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Miscellaneous Resolution # 09095
BY: Commissioner Jim Nash, District #15
RE: Board of Commissioners — Oakland County Energy Efficiency Collaborative
Committee
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners adopted Miscellaneous Resolution
#08059 which supported the passage of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
(EECBG) Program, that is to provide funding to support community-based, grass-roots actions to
reduce our overdependence on foreign energy sources and further ongoing local climate protection
efforts; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners have encouraged all the countywide
officials to explore opportunities to use EECBG funds to implement efficiency and conservation
strategies for their departments and in partnership with local cities, villages and townships
throughout Oakland County and other counties in the region; and
WHEREAS in order to effectively organize towards implementing energy efficiency strategies for
Oakland County that are to be funded by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Black Grant
(EECBG) Program and other sources, it is recommended that the Oakland County Energy Efficiency
Collaborative Committee be created.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
creates the Oakland County Energy Efficiency Collaborative Committee.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners the mission of the
Oakland County Energy Efficiency Collaborative Committee shall be to organize and implement
energy efficiency strategies for Oakland County that may be eligible for funding through the Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program and other sources.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Government Committee shall appoint the
membership of the Oakland County Energy Efficiency Collaborative Committee, which should
include:
Commissioner Jim Nash, Chairperson
3 Majority Party Commissioners
2 Minority Party Commissioners
1 representative from the Facilities Management Department
1 representative from the County Executive administration
1 representative from representing the Water Resources Commissioner
1 representative from representing the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Energy Efficiency Collaborative Committee
should seek non-voting advisory members from:
Representative(s) from the Engineering Society of Detroit
Representative(s) from the U.S. Green Building Council — Detroit Regional Chapter
Representative(s) from Lawrence Technological University
Representative(s) from Oakland University
Representative(s) from local government
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that other interested individuals/organizations may be invited to join
or offer advisory assistance by the Oakland County Energy Efficiency Collaborative Committee.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Oakland County Energy Efficiency Collaborative Committee shall
work with the Tr-County Summit's - Regional Partnership for Sustainability Committee and
Southeast Michigan Regional Energy Office as part of the regional strategy.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Energy Efficiency Collaborative Committee
shall report their findings and any recommendations to the County Executive.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Energy Efficiency Collaborative Committee
shall terminate upon the submission of their final report to the County Executive and Oakland
County Board of Commissioners or at the end of the Board of Commissioners term on December
31, 2010, whichever comes first.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this
adopted resolution to County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, Director of Facilities Management
Department, Director of Economic Development & Community Affairs Department, Emerging
Sectors, Water Resources Commissioner, and the Oakland County Parks and Recreation
Commission.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #09095 April 23, 2009
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Planning and Building Committee. There were no objections.