HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2007.10.04 - 9340MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #07235
BY: Bill Bullard, Jr., District #2, Tim Burns, District #19, -Erit -eaternam-giatfiet-#23, David Coulter, District #25,
Hugh D. Crawford, District #9, Sue Ann Douglas, District #12, Marcia Gershenson, District #17, Michael J.
Gingell, District #3, Robert Gosselin, District #13, Vincent Gregory, District #21, Tim Greimel, District #11,
Mattie Hatchett, District #10, Bradford C. Jacobsen, District #1, Eileen T. Kowall, District #6, Christine Long,
District #7, Thomas F. Middleton, District #4, Jeff Potter, District #8, David W. Potts, District#20, Mike Rogers,
District #14, John A. Scott, District #5, Karen Spector, District #16, George W. Suarez, District #24,-9eve -
Miocch?rarcE7Bistfiet-#4-87 Helaine Zack, District #22
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR H.R. 2927 FOR RESPONSIBLE FUEL
ECONOMY INCREASES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS H.R. 2927 sets tough fuel economy standards without off ramps or loopholes by requiring
separate car and truck standards to meet a total fleet fuel economy between 32 and 35 mpg by 2022 — an
increase of as much as 40 percent over current fuel economy standards — and requires vehicle fuel economy
to be increased to the maximum feasible level in the years leading up to 2022; and
WHEREAS H.R. 2927, while challenging, will provide auto makers more reasonable lead time to implement
technology changes in both the near and long-term. Model Year 2008 vehicles are already available today,
and product and manufacturing planning is done through Model Year 2012. H. R. 2927 recognizes the critical
need for engineering lead times necessary for manufacturers to make significant changes to their fleets; and
WHEREAS H.R. 2927 respects consumer choice by protecting the important functional differences between
passenger cars and light trucks/SUVs. Last year, 2006, was the sixth year in a row that Americans bought
more trucks, minivans and SUVs than passenger cars, because they value attributes such as passenger and
cargo load capacity, four-wheel drive, and towing capability that most cars are not designed to provide; and
WHEREAS while some would like fuel economy increases to be much more aggressive and be implemented
with much less lead time, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards must be set at levels and in
time frames that do not impose economic harm on the manufacturers, suppliers, dealers and others in the
auto industry; and
WHEREAS H.R. 2927 is a reasonable bill that balances a number of important public policy concerns. The bill
represents a tough but fair compromise that deserves serious consideration and support; and
WHEREAS the Government Affairs Committee of Automation Alley has adopted a resolution in support of
H.R. 2927 which reasonably balances achievable fuel economy increases with important economic and social
concerns including consumer demand.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby respectfully
requests the United States Congress to support H.R. 2927, which responsibly balances achievable fuel
economy increases with important economic and social concerns including consumer demand.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this adopted
resolution to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of
Representatives, the members of the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the
Oakland County delegation to Congress, the National Association of Counties, the Michigan Association of
Counties, Oakland County's legislative lobbyists and the Government Affairs Committee of Automation Alley.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #07235 October 4, 2007
Moved by Bullard supported by Gregory to suspend the rules and vote on MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION
#07235 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR H.R. 2927 FOR RESPONSIBLE FUEL
ECONOMY INCREASES.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Gregory, Greimel, Hatchett, Jacobsen, KowaII,
Long, Middleton, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott, Spector, Suarez, Zack, Bullard, Burns, Coulter,
Crawford. (22)
NAYS: Nash. (1)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on MISCELLANEOUS
RESOLUTION #07235 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SUPPORT FOR H.R. 2927 FOR RESPONSIBLE
FUEL ECONOMY INCREASES carried.
Moved by Bullard supported by Gregory the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Gregory, Greimel, Hatchett, Jacobsen, Kowall, Long,
Middleton, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott, Spector, Suarez, Zack, Bullard, Burns, Coulter, Crawford,
Douglas. (22)
NAYS: Nash. (1)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
DOES NOT NOIRE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AMON
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on October 4, 2007,
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac,
Michigan this 4th day of October, 2007.