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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  


1959 Publications

Report 198, Land Records System in Wayne County: Survey of Merger of the Tract Index and Abstract Divisions with Register of Deeds ( December 59 ) 39 pages

Michigan's Immediate Financial Situation
CC 704, ( October 59 ) 1 page

Michigan State Expenditures And The Supreme Court Ruling On The Use Tax
CC 703, ( October 59 ) 2 pages

Michigan's Revenue Needs
CC 702, ( July 59 ) 1 page

State Aid For Local Schools -- Michigan Compared To Other States
CC 701, ( June 59 ) 3 pages

Wayne County Administration Organization
CC 700, ( June 59 ) 8 pages

Tuition At The State-Supported Institutions Of Higher Education In Michigan
CC 699, ( June 59 ) 4 pages

On Who Pays The Michigan Taxes
CC 698, ( June 59 ) 4 pages

Administrative Survey of the Genesee County Department of Social Welfare
Report 197, ( June 59 ) 49 pages

A Survey of Selected Operations of the Lansing School District
Report 196, ( June 59 ) 39 pages

SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
Part I - Functional Activities in Business Management
There is a lack of a precise and well-defined system for preparing, considering, accepting and executing the district budget.
The budget document tends to be inconsistent and ambiguous and does not appear to be considered as the "financial law" of the district, an instrument for exerting control over district fiscal operations.
The accounting system is not an extension of or the tool by which to control the execution of the budgetary system. It is also not designed to facilitate the production or analysis of adequate management information.
Revision and meshing of the budgetary and accounting systems will be necessary before the budget can be accurately guided in its application and enforced in its intended results.
The purchasing, requisitioning, delivery and storage problems of the district require immediate and drastic overhaul.
A survey of physical plant operations was postponed following the organizational change which made this activity a separate division. Forms and forms control are currently under survey by a nationally recognized management consultant firm.
Part II - Organizational Problems and Recommendations
A loosely organized structure of top-level instructional, educational, and administrative services was found to exist.
Major points suggested to correct this situation are
a) A general re-vamping and re-grouping of related activities with consequent reduction in the span of control of top administrators and potential improvement in the provision, control, and direction of educational and administrative services.
b) An administrative assistant for the superintendent.
c) A new position of assistant superintendent for instruction.
d) A re-organization of educational staff services.
e) A re-organization of business services.
f) A suggested initial organization for the physical plant division.

Integration of the Police and Fire Departments of Lincoln Park, Michigan
Report 195, ( May 59 ) 43 pages

Analysis of Increases in the 1959-60 Budget (Plus `Michigan Budget Facts')
Report 194, ( April 59 ) 282 pages

State-Wide Spring Election Ballot Issues
CC 697, ( March 59 ) 2 pages

Constitutional Amendments
I. Continuity Of State & Local Government In Emergencies;
II. State Board Of Agriculture To Be Board Of Trustees;
III. Board Of Governors Of Wayne State University

Detroit School Finances - II: April 6th Issues
CC 696, ( March 59 ) 5 pages

Detroit School Finances - I: A Decade Of Extra Millage 1940 - 1959
CC 695, ( March 59 ) 8 pages

Executive Reorganization - 1959
CC 694, ( March 59 ) 3 pages

Detroit Sewer Bond Proposition
CC 693, ( February 59 ) 2 pages

 

 

 

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