HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2008.09.18 - 9652MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #08201
BY: Commissioners Christine Long, Bill Bullard, Glenn Clark, Hugh D. Crawford, Sue Ann
Douglas, Michael J. Gingell, Bradford C. Jacobsen, Eileen T. KowaII, Jeff Potter, David W. Potts,
Mike Rogers, John A. Scott, Mattie McKinney Hatchett, Vincent Gregory ri'orv.. At i,j4ke.Tin , c.c
IN RE: OPPOSITION TO MICHIGAN HOUSE BILL 6070 AMENDING THE EMERGENCY6yeaco
TELEPHONE SERVICES ENABLING ACT ( I
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the Michigan House of Representatives introduced House Bill 6070, which seeks to amend
Public Act 32 of 1986 entitled the "Emergency Telephone Service Enabling Act" by usurping the County
Board of Commissioner's ability to levy a local 9-1-1 operational surcharge by resolution; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 6070 mandates that all 9-1-1- operational surcharges be approved by the
Michigan Public Service Commission, an appointed, unelected bureaucracy with no accountability to the
citizens of Oakland County, rather than the legally elected Board that the residents of Oakland County
have entrusted to represent them and dc hold accountable; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 6070 only allows a county 9-1-1 surcharge to be assessed after approval from
the Public Services Commission, followed by a vote of the people of the county, to wit: "A county MAY
NOT seek voter approval for a 9-1-1 surcharge unless the proposed 9-1-1 surcharge has been approved
by the commission"; and
WHEREAS, the Michigan Public Services Commission is a regulatory commission dealing with tariff
rates for utilities and has no knowledge of local public safety communications needs; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, demonstrating due diligence in determining
local public safety communication needs, has historically funded public safety communications threugh a
fiscally conservative 9-1-1 operational surcharge without asking permission from an appointed state
commission; and
WHEREAS, the time lines mandated by House Bill 6070 would, in most counties, necessitate the
unnecessary, wasteful expense of a special election in order to obtain voter approval in a timely fashion;
and
WHEREAS, House Bill 6070 continues to provide benefits to the telecommunication service providers
including a 2% "billing and collection" charge plus an undefined "technical surcharge" for which there is
no accountability, while impeding the County Board's ability to fund critical services with inflexible
mandatory timelines.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners stronglY
opposes House Bill 6070.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to Governor Jennifer
Granholm, and all Senators and Representatives serving Oakland County.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution,
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Resolution #08201 September 18, 2008
Moved by Douglas supported by Gingell to suspend the rules and vote on MISCELLANEOUS
RESOLUTION #08201 — OPPOSITION TO MICHIGAN HOUSE BILL 6070 AMENDING THE
EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICES ENABLING ACT.
Discussion followed.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Gosselin, Gregory, Hatchett, Jacobsen, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts,
Rogers, Scott, Spector, Woodward, Bullard, Clark, Crawford, Douglas, Gingell. (19)
NAYS: Greimel, Zack, Burns, Coleman, Coulter, Gershenson. (8)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #08201 — OPPOSITION TO MICHIGAN HOUSE BILL 6070
AMENDING THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICES ENABLING ACT carried.
Discussion followed.
Pat Coats addressed the Board.
Moved by Gosselin supported by Coulter the resolution be referred to the General Government
Committee.
Discussion followed.
Vote on motion to refer the resolution to the General Government Committee:
AYES: Greimel, Nash, Spector. Woodward, Zack, Burns, Coleman, Coulter, Gershenson,
Gosselin. (10)
NAYS: Gregory, Hatchett, Jacobsen, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott,
Bullard, Clark, Crawford, Douglas. Gingell. (15)
A sufficient majority having not voted in favor, the motion to refer the resolution to the General
Government Committee failed.
Moved by Douglas supported by Gingell the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Hatchet Jacobsen, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott, BullaN,
Clark, Crawford. Douglas, Gingell, Gregory. (16)
NAYS; Greimel, Spector, Woodward, Zack, Burns, Coleman, Coulter, Gershenson, Gosselin. (9)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
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