SUBSTITUTE ADOPTED - JANUARY 23, 2001

Agenda Item No. 9

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

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION RE-ESTABLISHING ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR "PLAT DRAIN"

RESOLUTION #01-05

WHEREAS, state law assigns the Drain Commissioner numerous duties both to aid and to regulate the land development process; and

WHEREAS, when development takes the form of a platted subdivision, the Board of Commissioners has authorized a reasonable schedule of fees to defray some of the cost of expert review of proposed plats; and

WHEREAS, a major task required of the Drain Commissioner as part of the approval of any plat is the establishment of so-called "plat drains"; and

WHEREAS, the establishment of "plat drains" in accordance with sections 425 and 433 of the Drain Code currently is conducted without charge to plat developers; and

WHEREAS, "plat drains" document (also known as "433 Agreements") from approximately 20 years ago show that an administrative fee of up to $200 was charged by the Drain Commissioner for the establishment of such drains; and

WHEREAS, the Drain Commissioner is unsure why his predecessors ceased collecting the fee; and

WHEREAS, it is reasonable to require plat developers to share the cost of establishing the "plat drains"; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has recognized a line item of income totaling $10,000 from implementation of this fee in the 2001 Budget.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Drain Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge a fee of $1,000 for each plat signed by him, to help defray the cost of establishing "plat drains."

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this $1,000.00 (one thousand dollar) per plat fee shall be effective January 24, 2001.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL: Yeas: Stid, Celentino, Minter, De Leon,

Swope Nays: None Absent: None Approved 1/16/01

FINANCE: Yeas: Czarnecki, Hertel, Schafer, Swope, Lynch, Krause

Nays: None Absent: Minter Approved 1/17/01