be sufficient for ijai prompt payment of
any amount falling due before the time of the following year's tax collection, snlaas a, the time of
making such annual levy there shall be cash on hand (as provided for in paragraph (e), Section 12, of
Act No. 185 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1957, as amended) earmarked for the payment of the current
obligations for which the tax levy is to be made, in which case the annual tax levy may be reduced by
that amount. Funds for which credit may be so taken ., may be raised in the manner provided in paragraph
(2), Section 12, of said Act No. 185 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1957, as now existing or hereafter
amended, it being understood that the municipalities intend to raise such funds by special assessments
and/or sewage disposal connection and service charges.
9. The county shall issue its negotiable bonds to defray the cotital cost of said Interceptor,
which bonds shall be secured primarily by the full faith and credit ph.. jgea of the municipalities, and
secondarily, by the full faith and credit of Oakland County if authoileio - Py a three-fifths (3/5) vote
of the members elect of the board of supervisors, as provided for in paragraph (2), Section 11 of said
Act No. 185 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1957, as amended. Said bonds shall be issued pursuant to the
provisions of said act and the applicable general statutes of the state where not in conflict with said Act.
10. No change in the jurisdiction over any territory in any cf the municipalities shall in any
manner impair the obiigations of this contract based upon the full faith and credit of said municipality
or municipalities. In the event all or any part of the territory in the area to be served by the Inter-
ceptor is incorporated as a new city or is annexed to or becomes a part of the territory of another
municipality, the municipality into which such territory is incorporated, or to which such territory is
annexed, shall assume the proper proportionate share of the contractual obligation of the municipality
from which such territory is taken, based upon a division determined by the Board, which shall make such
determination after taking into consideration all factors necessary to make the division equitable, and
248
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, )969
in addition shall in the case of partial incorporation or ennexation, prior to such determination, receive
a written recommendation as to the proper division from a e .5imittee composed of one representative
designated by the governing body of the municipality frae the territory is taken, one designated
by the governing body of the new municipality or the municip ,ity annexing such territory, and one
independent registered professional engineer appointed by iie Board, Each municipality shall appoint
its representative within fifteen (15) days after being notified to do so by the Board and within a
like time the Board shall appoint the engineer third member. If any municipality shall fail to appoint
its representative within the time above provided, then the Board may proceed without said recommendation.
If the committee shall not make its recommendation within forty-five (45) days after its appointment or
with any extension thereof by the Board, then the Board may proceed without such recommendation. In the
consideration of the matters herein provided, including the designation of the third member of the
committee, any member of the Board who is also an official of either affected municipality shall be
disqualified to act or vote.
In the event that a municipality shall fail for any reason to pay to the Board at the
times specified, the amounts herein required to be paid, the Boerd shall immediately notify, in writing,
both the County Treasurer of the County of Oakland and the governing body of the defaulting municipality
of such default and the amount thereof, and if such default ii. corrected within tan CT) ('F.,/5" after
such notification, the County Treasurer or other official ch.. c,tr; with disbursement to tnu taid munici-
pality of funds derived from the state sales tax levy u ,der tie provisions of Act No, 167 of the Michigan
Public Acts of 1933, as amended, and returnable to the '1-1 ,1 icipality pursuant to the Michigan Constitution
of 1963, is by these presents specifically authorize] It. said municipality to withhold sufficient funds
derived from such sales tax levy and returnable to said municipality as may be in default, (but not to
exceed in any one calendar year 257, of the amount of sich default) and to pay said sums so withheld to
the Board to apply on the obligation of said defaultire municipality as herein set forth, Any such
moneys so withheld and paid shall be considered te fe 'a been returned to the defaulting municipality
within the meaning of the Michigan Constitution the purpose of this provision being solely to
voluntarily authorize the use of such funds to te•.t lue obligations of the riunicipality to which
said moneys are owed. In addition to the foregoitt, board shall have all other rights and remedies
provided by law to enforce the obligation of the municipalities to make paymerL. in the manner and at the
times required by this contract. It is specifically recognized by the municir 'iticc that the payments
required to be made by it pursuant to the terms of this contract are to be pleile t.d f r the payment of
principal of and interest on bonds be issued by the county, and the municipalities covenant and agree
that they will make their required payments to the Board promptly and at the times herein specified,
without regard as to whether the project herein contemplated is actually completed or placed in operation.
12. The provisions of this contract shall not be modified or terminated so as to impair the
security of any bonds issued by the county upon the full faith and credit pledge of the municipalities.
It is hereby declared that the terms of this contract insofar as they pertain to the security of any
such bonds, shall be deemed to be for the benefit of the holdere of said bonds.
13. The municipalities consent to the establishment and location of said Interceptor as shown
on Exhibit "A". Upon completion of the Interceptor the county !fall operate and maintain the same and
shall accept for transportation and ultimate disposal sanitery ..tsage originating within the area shown
on Exhibit "A", The municipalities hereby agree to pay all chutes incurred by the county in connection
with the transportation and disposal of sewage from the municipalities, in addition the municipalities
hereby agree to pay all costs incurred by the county in connection with the operation and maintenance
of the Interceptor.
14, Each municipality reserves the right to establish rates to be collected from its individual
users in amounts sufficient to pay its sewage disposal charges to the county. Such rates may be fixed
and established in such amounts as will produce additional moneys for the municipality to be used for
any lawful purposes, pertaining to sewage disposal or to sewage disposal and water supply in event of a
joint municipal system.
15. Each municipality which is a party to this contract consents to the use by the county of
the public streets, alleys, lands and rights-of-way in the municipality for the purpose of constructing,
operating and maintaining the Interceptor and of any improvements, enlargements and extensions thereto.
The municipalities covenant and warrant that all sanitary sewage originating within the area to be
served by the Interceptor shall be delivered only to the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System including
the Interceptor, including any extensions thereto, for transportation therein and ultimate disposal.
Lands (other than highways) owned by or under the jurisdiction of the municipalities or the county,
located within the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal District, shall be liable, if sanitary sewage emanates
therefrom, to the same extent as privately owned lands, to pay the charges for sewage disposal services
with respect thereto.
16. This contract shall become effective upon being approved by the governing bodies of each
of the municipalities and by the Board of Public Works and Board of Supervisors of Oakland County and
properly executed by the officers of the municipalities and of the Board of Public Works. This contract
shall terminate fifty (50) years from the date of said contract or on such earlier date when the Base
Contract terminates and the municipalities are not in default hereunder and the principal, interest and
bond handling charges on the bonds issued as hereinabove described are fully paid and discharged. This
contract may be executed in several counterparts.
CLINTON - OAKLAND • SEWAGE DISPOSA GYSTE:
PROPOSED PAINT CREEK INTERCEPTOR
PROPOSED DISTRICT LIMIT
OAKLAND COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
550 SOUTH TELEGRAPH ROAD PONTIAC, MICHIGAN
EXHIBIT "A" I -15 - 69
Project Cost
Construction
Engineering
Administrative
Legal and financial
Inspection
Easement Acquisition
Soil borings
= $6,131,442.00
• 362,961.37
153,286.05
27,252.00
183,943.26
• 70,000.00
5,000.00
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969 249
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this contract to be executed and delivered
by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year first above written.
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
BY ITS BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS TOWNSHIP OF OXFORD TOWNSHIP OF ORION TOWNSHIP OF AVON
By By By By
Chairman Supervisor Supervisor Supervisor
By By By By
Secretary Township Clerk Township Clerk Township Clerk
TOWNSHIP OF OAKLAND VILLAGE OF OXFORD VILLAGE OF LAKE ORION
By By By
Supervisor President President
By By By
Township Clerk Village Clerk Village Clerk
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the officers of the Board of Public Works are authorized to execute
and deliver such number of original copies of said Contract as they may deem advisable.
CLINTON-OAKLAND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM - FAINT CREEK INTERCEPTOR - ESTIMATE OF COST
19,067 L.F. 54" Sanitary Sewer 7) 82.00 - $1,563,494.00
32,275 L.F. 48" Sanitary Sewer @ 72.00 = 2,323,800.00
3,592 L.F. 48" Tunnel Sanitary Sewer (0 265.00 = 951,880.00
12,629 L.F. 27" Sanitary Sewer (6) 52.00 . 656,708.00
3,670 L.F. 24" Sanitary Sewer 9 48.00 = 176,160,00
127 Each Large Diameter Manholes gn 1,200.00 = 152,400.00
6 Each Tunnel Manholes P 3,000.00 = 18,000.00
54 Each Standard Manholes (0 1,000.00 - 54,000.00
Pump Station and Force Main f.i0 235,000.00 - 235,000.00
Total Construction Cost = $6,131,442.00
Purchase of capacity in Clinton-Oakland Sewage
Disposal System at Tienken Road 922,608.55
Contingency 604,826.31
Sub-total = $8,461,339.54
Less 55% grant based on eligible costs only
($7,468 ,73 0 .99)
Sub-total
Capitalized interest, 5,5% for 18 months on
$4,745,000.00 bond issue , 391,462.50
Total Project Cost = $4,745,000.00
I hereby estimate the period of usefulness of this facility to be forty (40) years and upwards.
JOHNSON AND ANDERSON, INC.
EXHIBIT "B" By Melvin C. Strader, P.E.
MUNICIPALITY POPULATION CAPACITY (C.F,S.) PERCENTAGE OF COST (%)
Avon Township 0.26325
Oxford Township 16,825 6.73 25.59400
Oxford Village 8,000 3.20 12.16951
Orion Township 22,095 8.84 33,61067
Lake Orion Village 4,610 1.84 7,01268
Oakland Township 14,035 5.61 21.34989
65,565 26.22 100.00000%
(a) Note: Under this contract Avon Township is acquiring 2.76 c.f.s, capacity in that portion of the
Paint Creek Interceptor between Tienken Road and Dutton Road only, since they have previously acquired
capacity south of Tienken Road via the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System Agreement dated Jan.11,1967
= 4,107,802.04
- $4,353,537.50
CLINTON-OAKLAND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM - PAINT CREEK
Avon
Township
0.26325%
0
0
0
S 171.11
184.28
184.28
210.60
210.60
236.93
236.93
263.25
289,58
289.58
315.90
342.23
342.23
368.55
394.88
394.88
421.20
447.53
447.53
473.85
500.18
500.18
526.50
552.83
552.83
579.15
579.15
605.48
605.48
631.80
631.80
S12,491.30
Oxford Village of
Township Oxford
25.59400% 12.16951%
0 0
0 0
0 0
$ 7,910.18
8,518.66
6,518.66
9,735.61
9,735.61
10,952.56
10,952.56
12,169.51
13,386.46
13,386.46
14,603.41
15,820.36
15,820.36
17,037.31
18,254.27
18,254.27
19,471.22
20,688.17
20,688.17
21,905.12
23,122.07
23,122.07
24,339.02
25,555.97
25,555.97
26,772.92
26,772.92
27,989.87
27,989.87
29,206.82
29,206.82
$577,443.25
$ 16,636.10
1 7 ,9 1 5.80
17,915.80
20,475.20
20,475.20
23,034.60
23,034.60
25,594.00
28,1 53.40
28,153.40
30,712.80
33,272.20
33,272.20
35,831.60
36,391.00
38,391.00
40,950.40
43,509.80
43,509.80
46,069.20
48,628.60
48,628.60
51,188.00
53,747.40
53,747.40
56,306.80
56,306.80
58,866.20
58,866.20
61,425,60
61,425.60
$1,214,435.30
Total
Principal
0
0
0
$ 65,000
70,000
70,000
80,000
80,000
90,000
90,000
100,000
110,000
110,000
120,000
130,000
130,000
140,000
150,000
150,000
160,000
170,000
170,000
180,000
190,000
190,000
200,000
210,000
210,000
220,000
220,000
230,000
230,000
240,000
240,000
$4,745,000
EXHIBIT "C"
Year
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
250
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969
INTERCEPTOR - BOND MATURITY SCHEDULE
Orion Village of Oakland
Township Lake Orion
33.61067% 7.01268%
0 0
0 0
0 0
$ 21,846.94 $ 4,558.24
23,527.47 4,908.88
23,527.47 4,908.88
26,888.54 5,610.14
26,888.54 5,610.14
30,249.60 6,311.41
30,249.60 6,311,41
33,610.67 7,012.68
36,971.74 7,713.95
36,971,74 7,713.95
40,332_80 8,415.22
43,693.87 9,116.48
43,693.87 9,116.48
47,054.94 9,817.75
50,416.00 10,519.02
50,416.00 10,519.02
53,777.07 11,220.29
57,138.14 11,921.56
57,138.14 11,921.56
60,499.21 12,622.82
63,860.27 13,324.09
63,860.27 13,324.09
67,221.34 14,025.36
70,582.41 14,726.63
70,582.41 14,726.63
73,943.47 15,427.90
73,943.47 15,427.90
77,304.54 16,129.16
77,304.54 16,129.16
80,665.61 16,830.43
80)665.63 16,830.43
$1,594,826.29 $332,751.66
Township
21.34989%
0
0
0
$ 13,877.43
14,944.91
14,944.91
17,079.9 1
17,079.91
19,214.90
19,214.90
21,349.89
23,484.87
23,484.87
25,619.87
27,754.86
27,754.86
29,889.85
32,024.83
32,024.83
34,159.82
360294.80
36,294.80
36,429.80
40,564,79
40,564.79
42,699.78
44,834.76
44,834.76
46,969.76
46,969.76
49,104.75
49,104.75
51,239.74
51,239.74
s1,013,052.20
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
Harry W. Horton, Chairman
Lee Walker, Thomas H. O'Donoghue
Wm. M. Richards, E. Frank Richardson
George N. Grba, Mahlon Benson, Jr.
Mr. Horton moved the adoption of the foregoing resolution. The motion was supported by Mr.
Richardson. On roll call the resolution was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS: Aaron, Bawden, Benson, Brennan, Coy, Edwards, Gabler, Grba, Horton, Houghten, Kasper,
Mainland, Mastin, Mathews, O'Brien, O'Donoghue, Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Powell, Richards,
Richardson, Szabo, Walker, Wilcox. (26)
NAYS: None. (0)
ABSENT: Hamlin. (1)
Misc. 5216
By Mr. Horton
IN RE: HORTON RELIEF DRAINS
To the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The following resolution was offered by Mr. Horton and seconded by Mr. Mathews:
WHEREAS this board of supervisors by resolutions, Misc. No. 4967, Misc. No. 5111 adopted on
December 17, 1968 and June 19, 1969 did pledge the full faith and credit of the County of Oakland on
the Horton Relief Drains Drainage District Drain Bonds to be dated January 1, 1969, and
WHEREAS the statutory drainage board for the Horton Relief Drains, after having offered said
bonds for sale on May 26, 1969, August 14, 1969 and September 15, 1969, and having received no bids
for the purchase of said bonds, did on October 15, 1969, adopt resolutions amending the special assessment
roll and the bond resolution to provide that the Horton Relief Drains Drainage District Drain Bonds shall
be dated November 1, 1969, and shall mature in 8 years rather than 20 years and to provide for other
matters relative to said bonds, and
WHEREAS said Drainage Board deems it advisable and necessary to obtain from this Board a
resolution consenting to the pledge of the full faith and credit of the county on the aforesaid bonds
in accordance with the bond resolution adopted November 8, 1968 as amended on May 26, 1969, and as
further amended on October 15, 1969, and
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969 251
WHEREAS the said drainage project is immediately necessary to protect and to preserve the
public health and, therefore, it is in the best interest of the County of Oakland that said bonds be
so sold;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF OAKLAND, MICHIGAN:
I. That pursuant to the authorization provided in Section 474 of Chapter 20 of the Drain Code,
the Board of Supervisors of the County of Oakland does hereby irrevocably pledge the full faith and
credit of the County of Oakland to the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on said Horton
Relief Drains Drainage District Drain Bonds dated November 1, 1969, and does agree that in the event
the City of Southfield shall fail or neglect to account to the County Treasurer of the County of Oakland
for the amount of any installment and interest for the Horton Relief Drains, when due, then the amount
thereof shall be immediately advanced from County funds, and the County Treasurer is directed to
immediately make such advancement to the extent necessary.
2. That in the event that, pursuant to said pledge of full faith and credit, the County of
Oakland advances out of County funds, all or any part of said installment and interest, it shall be the
duty of the County Treasurer, for and on behalf of the County of Oakland, to take all actions and pro-
ceedings and pursue all remedies permitted or authorized by law for the reimbursement of such sums so paid.
3. That all resolutions and parts of resolutions insofar as the same may be in conflict with
the provisions of this resolution be and the same hereby are rescinded.
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
Harry W. Horton, Chairman
Lee Walker, Thomas H. O'Donoghue, George N. Grba
Wm. M. Richards, E. Frank Richardson
Mahlon Benson, Jr.
Moved by Horton supported by Mathews the resolution be adopted.
ADOPTED.
YEAS: Aaron, Bawden, Benson, Brennan, Coy, Edwards, Gabler, Grba, Horton, Houghten, Kasper,
Mainland, Mastin, Mathews, O'Brien, O'Donoghue, Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Powell, Richards,
Richardson, Szabo, Walker, Wilcox. (26)
NAYS: None. (0)
ABSENT: Hamlin. (1)
Moved by Mainland supported by Perinoff that the salaries portion of the 1970 Budget be taken
from the table.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Mainland supported by Houghten the report be accepted as the official recommendation
of the Personnel Practices Committee and the Board of Auditors for consideration as part of the total
1970 Budget.
Moved by Powell supported by O'Brien the motion be amended to reduce the salaries portion of
the budget as provided in Exhibit A, which follows.
EXHIBIT A
Scale Raise Category Number of Positions Total Reduction
$2,500 and over-50% reduction $3,000 7 $21,000 $10,500
82,500 4 $10,000 $ 5,000
$2,000 to $2,499-40% reduction $2,000 31 $62,000 $24,800
$1,500 to $1,999-307, reduction $1,700 5 $ 8,500 $ 2,550
$1,5oo 8o 12o,000 $36,000
$1,100 to $1,499 -20% reduction $1,300 18 $23,400 $ 4,680
$1,200 43 $51,600 $10,320
$1,100 8 $ 8,800 $ 1,760
81,000-10% reduction $1,000 226 $226,000 $22,600
No reduction below $1,000 increases
Total Gross Reduction $118,210
Place in Salary Reserve 50,000
Balance offset - Non-tax revenues
Effective reduction $ 68,210
Of the said gross reduction, $50,000 is to be placed into a salary Contingent Fund to be used
to adjust any gross inequities caused by the proposed reduction. Such adjustments to be considered by
this Board periodically during the budget year, upon presentation by the appropriate Committees. The
net reduction of $68,210 to be applied against the non-tax revenues in the 1970 budget to reduce the
over-estimate there made, to balance the budget within the 15.00 mill limitation.
Moved by Brennan supported by O'Brien the amendment be amended to read that the package as
proposed by the Personnel Practices Committee be cut by 20% with the exception that no increase shall
be less than $500 per year, and that the money be put in the regular Contingency Fund.
Discussion followed.
252
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969
Vote on amendment to amendment:
AYES: Brennan, Coy, Grba, O'Brien, Olson, Powell. (6)
NAYS: Aaron, Bawden, Benson, Edwards, Horton, Houghten, Kasper, Mainland, Mastin, Mathews,
O'Donoghue, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Richards, Richardson, Szabo, Walker, Wilcox. (19)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion lost.
Vote on amendment:
AYES: Coy, Grba, O'Brien, Olson, Powell. (5)
NAYS: Aaron, Bawden, Benson, Brennan, Edwards, Horton, Houghten, Kasper, Mainland, Mastin,
Mathews, O'Donoghue, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Richards, Richardson, Szabo, Walker, Wilcox. (20)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion lost.
*Vote on Personnel Practices Committee report:
AYES: Aaron, Bawden, Benson, Coy, Edwards, Grba, Horton, Houghten, Kasper, Mainland, Mastin,
Mathews, O'Brien, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Richards, Richardson, Szabo, Walker, Wilcox. (21)
NAYS: Brennan, 0' Donoghue, Olson, Powell. (4)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Mastin supported by Patnales the 1970 Budget be taken from the table.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Patnales supported by Perinoff the 1970 Budget be adopted.
Moved by Mathews supported by Olson the 1970 Budget be amended to include a line item appro-
priation of $78,000.00, earmarked for the Oakland County share of the senior citizens creative and
innovative programs, to be administered throuh the office of 0.C.C.E.0. The allocation of funds to
be contingent upon a program being submitted by 0.C.C.E.0. and approved by the Oakland County Board
of Supervisors; these funds to be allocated from the Oakland County Contingency Fund.
Moved by Patnales supported by Mastin the motion be amended that the wording ''not to exceed
$78,000" be included.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Vote on amendment, as amended:
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Pernick supported by Perirooff the 1970 Budget be amended with respect to the
allocation for the County Road Commission to provide a matching County Road Commission program; that
the figure $400,000 be changed to $800,000 in order to meet the emergency county road needs in Oakland
County and that the funds for such amendment come from the 1970 Contingency Fund.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Powell supported by O'Brien the amendment be tabled.
AYES: Bawden, Benson, Coy, Edwards, Grba, Horton, Houghten, Kasper, Mainland, Mastin, Mathews,
O'Brien, 0' Donoghue, Patnales, Powell, Richards, Richardson, Szabo, Walker, Wilcox. (20)
NAYS: Aaron, Brennan, Olson, Perinoff, Fernick. (5)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Discussion followed relative to the Capital Program.
Vote on adoption of 1970 Budget, as amended:
AYES: Aaron, Bawden, Benson, Brennan, Coy, Edwards, Grba, Horton, Houghten, Kasper, Mainland,
Mastin, Mathews, O'Brien, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Richards, Richardson, Szabo, Walker, Wilcox. (22)
NAYS: O'Donoghue, Olson, Powell. (3)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the 1970 Budget, as amended, was adopted.
Misc. 5217 -
By Mr. Horton
IN RE: MEMORIAL RESOLUTION FOR R. CLARE CUMMINGS
To the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
R. Clare Cummings, a former member of this Board, passed away on October 23, 1969 at the
age of 85.
Born in Franklin and a Pontiac resident since 1911, he resided at 205 C. Iroquois Road.
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969 253
He served on the Oakland County Board of Supervisors, representing the City of Pontiac, for 27
years from 1937 to 1964 and was a member of the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority for 19 years.
Mr. Cummings' business career was identified with banking and finance in which pursuits he
held many top executive posts and was co-founder of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Oakland.
He was active in civic, social, fraternal and youth organizations, having served as president
of the Clinton Valley Council of Boy Scouts, he was Chairman of the Pontiac United Fund campaign in 1951
and was president of the Pontiac Chamber of Commerce in 1931 and 1932.
Surviving are his wife Grace and a daughter, Dorothy E. Cummings of Pontiac.
Clare Cummings was dedicated in his service to the community and the betterment of his fellow man.
Mr. Chairman, I move that the foregoing memorial resolution be spread upon the minutes of this
meeting and that the County Clerk forward a certified copy, affixed with the Seal of the County of Oakland
to the surviving wife Grace.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Harry W. Horton, Chairman
Charles B. Edwards, Jr., Delos Hamlin
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
Misc. 5218
By Mr. Richards
IN RE: APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO SEMCOG FOR COMPLETION OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE STUDY PROJECT
To the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Supervisors, by Miscellaneous Resolution No. 4453, dated
June 28, 1965, agreed to pay its proportionate share of the cost of the Transportation and Land Use
Study, and
WHEREAS by Miscellaneous Resolution No. 4740, dated June 26, 1967, the Board of Supervisors
reaffirmed its payment of its proportionate share, and
WHEREAS the administrative committee of the Transportation and Land Use Study has expressed
its intent to dissolve the Transportation and Land Use Study Program and shift the burden of responsibility
for the completion of the Transportation and Land Use Study to the Southeast Michigan Council of Govern-
ments, and
WHEREAS it would be necessary to raise additional funds for the completion of the Transportation
and Land Use Study Project and the transition of the Continuing Planning Process from TALUS to SEMCOG, and
WHEREAS Oakland County's pro rata share would be Eight Thousand Five Hundred ($8,500.00) Dollars,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Supervisors allocate the sum of
Eight Thousand Five Hundred ($8,500.00) Dollars from the 1969 unappropriated surplus to the Southeast
Michigan Council of Governments for the completion of the Transportation and Land Use Study Project by
the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments.
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
William M. Richards
Moved by Richards supported by Aaron that to expedite this appropriation, the rules be suspended.
AYES: Aaron, Bawden, Benson, Brennan, Coy, Edwards, Horton, Houghten, Kasper, Mainland,
Mastin, Mathews, Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Powell, Richards, Richardson, Szabo, Wilcox. (21)
NAYS: Grba, O'Brien. (2)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Aaron, Bawden, Brennan, Coy, Edwards, Horton, Houghten, Kasper, Mainland, Mastin, Mathews,
Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Powell, Richards, Richardson, Szabo, Wilcox. (1 9)
NAYS: Grba, O'Brien. (2)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
Misc. 5219
By Mr. Patnales
IN RE: ADC PROGRAM
To the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Aid to Dependent Children is a continuing problem in the State of Michigan and in the
United States, and
WHEREAS the United States Supreme Court has recently eliminated the residency requirements for
ADC eligibility, and recipients may now move freely from time to time between the states, and
WHEREAS there presently exists a wide variance in ADC assistance among the various states, and
WHEREAS ADC should be based on a National standard and paid at a uniform rate, and
WHEREAS the Federal Government's ADC rate is based on a cost of living index for the year 1961,and
WHEREAS the Federal Government, from time to time has updated other programs such as Social
Security, Survival Bencfits, Medicare and Medicaid, by increasing the allotment, where such updatings are
required by an increase in the cost of living index;
254
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Supervisors deems that Aid
to Dependent Children is a Federal question, and the complete cost of such program should be assumed
by the Federal Government with the standard of aid to be updated from time to time, based upon the
cost of living index as established by the United States Department of Labor;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to the Governor's Office, State
of Michigan, the Oakland County Legislative Representatives and State Senators, Congressmen William
Broomfield and Jack McDonald, United States Senators Philip Hart and Robert Griffin, Robert Finch,
Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Daniel Moynihan, the Presidential
Assistant for Welfare, National Association of County Officials and the Michigan Association of Counties;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the following urban
counties in the United States, requesting that they enact a similar resolution to be forwarded to the
Federal officials:
STATE COUNTY STATE COUNTY STATE COUNTY
Alabama , Jefferson Massachusetts Suffolk North Dakota Burleiqh
Montgomery Michigan Wayne Ohio Cuyahoga
Arizona Maricopa Macomb Franklin
Arkansas Pulaski Genesee Mahoning
California Los Angeles Kent Oklahoma Oklahoma
Sacramento Washtenaw Oregon Multnomah
Colorado Denver Minnesota Hennepin Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Delaware New Castle Mississippi Hinds Allegheny
Florida Duval Missouri Greene South Carolina Richland
Hillsborough Montana Yellowstone South Dakota Minnehaha
Georgia Fulton Nebraska Douglas Tennessee Shelby
Idaho Ada Nevada Washoe Texas Ei Paso
Illinois Cook New Jersey Essex Tarrant
Indiana Marion Mercer Virginia Arlington
Iowa Polk New Mexico Bernalillo Henrico
Kansas Wyandotte New York Albany Washington King
Kentucky Fayette Kings West Virginia Kanawha
Louisiana Orleans Parish New York Port Authority Wisconsin Milwaukee
Maine Cumberland North Carolina Forsythe Wyoming Laramie
Maryland Baltimore Wake
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Robert F. Patnales, Mary Mead Bawden
Lawrence R. Pernick, James M. Brennan
Albert F. Szabo, Wallace F. Gabler, Jr.
William M. Richards, Philip O. Mastin, Jr.
Fred D. Houghten, William L. Mainland
E. Frank Richardson, Richard R. Wilcox
Mahlon Benson, Jr., Lew L. Coy, Dennis M. Aaron
Alexander C. Perinoff, James Mathews
Paul E. Kasper, George N. Grba
Thomas H. O'Donoghue, Lee Walker
Carl W. O'Brien, Charles B. Edwards, Jr.
Moved by Patnales supported by Perinoff the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Richards the resolution be amended to change "Federal question" to "Federal program".
Discussion followed.
Moved by Houghten supported by Perinoff the rules be suspended.
AYES: Aaron, Bawden, Brennan, Coy, Edwards, Houghten, Kasper, Mainland, Mastin, Mathews, Olson,
Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Powell, Richards, Szabo, Wilcox. (18)
NAYS: Grba, Horton, O'Brien, Richardson. (4)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Perinoff supported by O'Donoghue the question be called.
The Chairman stated that as many as are in favor of calling the question, say 'yes' and as
many opposed, say 'no'.
A sufficient majority having voted 'yes', the question was called.
Vote on Resolution #5219:
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969 255
Mr. Houghten presented the following letter:
1342 Inwood Road, Lake Orion, Michigan
October 20, 1969
Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Pontiac, Michigan
Dear Sirs:
We respectfully submit the attached petition requesting the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
to initiate legislation that will curb the tendencies of the Oakland County Road Commission to destroy,
needlessly, much of our natural resources when installing a highway. This is a follow-up to our letter
to Mr. Fred Houghten requesting that steps be taken along these lines. We were most encouraged by the
Board's response to our letter, and assure you of our full cooperation in this endeavor that means so
much to our community's future.
Incidentally, we were distressed about a comment made by a representative of the Oakland County
Road Commission during a meeting with the Oakland Township Board that "the business of the Oakland County
RoadL Commission is to build roads and not plant trees". It's obvious that the Road Commission has no
program to preserve the natural beauty of our county and state. We hope, through your actions, that the
Road Commission is made responsive to the deep concerns of our community and made responsible for
preserving our irreplaceable natural resources. Once again, thanks for your action in this matter.
Sincerely,
Dick Jackson, President, Oakland Township Association
(Signatures of 152 petitioners on file in office of Oakland County Clerk.)
Moved by Houghten supported by Olson the letter be recorded in the minutes and the proper
committee be directed to express their response to this Board within thirty days.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Misc. 5220
By Mr. O'Brien
IN RE: COMPENSATION COMMISSION FOR BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS
To the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislative Committee is directed to draft and submit to the State
Legislature, legislation to establish a Compensation Commission for Boards of Supervisors for each
county in the state.
Mr. Chairman, 1 move the adoption of the foregoing resolution,
Carl W. O'Brien
The resolution was referred to the Legislative Committee,
Misc. 5221
By Mr. O'Brien
IN RE: CRACKDOWN ON CRIME
To the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS there has been an alarming increase in the incidence of prostitution, illegal gambling
and traffic in drugs in Oakland County, and
WHEREAS the citizens of Oakland County have expressed grave concern with the increase in
criminal activity, and
WHEREAS it is the responsibility of every level of government to concern itself with the problem
of increasing crime,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Supervisors expresses its deep
concern with the great increase in the incidence of prostitution, illegal gambling and traffic in drugs
which affects all segments of our population, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Supervisors calls upon the Prosecutor's
Office, the Sheriff's Department and all other law enforcement agencies to begin an immediate and
intensive crackdown on prostitution, illegal gambling and traffic in drugs.
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Carl W. O'Brien
The resolution was referred to the Public Protection and Judiciary Committee.
Misc. 5222
By Mr. Grba
IN RE: CRIME FIGHTING AID; LISTENING DEVICE DETECTOR; PURCHASE OF
To the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
In recent times the electronics industry has advanced to such a state that a microphone,
transmitter and all the necessary parts contained in such an apparatus and its operation is the size
of a cocktail olive;
WHEREAS the criminal element has kept pace with the state of the art in industry and are
using such devices to further their illegal gains, and
256
Supervisors Minutes Continued. November 6, 1969
WHEREAS the highest court in the land has made rulings concerning the use of such devices by
law enforcement agencies in fighting crimes and detecting the use of such devices, and
WHEREAS the Sheriff's Department is without such a device to fight this new tool of crime
that is at such a high technical state, and that as public officials we would be remiss in our duty
to the citizens of this County by not providing our Sheriff with such a device,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County Board of Supervisors authorize the Sheriff's
Office to purchase such a crime fighting detector device and that it would be made available to other
law enforcement agencies on request.
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
George N. Grba
The resolution was referred to the Law Enforcement Committee.
Moved by Perinoff supported by O'Donoghue the Board adjourn to November 20, 1969.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
The Board adjourned at 12:35 P. Ni,
Lynn D. Allen . Charles B. Edwards, Jr.
Clerk Chairman