ADOPTED - MAY 26, 1998

Agenda Item No. 5

Introduced by the Administrative Services/Personnel and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL PROGRAM RULES AND PROCEDURES AND FEE SCHEDULE

RESOLUTION #98-118

WHEREAS, on March 12, 1974, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners designated the Office of the Drain Commissioner as the County Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Program Administrator and has authorized changes to the program on several occasions since then; and

WHEREAS, the lack of enforcement leads to high cost and a new proactive approach is an attempt to bring the program into greater compliance with state law and save taxpayers millions of dollars in maintenance and clean up of the waters of the State; and

WHEREAS, these standards will result in more consistent, efficient and effective enforcement of Act 451 Part 91 of the Michigan Compiled Laws (previously known as P.A. 347 of 1972); and

WHEREAS, these Rules and Procedures and Best Management Practices have been assembled through an exhaustive study of other programs and in consultation with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby adopts these Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Program Standards and Fee Structure, effective June 1, 1998, in compliance with the authority of the laws of the State of Michigan, as referred herein and attached hereto.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL: Yeas: McDonald, Grebner, Hunting, Pratt, Juall Nays: None Absent: None Approved 5/19/98

FINANCE: Yeas: Goulet, Keefe, Grebner, Czarnecki, Bernero, Schafer

Nays: None Absent: McDonald Approved 5/20/98