HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2010.05.05 - 10240MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #1-Q1°9 _
BY: Commissioners Shelley G. Taub, Disttict #16 and Helaine Zack, District #22
IN RE; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DECLARING MAY 2010 — MENTAL HEALTH
MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS mental health is critical for our individual well-being and vitality as well as that
of our families, communities and businesses; and
WHEREAS one in four (257u) of all Americans experience a mental health illness that
requires treatment at some point in their lives; and
WHEREAS one in 10 children has a serious mental illness that, if untreated, can lead to
school failure, physicai illness, substance use, jail and even suicide; and
WHEREAS May 7th has been designated the National Children's Mental Health
Awareness Day: and
WHEREAS stigma and stereotypes associated with mental illnesses often keeps those
living with such an illness from seeking treatment that could improve their quality of life and
help them manage the illness effectively; and
WHEREAS mental illness is a biologically based brain disorder that cannot be overcome
through "will power" and is not related to a defect in a person's "character" or intelligence;
and
WHEREAS the Natonal Institute of Mental Health reports that mental disorders are the
leading cause of disability in the United States and Canada for ages 15-44; and
WHEREAS mental health recovery is a journey of healing and transformation enabling a
person with a mental illness to live a meaningful life in a community of his or her choice
while striving to achieve his or her full potential; and
WHEREAS mental health recovery not only benefits individuals with mental health
disabilities by focusing on their abilities to live, work, learn and fully participate in our
society, but also enriches the texture of our community life; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority has established and
is committed to empowering the individuals we serve to live full self-determined lives,
embracing recovery, resilience responsibility and independence.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners,
hereby proclaim the month of May, 2010 as Mental Health Month in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners calls upon
the citizens, government agencies, public and private institutions, businesses and schools
of Oakland County to recommit themselves to increasing the awareness and
understanding of mental illness and the need for appropriate and accessible services for all
people with mental illnesses to promote recovery.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward
copies of this adopted resolution to the Oakland County Community Mental Health
Authority and to ail of the cities, villages and townships in Oakland County.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #10109 May 5,2010
Moved by Taub supported by Long to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution #10109 -
Board of Commissioners — Declaring May 2010— Mental Health Month in Oakland County.
Discussion followed.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Jacobsen, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Runestad, Schwartz, Scott,
Taub, Woodward, Zack, Bullard, Burns, Capello, Coleman, Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell,
Gosselin, Greimel, Hatchett, Jackson. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #10109 - Board of Commissioners — Declaring May 2010 — Mental Health Month in Oakland
County carried.
Moved by Taub supported by Long the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Long. McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Runestad, Schwartz, Scott. Taub,
Woodward, Zack, Bullard, Burns, Capella, Coleman, Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell,
Gosselin, Greimel, Hatchett, Jackson, Jacobsen. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, 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 May 5, 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 5th day of May, 2010.
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Ruth Johnson, County Clerk