HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2009.11.12 - 9906MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION W9286
BY: Commissioner Tim Greimel
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — ADOPTION OF "FIX IT FIRST" POLICY IN
APPROPRIATION OF Till-PARTY ROAD PROGRAM EXPENDITURES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS on September 24, 2009, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approved
Resolution 409221 Tr-Party Road Improvement Program — Funding and Project Approval Process ;
and
WHEREAS Resolution #09221 reduced Oakland County's contribution, and the respective
contributions of the Road Commission for Oakland County and of cities, villages, and townships
(CVIs), to the Tr-Party Road Improvement Program from $2,25 million to $1.0 million; and
WHEREAS as a result, Resolution #09221 reduced the total annual contribution to the Tr-Party
Road Improvement Program from $6.75 million to $3.0 million; and
WHEREAS due to the Road Commission for Oakland County having more miles of road under its
jurisdiction than any other road commission or county in the State of Michigan and due to financial
challenges facing the State of Michigan and all road commissions, the Michigan Infrastructure and
Transportation Association has recently reported that Oakland County has the second highest number
of roads in disrepair of any county in the State of Michigan; and
WHEREAS Resolution #09221 gives the Oakland County Board of Commissioners substantially
greater authority over the expenditure of Tr-Party Road Improvement Program funds than it has
exercised in the past; and
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners believes that scarce road funds should be prioritized on
repairing roads before they are used on widening or expanding roads;
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners believes that it has a responsibility to pro-actively and
forthrightly communicate its road spending priorities to both CVTs and the Road Commission for
Oakland County and to not wait until individual projects come before it for approval;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
adopts a policy of appropriating its share of Tr-Party Road Improvement Program funding only to
the repair of roads and to the limited reconfiguration of roads for safety purposes; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this new policy of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
expressly prohibits the use of its share of Tr-Party Road Improvement Program dollars to be used
for: (a) the widening of roads by adding through lanes in both directions; (b) the extension of roads
into areas where the roads did not previously go; and/or (c) the construction of entirely new roads;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this new policy will continue to permit the use of Tr-Party
Road Improvement Program dollars for the construction of middle turn lanes, right turn lanes, and
left turn lanes (even if doing so means that a road will be expanded from two lanes to three lanes or
from four lanes to five lanes) and will continue to permit the use of Tr-Party Road Improvement
Program dollars for the paving of gravel roads so long as such newly paved roads are only two lanes
or three lanes (two lanes with a middle turn lane).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissiondrequests the Oakland County Clerk
to forward copies of this resolution to the Road Commission for Oakland County and to all cities,
villages, and townships in Oakland County.
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Resolution #09286 November 12, 2009
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee. There were no objections.