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The right to criticize government is also an obligation to know what you are talking about. 
-Lent Upson, 1st Executive Director of CRC  


1972 Publications

Detroit Schools Crisis
Memo, ( November 72 ) 12 pages

Materials presented at meeting of Legislators, et al, Hospitality Inn, Lansing Remarks by Robert Pickup (7 pp.) Development of the Detroit School District Financial Problem (5 pp.)

State Ballot Issues--III
CC 861, ( October 72 ) 4 pages

Proposal D -- Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Permit Graduated Income Taxes

State Ballot Issues--II
CC 860, ( October 72 ) 4 pages

Proposal E -- Service Bonus and Tuition Payments for Veterans of Vietnam Conflict; Proposal A -- Daylight Saving Time; Proposal B -- To Allow Abortion Under Certain Conditions

Wayne County Ballot Issues
CC 859, ( October 72 ) 4 pages

Proposal F -- Wayne County Jail (levy 0.6 mill for construction); Proposal G -- Youth Home (levy 0.4 mill for construction)

pdf File A Digest of the Proposed Charter for the City of Detroit
CC 858, ( October 72 ) 13 pages

On November 7, 1972, the voters of the City of Detroit will be asked to ratify or reject the proposed city charter prepared by the Charter Revision Commission. Proposal H asks the voters to decide whether the main body of the proposed charter should be adopted or rejected. Proposals I and J will permit the voters to choose between alternative kinds of representation on the city council (I) and between alternative methods of electing city officials (J). However, in the event that Proposal H is defeated, the vote on proposals I and J would be nullified and the present charter (which provides for nonpartisan-ship elections and a nine-member city council elected at large) would remain in effect. The purpose of this memorandum is to summarize the principal features of the proposed charter in an attempt to give the voter a means for formulating his own decision on this important question.

State Ballot Issues--I
CC 857, ( October 4, 72 ) 6 pages

Proposal C -- Proposed Constitution Amendment: Financing Education & Property Tax Limits (Article IX) (defeated 42% for to 58% against)

“A Perspective on Profits,” Charles T. Fisher III, President NBD, Remarks at CRCM 1972 Annual Meeting
Memo, ( September 72 ) 17 pages

City of Northville Northville Township Unification Report
Memo, ( September 72 ) 24 pages

Update of data concerning the proposed unification of the City of Northville and Northville Township that originally appeared in a series of reports prepared in 1968 by consultant Donald M. Oakes.

Michigan's 1972-73 Spending Program
CC 856, ( September 72 ) 8 pages

pdf File Detroit Charter Revision--6: New Directions in the Proposed Detroit Charter
CC 855, ( August 72 ) 4 pages

The Discussion Draft of the New Charter for the City of Detroit, as revised by the Charter Revision Commission and submitted to the governor for review on July 7, 1972, contains a number of innovative concepts and proposals, which could have a far reaching impact on the character of city government in Detroit. Some of the more important new provisions in the proposed charter include:

  • The introduction of the "responsible city" concept in the charter under which the city would be charged with the responsibility for taking aggressive action to promote the general welfare of its citizens.
  • Creation of an office of ombudsman with authority to investigate any administrative act by a city official.
  • Creation of a decentralization commission to prepare a plan for community government which establishes at least eight community councils throughout the city. The city council may, by ordinance appropriate funds and delegate responsibilities to the community councils.
  • Creation of an independent professional standards department within the executive branch to investigate and adjudicate cases of alleged police misconduct.
  • Creation of a consumer affairs department with authority to enforce laws and ordinances governing business practices, to grant rand revoke business licenses and permits, and to investigate citizen complaints.
  • Creation of an environmental protection department empowered to enforce environmental ordinances of the city and "as far as practicable, insure that agencies of the city are operating in a manner least harmful to the environment."

pdf File Detroit Charter Revision--5: The Framework of Government in the Proposed Detroit Charter
CC 854, ( August 72 ) 4 pages

Under the Michigan home rule act the city charter as adopted by the people provides the framework of government under which the city operates. This framework provides the mechanism for performing two basic and vital functions-the political or policy leadership function and the administrative or operating function.

The form and structure of government as provided in the charter must make it possible for the representatives of the citizens of the community to agree on policies generally acceptable to the public, and then provide the structure for implementing such policies through performing functions and providing services.

pdf File Detroit Charter Revision--4: Personnel Administration in the Proposed Detroit Charter
CC 853, ( July 72 ) 4 pages

Two of the basic issues that confronted the charter revision commission with respect to personnel administration were:
1. Whether the administration of the personnel function should be under a director directly responsible to the mayor or under an "independent" civil service commission as is provided in the present charter; and,
2. What the relationship should be between civil service and the collective bargaining function, which is currently performed by a separate labor relations bureau established by ordinance.

Wayne County Ballot Issues
CC 852, ( July 72 ) 4 pages

Proposition B -- Wayne County Millage Renewal (one extra-voted mill, 5-year period 1975-1979); Proposition C -- County Home Rule

Huron Clinton Metropolitan Authority Millage Issue (Counties of Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw & Livingston)
CC 851, ( July 72 ) 2 pages

City of Detroit Finances -- A Half-Billion Dollar City Budget for 1972-73
CC 850, ( July 72 ) 4 pages

Detroit Charter Revision--3: The Proposed Detroit Charter and a Balanced City Budget
CC 849, ( June 72 ) 2 pages

Michigan Department of Mental Health Program -- Progress and Prospects
CC 848, ( June 72 ) 4 pages

State Efforts to Control Welfare Caseloads and Costs
CC 847, ( June 72 ) 6 pages

Sample Charter Amendment to Create Office of City Controller & Provide for Method of Appointment, & Powers & Duties thereof
Misc., ( June 72 ) 14 pages

City of Hamtramck: A Study of City Finances, Administrative Organization and Operations
Report 242, ( June 72 ) 226 pages

pdf File Proposed Amendments to State Constitution and Detroit City Charter
CC 846, ( April 72 ) 4 pages

State -- Proposal A -- The Lottery Proposal;
Proposal B -- Appointment or Election of Legislators to Other Offices;
Detroit -- Allow Admission Charges to Cultural Institutions

Detroit Charter Revision--2: Financial Administration in the Proposed Detroit Charter
CC 845, ( March 72 ) 4 pages

The 1972-73 Executive Budget (state)
CC 844, ( February 72 ) 8 pages

Analysis of Governor's Initiative Petition to Amend Article IX, Section 6 of the Constitution
(property tax millage limitations) Misc., ( February 72 ) 8 pages

 

 

 

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