1965 Publications

A Survey of the Police Department: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan,
Report 221, ( December 65 ) 54 pages [266 KB]

This report deals primarily with the organizational structure, personnel, and administrative proactices of the department. Manpower requirements and police procedures were also analysed, and certain recommendations were made in these areas. In the main, however, the report deals with those departmental functions necessary to effective direction, control, and evaluation of the performance of the police force.

City of Lathrup Village: An Administrative Study
Report 220, ( October 65 ) 39 pages

An Analysis Of The Costs Of Providing Governmental Services To Paris Township Under Three Organizational Alternatives
Misc., ( September 65 ) 27 pages

Apportionment of County Boards of Supervisors, Michigan and Other States,
Memo 212, ( August 65 ) 22 pages

In Baker v. Carr (1962), the United States Supreme Court ruled permissible the hearing by a Federal court of contentions that state legislative malapportionment could be a denial of the rights guaranteed under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This decision provided the basis for the subsequent entertainment by the Supreme Court of the case of Reynolds v. Sims (1964). In this latter case, the Court held that both houses of state legislatures must be elected with equal representation of population as the prime consideration or be at odds with the equal protection clause.

On June 23, 1964, five residents of the City of Grand Rapids brought the case of Brouwer v. Bronkema into the Kent County Circuit Court. Plaintiffs claimed that the apportionment of the Kent County Board of Supervisors was not on the basis of population,* and was, therefore, in violation of their right to the equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment.

This paper looks at the present composition of the county boards of supervisors, compares those boards with county boards in other states, considers alternatives to the present system, and evaluates the boards of California, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Proposed Wayne County Planning Committee
Misc., ( August 65 ) 10 pages

Detroit City Finances
CC 777, ( August 65 ) 4 pages

State Budget Comments #9 -- Michigan's 1965-1966 Spending Program
CC 776, ( July 65 ) 6 pages

Among And Within Not More Than Twenty Principal Departments
CC 775, ( July 65 ) 5 pages

The 1963 State Constitution required the legislature to reduce the number of state departments to not more than 20. This difficult task was accomplished by the Executive Organization Act of 1965. This paper describes how this task was accomplished.

School Aid and Better Education
CC 774, ( June 65 ) 2 pages

The Administrative Practices and Procedures of the City of Livonia Youth Employment Sevice,
Memo 211, ( May 65 ) 20 pages

Legislative Compensation
CC 773, ( May 65 ) 2 pages

New Dimensions To State Spending?
CC 772, ( May 65 ) 2 pages

Comments on the State of Higher Education
Misc., ( May 65 ) 8 pages

Comments by Harlan Hatcher, President, The University of Michigan at Annual Meeting

State Budget Comments #8 -- The General Fund Budget - A Three Year View
CC 771, ( May 65 ) 8 pages

State Budget Comments #7 -- The Governor's Budget Recommendations For Welfare Purposes
CC 770, ( May 65 ) 4 pages

State Budget Comments #6 -- The 1965-1966 Mental Health Budget
CC 769, ( May 65 ) 4 pages

State Aid For Primary And Secondary Schools
CC 768, ( May 65 ) 4 pages

State Budget Comments #5 -- Colleges And Universities - General Fund Spending Proposals
CC 767, ( May 65 ) 4 pages

Outline Of The Michigan Tax System (Second Edition)
CC 766, ( May 65 ) 15 pages

Summary of state and local taxes [Because this publication is revised every two years, past editions have not been made available for download. Please contact CRC to obtain a copy past editions. ]

State Budget Comments #4 -- Capital Outlay Recommendations
CC 765, ( April 65 ) 8 pages

The Tangible Personal Property Tax On Machinery And Equipment In Michigan
CC 764, ( April 65 ) 6 pages

The taxation of tangible personal property (machinery, equipment, business inventories, furniture, etc.) in Michigan has been a frequent subject of controversy in recent years and current discussions of new depreciation schedules for machinery and equipment indicate the subject is still a lively one. Discussions of the problem of taxing tangible personal property under the ad valorem property tax have revolved around two basic and inter-related issues: 1. How to achieve the "uniform general ad valorem taxation of real and tangible personal property" required by the constitution and laws of the state; and, 2. How to make the tax burden on industry in Michigan competitive with tax burdens in those states with which Michigan is competing for job creating industries. The background of these two issues will clarify the present controversy.

State Budget Comments #3 -- Revenues And Expenditures In The Eight Competitor States
CC 763, ( March 65 ) 4 pages

Detroit Ballot Issues -- April 5 Election -- Vacation Proposal For Detroit Police
CC 762, ( March 65 ) 4 pages

State Budget Comments #2 -- Fiscal Pigeonholes - The State's Fund Structure
CC 761, ( March 65 ) 4 pages

Constitutional Budget Provisions
CC 760, ( March 65 ) 4 pages

Estimating the Yield of the Municipal Corporate Income Tax
Memo, ( March 65 ) 7 pages

State Budget Comments #1 -- The 1965-66 General Fund-General Purpose State Budget
CC 759, ( March 65 ) 8 pages

The Role of the Auditor General in the Legislative Branch
Misc., ( February 65 ) 8 pages

A dinner was held to introduce the 1965-1966 Michigan Legislature to the Citizens Research Council of Michigan. The keynote speaker was Karney A. Brasfield, of Washington, D.C., who discussed the role of the auditor general in the legislative branch. This new constitutional office offered the legislature a mechanism with tremendous potential for improving its oversight of its policy decisions and the effectiveness of their execution by the departments and agencies of the state. For that reason, Mr. Brasfield's comments were considered to be especially timely and pertinent.

Memo to the Board of Directors on Reports prepared for Alvin Bentley�s Sub-Committee III on Finance, of the Citizens Committee on Higher Educations (Blue Ribbon Committee)
Memo, ( February 65 ) 8 pages

Urban Renewal in the City of Detroit: A Study of Administrative Organization
Report 219, ( February 65 ) 56 pages

Staff Papers on Governmental Organization for Metropolitan Southeast Michigan
Report 218, ( January 65 ) 124 pages

Legislative Handbook
Misc., ( January 65 ) 48 pages

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