HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2010.02.02 - 10081REPORT (misc. 110017) February 2, 2010
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — Christine Long, Chairperson
RE: MR #10017 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DESIGNATING APRIL 1, 2010 AS
CENSUS DAY IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having considered the above titled resolution on
January 25, 2010, recommends that the esolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the
foregoing report
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Miscellaneous Resolution #10017
BY: Commissioners Shelley G. Taub and Jim Nash
RE: Board of Commissioners — Designating April 1, 2010 as Census Day in Oakland
County
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen
WHEREAS. in March, census forms will be mailed to residences in Oakland County; and
WHEREAS, an accurate census count is vital to Oakland County and its residents well-being
by helping planners determine where to locate schools, day-care centers, roads and public
transportation, hospitals and other facilities, and is used to make oecisions concerning business
growth and housing needs; and
WHEREAS, more than $300 billion per year in federal and state funding is allocated to states
and communities based on census data; and
WHEREAS, for every 100 people not counted, Oakland County's communities risk losing an
estimated $1.2 million over the next decade for federally funded programs alone: including such
programs as Medicaid, public housing assistance, community development block grants, menta;
health, senior care and Title I funding; and
WHEREAS, census data ensures fair Congressional representation by determining how many
seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the redistricting of
state legislatures, county and city councils, and voting districts; and
WHEREAS, the 2C10 Census creates jobs tnat stimulate economic growth and increase
employment opportunities in our community; and
WHEREAS, the 2010 Census has ten (10) questions, which will only take ten minutes to
complete and mail back; and
WHEREAS, for those households that complete and mail in the forms before the deadline, no
further action is required. Census workers, however, are required to visit each household that
has not provided the required census information by mailing in the forms; anc
WHEREAS, the information collected by the census is protected by law and remains
confidential for 72 years; and
WHEREAS. as a 201C Census partner, Oakland County will support the goals and ideals for the
2010 Census and will disseminate 2010 Census information to encourage community
participation: encourage people in Oakland County to place an emphasis on the 2010 Census
and to participate in events that will raise overall awareness of the 2010 Census to ensure a full
and accurate count; support census workers as they help our community complete an accurate
count.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Soard of Commissioners
hereby designates April 1, 2010 as Census Day in Oakland and joins the rest of the nation as a
2010 Census Partner.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Rlsolution
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Resolution #10017 January 20, 2010
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
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Resolution #10017 February 2, 2010
Moved by Capello supported by Woodward the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda be adopted (with accompany ng reports being accepted).
AYES: Capello. Coleman, Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin. Greimel, Hatchett,
Jackson, Jacobsen, Long, McGillivray, Middleton. Nash, Potts, Runestad, Schwartz, Scott, Taub,
Woodward, Zack, Bullard, Burns. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolaon is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on
February 2,2010. with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 2nd day of February, 2010,
Gat
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk