HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2010.03.25 - 10177REPORT (MISC. 110046) March 25, 2010
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - Christine Long, Chairperson
RE: MR #10046 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - RECOGINZING APRIL 11, 2010 AS HOLOCAUST
REMEMBRANCE DAY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having considered the above titled resolution on March 15.
2010, hereby recommends that the resolution be amended as follows:
1. Correct the tite word -RECOGINZING" to RECOGNIZING."
2. Amend the body of the resolution as follows:
WHEREAS the United States Congress established the Days of Remembrance as the nation's annual
commemoration of the Holocaust; and
WHEREAS in the spring of 1945 Allied soldiers encountered liberated dozens of concentration
camps and forced labor camps and were suddenly confronted with the reality of Nazi atrocities; and
WHEREAS journalists accompanying military units who had seen the camps described what they had
seen as "unbelievable", "beyond all comprehension and "You just can't understand it, even when you've seen
it"; and
WHEREAS those atrocities included mass executions in gas chambers, starvation of
prisoners, grotesque medical experiments and rape: and
WHEREAS the-aumber-ef-six million Jews arid five to six million non-Jews were systematically
murdered by the Nan is estimated to be between 11 17 million people from 1939 to 1945; and
WHEREAS General Dwight D. Eisenhower realizing that a failure to believe would be a danger for the
future, ordered military units to visit the camps, he er couraged journalists and members of Congress and the
British Parliament to see the camps so they could bear witness to what they had seen; and
WHEREAS "ethnic cleansing" and genocide have occurred in recent years in Europe and
Africa; and
WHEREAS sixty four years later at Buchenwald, President Barack Obama acknowledged the value of
bearing witness: "We are here today because this work is not finished. To this day, there are those who insist
that the Holocaust never happened - a denial of fact and truth that is baseless and ignorant and hateful. This
place is the ultimate rebuke to such thoughts, a reminder of our duty to confront those who would tell lies
about our history"; and
WHEREAS this year, Holocaust Remembrance Day is Sunday, April 11, 2010 commemorating the
651" anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps.
NOW THEKEeoKE u1 i I 1-ttULVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recognizes
April 11,2010 as Holocaust Remembrance Day.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners expresses its
profound appreciation for the American and other Allied soldiers for their courage and valor, which
resulted in the ability to liberate the Nazi concentration camps and forced labor camps, thus saving
millions of lives.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners honors the
memories of those who perished in the Holocaust.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be provided to the Holocaust
Memorial Center in Farmington Hills.
Chairperson, I move the foregoing resolution.
3. Add the following commissioners to the BY line: Christine Long, District # 7: John Scott, District #5;
Brad Jacobsen, District #1; David Potts, District #20; Kim Capello, District #9; Jim Runestad, District #6, Mattie
Hatchett. District #10: Jim Nash. District #15: Gary McGillivray, District #24
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the
foregoing report.
GENEZ OVERNMENT COMMITTEE ."
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimous)/ on a roll call vote.
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 10046
Br Commissioner Shelley a Taub, District #16, Marcia Gershenson, District #17, Helaine Zack, District
#22, Steven H. Schwartz, District #14
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — RECOGINZING APRIL 11, 2010 AS HOLOCAUST
REMEMBRANCE DAY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson. Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the United States Congress established the Days of Remembrance as the nation's annual
commemoration of the Holocaust; and
WHEREAS in the spring of 1946 AIlieo soldiers encountered dozens of concentration camps and were
suddenly confronted with the reality of Nazi atrocities; and
WHEREAS journalists accompanying military units who had seen the camps described what they had
seen as "unoeiievable", "beyond all comprehension' anti "You just can't understand it, even when you've
seen it"; and
WHEREAS the number of Jews and non-Jews systematically murdered by the Nazis is estimated to be
between 11-17 million people; and
WHEREAS General Dwight D. Eisenhower realizing that a failure to believe would be a danger for the
future, ordered military units to visit the camps, he encouraged journalists and members of Congress and
the British Parliament to see the camps so they could bear witness to what they had seen: and
WHEREAS sixty four years later at Buchenwald, President Barack °barna acknowledged the value of
bearing witness: "We are here today because this work is not finished. To this day, there are those who
insist that the Holocaust never happened — a denial of fact and truth that is baseless and ignorant and
hateful. This place is the ultimate rebuke to such thoughts, a reminder of our duty to confront those who
would tell lies about our history': and
WHEREAS this year, Holocaust Remembrance Day is Sunday, April 11, 2010 commemorating the 65th
anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recognizes
April 11, 20', 0 as Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Chairperson, I move the foregoing resolution,
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Resolution #10046 March 3, 2010
The Chairperson referred tne resolution tc me General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
Resolution #10046 March 25, 2010
Moved by Long supported by Taub the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Long supported by Taub the General Government Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Long supported by Taub the resolution be amended to coincide with the recommendation in
the General Government Committee Report.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Cabello, Coleman, Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Greimel, Hatchett,
Jackson, Jacobsen, Long, McGillivray, Middleton. Nash, Potter, Potts, Runestad, Schwartz, Scott,
Taub, Zack, Bullard. Burns. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTON
ACTING PURSUANT TO 1973 PA 139
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on March 25,
2010, with Vie 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 25th day of March, 2010
Gat
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk