The Roscommon County Board of Commissioner’s met on
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Roll Call: Nellist, Melvin, Schneider, Milburn, Stephan.
Also Present: Herb
Weatherly; Larry Miller; Maureen Daugherty,
Glenn Schicker, H.L. Resorter; Jeff Patrus, Herald News; Carrie Perialas, E-911; Larry Paxton;
Gerrish Twp.; John Clark, Equalization Director; Lucille Eisbrenner, Gypsy Moth; Dorothy Sunman, Canvasser’s;
1. Moved by Milburn, seconded by Schneider to approve the agenda as
presented
and add #11 to implement
Milburn, Stephan. Nays: None. Motion carried.
2. Moved by Stephan, seconded by Schneider to approve Board of
Commissioner’s Meeting minutes of September 9 and 23, 2009.
On roll call: Ayes: Schneider, Nellist, Melvin, Milburn, Stephan.
Nays: None. Motion carried.
3. Moved by Stephan, seconded by Milburn to approve Class A bills.
On roll call: Ayes: Melvin, Nellist, Milburn, Schneider, Stephan.
Nays: None. Motion carried.
4. Moved by Schneider, seconded by Stephan to approve Claims and
Accounts. On roll call: Ayes: Milburn, Stephan, Schneider, Melvin,
Nellist. Nays: None. Motion carried.
Controller’s Report – Cheryl still working on 2010
Budget. There will be 911 union
negotiations at
Correspondence
A.
Re: cancel meeting – Lear
B. St. Helen Shooting Club
Re:
C. Citizens for Consolidation
Re: Petition
D. Roscommon Road Commission
Re: Closure of Drains
Visitors – None.
Old Business/New Business – repair of employees parking lot on hold because of budget.
It will be fixed.
Phil Bendily explained the
Perialas, E-911; and Lucille Eisbrenner, Gypsy Moth;
5. Moved by Stephan, seconded by Milburn to appoint Debra Van Wert
to fill vacancy to replace Judy Kobman’s term on the Board of Canvassers
from
the Republican Party with term ending
call: Ayes: Melvin, Nellist, Schneider, Milburn, Stephan. Nays: None.
Motion carried.
6. Moved by Milburn, seconded by Stephan to appoint Yvonne Snabes to the
Board of Canvasser’s from the Republican Party for a 6 year term. On roll
call: Ayes: Schneider, Nellist, Melvin, Milburn, Stephan. Nays: None.
Motion carried.
7. Moved by Stephan, seconded by Schneider to appoint Janet Kozak to the
Board of Canvasser’s from Democratic Party for a 6 year term. On roll
call: Ayes: Milburn, Schneider, Melvin, Nellist, Stephan. Nays: None.
Motion carried.
8. Moved by Melvin, seconded by Nellist to approve attached resolution in
regards to state funding and authorize all Commissioner’s to sign and send
a copy of signed resolution to Governor Granholm, State Senator Michelle
McManus and State Representative Joel Sheltrown.
RESOLUTION
WE, the ROSCOMMON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONER’S,
submit the following resolution for your consideration:
WHEREAS, each county government primarily acts as an “agent” of the
state, with the majority of budgeted activity performed to extend various
powers of state government throughout the state, providing state mandated
services
for the benefit of
WHEREAS, state legislators pass into law various provisions as to how
these state mandated services performed by the county are to be
proportionately funded by the state; and
WHEREAS, over time, many state elected officials have apparently lost
an understanding of this inter-connected relationship between the two
levels
of
certain levels of state funding to counties and prohibit unfunded
mandates; and
WHEREAS, recent examples which are crippling county governments’
ability to provided necessary and mandated services, include the
following:
In
1978, the voters of
Amendment”, which protects counties from unfunded
mandates from the state legislature; yet despite this
constitutional limit placed upon the state government, the
legislature has continued to add more mandates for counties,
while cutting funding year after year to county governments;
PA 140 “Glenn Steil state revenue sharing act of 1971”, whereas
for the past several years the state has not followed the statutory
formula (MCL 141.911) that requires 21.3% of the 4% of
sales tax be directed to local governments and 25% of that local
government revenue sharing go to counties;
PA 356 of 2004 “County Revenue Sharing Reserve Fund” (MCL
141.911)
temporarily suspended the above law, taxed all
residents earlier than previously scheduled for property taxes, and
utilized these revenues as a temporary replacement to the statutory
revenue sharing for counties, with a stipulation to return counties
IN FULL to their previous revenue sharing when this alternate
source of revenue is depleted, yet state proposals now call for
ignoring that statutory mandate as well;
PA 245 of 2008, Part 1, Line Item Appropriations, Section 103,
Planning
and Community Support,
Program (MCL 769.35), whereas the county once again has been
notified by the state that they will not make a fourth quarter
reimbursement payment to the county for diverted felons, under a
most disingenuously crafted provision of state law that states
“expenditures shall not exceed the amount
appropriated”;
PA 513 OF 2004 “Payment in Lieu of Taxes on Certain Lands”
(PILT), whereas payments to counties for certain real property
owned
by the state and controlled by the
local property taxes (MCL141.91) have not been made; and
WHEREAS, state officials must follow their own state laws if they expect
the citizens to do so, must pass appropriate legislation that properly funds
mandates and not disingenuous laws that provide loopholes for the state
government to shift their burden when desired, and must not balance their
budget by withholding required payments to counties while expecting to
receive revenues back from the counties in full; and
WHEREAS, it is the right and duty of citizens to hold their government
accountable
to follow the law, and the
BOARD OF COMMISSIONER’S , as duly elected citizens, insists
that
the state government adhere to
legislature
and pay
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Board of Commissioners of
dollar
for dollar, any payment due to the State of
state
has withheld payments to the
mandated, utilizing the same criteria as state legislation, in which the
county will direct that “expenditures shall not exceed the amount
appropriated”, wherein to ensure a balanced budget as required by
law, the amount appropriated for various payments to the state
shall be decreased if state mandated payments to the county are
decreased if state mandated payments to the county are decreased; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Board of Commissioner’s of
better from our government that serves us; we hope that we will not
have to resort to such a measure, but rather that the state will find a
way to balance its revenues and expenditures the same way counties
do-through appropriate cuts that do not include withholding payments
that have been legally agreed to be made for services directed to be
provided.
Respectfully submitted,
ROSCOMMON
Dated:
On roll call: Ayes: Stephan, Melvin, Nellist, Schneider, Milburn.
Nays: None.
Motion carried.
9. Moved by Stephan, seconded by Milburn to adopt the L-4402 Statement
showing
taxable valuations and mills apportioned by the
Commissioner’s for the year 2009 and authorize John Clark, Equalization
Director to sign the L-4402. On roll call: Ayes: Melvin, Nellist,
Schneider, Milburn, Stephan. Nays: None. Motion carried.
10. Moved by Schneider, seconded by Stephan to re-appoint Al Shultz, Greg
Bush, Richard Wood and Richard Koupal for a two (2) year term
beginning
Roscommon
Ayes: Schneider, Melvin, Nellist, Stephan, Milburn. Nays: None.
Motion
carried.
11. Moved by Milburn, seconded by Schneider to approve Michigan Green
Communities Challenge Resolution as presented and authorize Chairman
Edward Nellist to sign.
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioner’s
for
to emphasize the benefits of energy efficiency and conservation.;
The Board of Commissioners wants to demonstrate that energy efficiency
and conservation practices can be applied to the daily governmental
operations and to infrastructure projects;
The Board of Commissioners seeks to find methods of service delivery
and operations that conserve energy and resources, savings taxpayer
dollars and protecting and preserving the environment;
The Board of Commissioners recognizes that sound energy efficiency and
conservation practices can reduce government costs over the long term;
The Board of Commissioners will lead by example to show the
practicality and effectiveness of these practices; and
The Board of Commissioners seeks to encourage its citizens and
businesses to initiate stewardship activities that benefit the environment
and their community;
ACCORDINGLY, IT IS RESOLVED THAT THE Board of
Commissioners
for
Green Communities Challenge and pledges to work toward
achieving the goals of the Basic Challenge over the next three
years.
Adopted
by the Board of Commissioners of
day of October, 2009.
On roll call: Ayes: Stephan, Melvin, Nellist, Schneider, Milburn. Nays:
None. Motion carried.
12. Moved by Melvin, seconded by Milburn to enter into the Multi-County
Buying Agreement as presented and authorize Chairman, Edward Nellist
to sign. On roll call: Ayes: Stephan, Milburn, Schneider, Melvin, Nellist.
Nays: None. Motion carried.
13. Moved by Schneider, seconded by Milburn to award ACH Payroll Direct
Deposit to Chase Bank who presented the lowest proposal. On roll call:
Ayes: Milburn, Schneider, Melvin, Nellist, Stephan. Nays: None.
Motion carried.
14. Moved by Stephan, seconded by Nellist to approve resolution to amend
resolution to authorize issuance of Michigan Transportation Fund
Refunding Bonds, Series 2009 and authorize necessary personnel
to sign documentation.
STATE OF
RESOLUTION TO AMEND
RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE ISSUANCE OF
TRANSPORTATION FUND REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 2009
Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the County
of
Present: Commissioners: Nellist, Melvin, Schneider, Milburn, & Stephan
Absent: None.
The following preamble and resolution were offered by Commissioner Stephan
and supported by Commissioner Nellist.
WHEREAS, the County Board of Commissioners on
the
“Resolution to Authorize Issuance of
Refunding Bonds, Series 2007” (the “ Bond Authorizing Resolution”),
which provided, in part, in Paragraph 15 that the Refunding Bonds were
to be sold, upon satisfaction of various conditions, to Oppenheimer & Co.,
Inc. as the Underwriter, pursuant to a Bond Purchase Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Commissioners on
amended Paragraph 15 of the Bond Authorizing Resolution to add Robert W.
Baird & Co., Inc. as co-Underwriter; and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Commissioners on
amended Paragraph 15 of the Bond Authorizing Resolution to approve Raymond
James & Associates, Inc. as sole Underwriter for the proposed refunding bonds;
and
On roll call: Ayes: Schneider, Melvin, Nellist, Milburn, Stephan. Nays: None.
Motion carried.
15. Moved by Melvin, seconded by Schneider to authorize infogeographics, Inc. to
implement
split as follows: 911 – 60%, Gypsy Moth – 20% and General Fund – 20%.
On roll call: Ayes: Melvin, Nellist, Schneider, Milburn, Stephan. Nays: None.
Motion carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Schneider – Discussed budget meetings. We need to run County like a business. Dept.
Heads told to cut back 10%. He welcomes any ideas. Anybody can come to the meetings and listen. We need to work together as a group on the budget. Nikomis is
closing. Hub Market in Prudenville and Daly’s Market in Roscommon is having financial difficulty. Fine Arts Show in the Annex next weekend from Kirtland.
Nellist – will attend meeting at
Milburn – Attended Denton Township Meeting last week.
Melvin – Attended Veterans Affairs meeting first of the month. Paid gas bill for a single mom whose service was being shut off. Dam is flowing too fast for fish going into
Stephan – On the 28th of September met with
employees on the 20th at
16. Moved by Milburn, seconded by Schneider to adjourn meeting. On roll call:
Ayes: Melvin, Schneider, Milburn, Stephan. Nellist. Nays: None. Motion
carried.
Meeting adjourned at
______________________________ ______________________________
Edward Nellist, Chairman Ann
M. Bonk,