ADOPTED - MARCH 24, 1998

Agenda Item No. 7



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



INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS



RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CITY OF LANSING

AND COUNTY OF INGHAM JOINT BUILDING AUTHORITY



RESOLUTION #98-62



Minutes of a regular meeting of the County Board of Commissioners of the County of Ingham, State of Michigan held in Mason in the County on March 24 1998, at 7:00 p.m. prevailing Eastern Time.



PRESENT: Members: Bernero, Czarnecki, Goulet, Grebner, Hunting, Keefe, Juall, McDonald, Pratt, Schafer, Sims, Smiley, and Stid



ABSENT: Members: None



The following preamble and resolution were offered by Member McDonald and supported by Member Pratt.



WHEREAS, there is an immediate need for the County of Ingham, Michigan (the "County") and the City of Lansing, Michigan (the "City") to act jointly to finance and construct a new courthouse facility; and



WHEREAS, Act 31, Public Acts of Michigan, 1948 (First Extra Session), as amended ("Act 31"), enables a County and a City to incorporate one or more joint authorities for the purpose of acquiring, furnishing, equipping, owning, improving, enlarging, operating, and maintaining buildings, automobile parking lots or structures, recreational facilities, stadiums, and the necessary sites therefor, together with appurtenant properties and facilities necessary or convenient for the effective use thereof, for the use of any legitimate purpose of the incorporating units; and



WHEREAS, Articles of Incorporation of a joint authority to be incorporated by the County and the City under Act 31 have been prepared and carefully reviewed by the County Board of Commissioners; and



WHEREAS, the County Board of Commissioners deems it advisable and necessary and in the best interest of the County to create and establish such an Authority under the provisions of Act 31 for the purpose of accomplishing the aforesaid.



THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:













ADOPTED - MARCH 24, 1998

Agenda Item No. 7



RESOLUTION #98-62



1. The attached Articles of Incorporation of the City of Lansing and County of Ingham Joint Building Authority (the "Authority") are hereby approved and adopted.



2. The Chairperson of the County Board of Commissioners and the County Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute the Articles of Incorporation for and on behalf of the County, and to deliver the executed Articles of Incorporation to the City Clerk, together with a certified copy of this resolution.



3. Upon execution of the Articles of Incorporation by the City and the County, the County Clerk shall cause a copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the Authority to be published as provided in Act 31 once in the Lansing State Journal, being a newspaper circulated within the County and the City, such publication to be accompanied by a notice that valid incorporation of the City of Lansing and County of Ingham Joint Building Authority shall be conclusively presumed unless questioned in a court of competent jurisdiction as provided in Act 31.



4. The County Clerk shall file a certified copy of the executed Articles of Incorporation of the Authority in his office and with the Secretary of State of the State of Michigan, together with a certificate stating the date and newspaper of publication of the Articles of Incorporation. The County Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file the originally executed Articles of Incorporation with the recording secretary of the Authority, when selected, and to take such steps as are necessary under the provisions of State law to perfect the incorporation of said Authority.



5. All resolutions and parts of resolutions insofar as they conflict with the provisions of this Resolution be and the same hereby are rescinded.



6. It is the Board's intent to appoint the County Controller as the County's member to the Joint Building Authority; however, the actual appointment will be made by separate resolution at a future date.



AYES: Members Bernero, Czarnecki, Goulet, Grebner, Hunting, Keefe, Juall, McDonald Pratt, Sims, Smiley and Stid



NAYS: Members Schafer

RESOLUTION DECLARED ADOPTED BY THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS ELECT OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.



Mike Bryanton, County Clerk





ADOPTED - MARCH 24, 1998

Agenda Item No. 7



RESOLUTION #98-62



ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL: Yeas: McDonald, Grebner, Hunting, Pratt, Juall Nays: None Absent: None Approved 3/17/98



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

Nays: None Absent: Bernero Approved 3/18/98































I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of a resolution adopted by the County Board of Commissioners of the County of Ingham, State of Michigan, at a regular meeting held on March 24, 1998, and that public notice of said meeting was given pursuant to and in full compliance with Act No. 267, Public Acts of Michigan, 1976, and that the minutes of said meeting have been kept and made available to the public as required by said Act 267.



If the above meeting was a Special meeting, I further certify that notice of said Special meeting was given to each member of the County Board of Commissioners in accordance with the rules of procedure of the County Board of Commissioners.





Mike Bryanton, County Clerk



NOTICE OF INCORPORATION OF THE

CITY OF LANSING AND COUNTY OF INGHAM

JOINT BUILDING AUTHORITY



PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Act 31, Public Acts of Michigan, 1948 (First Extra Session), as amended ("Act 31"), the City Council of the City of Lansing, Michigan, and the County Board of Commissioners of the County of Ingham, Michigan, have adopted Articles of Incorporation of the City of Lansing and County of Ingham Joint Building Authority. The Articles, hereinafter set forth, will be filed with the Ingham County Clerk and the Michigan Secretary of State, as required by Act 31.



ACT 31 GRANTS THE RIGHT TO QUESTION THE VALIDITY OF SUCH INCORPORATION IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS AFTER THE LAST ABOVE FILING TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. AFTER SUCH TIME SUCH INCORPORATION SHALL BE CONCLUSIVELY PRESUMED TO BE VALID.



Further information including the time of the above filings may be obtained from the office of the Ingham County Clerk or the Lansing City Clerk.



Mike Bryanton, County Clerk

County of Ingham, Michigan







CERTIFICATE OF INGHAM COUNTY CLERK



I hereby certify that I am the County Clerk of the County of Ingham, Michigan; that attached hereto is a true and complete copy of the original executed Articles of Incorporation of the City of Lansing and County of Ingham Joint Building Authority, a public corporation incorporated by the City of Lansing, Michigan and the County of Ingham under the provisions of Act 31, Public Acts of Michigan, 1948 (First Extra Session), as amended. The Articles of Incorporation were published on March 23, 1998 in the Lansing State Journal, a newspaper of general circulation within the City of Lansing and County of Ingham.





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Mike Bryanton, County Clerk

County of Ingham, Michigan









Dated: March 25, 1998