HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2009.05.07 - 9869REPORT (MISC. #09054) May 7, 2009
BY: Planning and Building Committee, John Scott, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #09054 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — URGING OAKLAND COUNTY
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION
BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Planning and Building Committee, having reviewed the above-titled
resolution on April 28, 2009, after receiving it as a direct referral from the Finance
Committee, reports with a recommendation that the resolution be adopted
Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report,
PLANNING AN ILDING COMMITTEE
PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Miscellaneous Resolution #09054
BY: Commissioners Jim Nash, District #15, Tim Bums, District #19, Eric Coleman, District #23,
David Coulter, District #25, Marcia Gershenson, District #17, Tim Greimel, District #11,
Mettle McKinney Hatchett, District #10, Janet Jackson, District #21, Gary R. McGillivray,
District #24, Steven H. Schwartz, District #14, Dave Woodward, District #18, Helaine Zack,
District #22
RE: Board of Commissioners — Urging Oakland County to Participate In the Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners adopted Miscellaneous Resolution #08059 in support of
the passage of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, as
authorized in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which 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 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, as authorized
in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, is a key component to responding to this
crisis by making our county more energy efficient and energy independent, and strengthening our
economy; and
WHEREAS the EECBG program will help form a new partnership between cities, counties, and
states to address our energy challenges, including: reducing energy use, increasing energy
efficiency and curbing greenhouse gas emissions; and
WHEREAS the EECBG provides a unique opportunity to expand on the success of local initiatives
to increase energy efficiency, expand renewable energy supplies, and facilitate new employment
opportunities; and
WHEREAS the EECBG will assist local government units in implementing energy and conservation
strategies to: (a) reduce fossil fuel emissions created as a result of activities within their jurisdiction;
(b) reduce energy use; (c) improve energy efficiency in the transportation, building and other
appropriate sectors; and (d) provide long-term cost savings to government, business and residents;
and
WHEREAS the EECBG will be helpful to Oakland County in developing and implementing an energy
efficiency and conservation strategy and in retaining technical consultant services to assist in the
development of such a strategy; and
WHEREAS the law ensures that these resources are results-oriented, with recipients being required
to report each year to the Department of Energy Secretary on the implementation of the Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Strategy and on their local energy efficiency gains.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
supports participating in and seeking funding through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block
Grant (EECBG) Program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners urges Oakland
County's countywide officials to explore opportunities to use these funds to participate in
implementing 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.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this
adopted resolution to Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, Oakland County
Clerk/Register of Deeds Ruth Johnson, Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper, Oakland
County Water Resource Commissioner John P. McCulloch, Oakland County Sheriff Michael
Bouchard and Oakland County Treasurer Andy Meisner.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #09054 March 5, 2009
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee.
Commissioner Long objectec.
Discussion followed.
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee. There were no objections.
HEREBY THE FORGOING BOSON
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Resolution #09054 May 7, 2009
Moved by Middleton supported by Jackson the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda
be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Burrs, Capella, Coleman, Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Greimel,
Hatchett, Jackson, Jacobsen, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Runestad, Schwartz, Scott,
Woodward, Zack, Bullard. (22)
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)
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 May 7, 2009, 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 7th day of May, 2009.
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Ruth Johnson, County Clerk