HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2010.11.03 - 10265MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIOM10297
BY: Commissioners Eric Coleman, District #23, Mattie M. Hatchett, District #10, and Janet
Jackson, District #21
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladles and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Oakland County seeks opportunities to expand and enhance services to county
residents through the solicitation of state and federal grants; and
WHEREAS many of the grants contain language which requires adherence to Equal
Opportunity Requirements; and
WHEREAS federal grants, in general, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs
(HUD), in particular, provide that grantee's must make efforts to encourage the use of minority
and women business enterprises in connection with grant funded activities; and
WHEREAS federal requirements under 24 CFR Part 85.36(e) further describes the actions to
be taken by a grantees to assure that minority business enterprises and women business
enterprises are used when possible in the procurement of property and services; and
WHEREAS federal grants which require that economic opportunities generated by certain HUD
financial assistance shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be given to low- and very low-income
persons and to businesses that provide economic opportunities for these persons; and
WHEREAS in order to comply with federal grants, grantees are also required to maintain
records of its efforts to comply with the equal opportunities, minority business enterprises and
women business enterprises requirements; and
WHEREAS according to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, the enactment of Proposal 2
does not eliminate all affirmative action and affirmative action programs but only those that grant
preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, and national origin in the operation of
public employment, public education, and public contracting; and
WHEREAS Proposal 2 does not apply to any government institution that received any federal
funding at the time of its adoption, or which planed to establish a program that would make it
eligible to receive federal funding in the future, if the federal appropriation had affirmative action
requirements attached to it; and
WHEREAS the approval of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is required for the
acceptance of any federal grants; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners should be kept apprised of any and
all efforts on behalf of Oakland County relative to plans, efforts and outcomes intended towards
encouraging the use of minority and women business enterprises, particularly in connection with
grant funded activities.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners,
hereby proclaim its support for seeking and accepting federal grants and requests all county
elected officials and departments to encourage the use of minority and women business
enterprises in connection with grant funded activities, when possible in procurement of property
and services.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests that
the County Executive Administration provide an annual report to the Board of Commissioners
relative to the plans, efforts and outcomes achieved through encouraging the use of minority
and women business enterprises, especially in connection with grant funded activities.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of
this adopted resolution to the Oakland County Executive, Oakland County Clerk/Register of
Deeds, Oakland County Treasurer, Oakland County Prosecuting Attorney, Oakland County
Sheriff, Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner, Road Commission for Oakland
County, Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission and Oakland County's Department
of Management and Budget.
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Resolution #10297 November 3, 2010
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.