HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2008.04.24 - 9405MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #08076 April 24, 2008
BY; General Government Committee, Christine Long, Chairperson
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - SUPPORT FOR MICHIGAN HOUSE
BILL 5892 AMENDING THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICES ENABLING ACT
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Representatives Espinoza, Rick Jones, Polidori. Gonzales, Spade, Brown, Stahl, Condino,
Warren and Hammel of the Michigan House of Representatives introduced House Bill 5892, which seeks
to amend Public Act 32 of 1986 entitled the "Emergency Telephone Service Enabling Act n by extending
the sunset of the Act from February 28, 2009 to December 31. 2013; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 5892 was introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives and was referred
to the Energy and Technology Committee of the House of Representatives; and
WHEREAS, the Emergency Telephone Service Enabling Act, as amended by 2007 PA 164 and 2007 PA
165, provides Michigan counties with a stable and equitable funding source for public safety
communications directly related to the delivery of 9-1-1 services; and
WHEREAS, the stable funding methodology contained in 2007 PA 164 and 2007 PA 165 was developed
with input from all telecommunication service providers, public safety communications personnel, and
legislators, and requires no substantive changes other than the extension of the sunset; and
WHEREAS, the stable funding provisions of 2007 PA 164 and 2007 PA 165 take effect July 1, 2008 and
sunset on February 29, 2009, limiting Michigan counties to only eight months of revenue for critical public
safety communication 9-1-1 projects and operations; and
WHEREAS, an eight-month cycle of legislation does not provide counties with sufficient time for long-
range planning and may jeopardize critical 9-1-1 services; and
WHEREAS, the Michigan Association of Counties, the Michigan Municipal League, and L. Brooks
Patterson, Oakland County Executive, support the immediate passage of House Bill 5892.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners strongly
supports the immediate passage of House Bill 5E192 as currently written.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to Governor Jennifer
Granholm, and all Senators and Representatives serving Oakland County.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Genera! Government Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with KowaII and Suarez absent.
Resolution 4;108076 April 24, 2008
Moved by Greimel supported by Long the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda
be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Burns, Coleman, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gosselin, Gregory, Greimel, Hatchett,
Jacobsen, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Nash, Potts, Scott, Spector, Zack, Bullard, (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
F, 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 April
24, 2008, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, have hereunto set my hand and affixed tne seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 24th day of April, 2008.
I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
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Ruth Johnson, County Clerk