HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1985.02.28 - 11039February 28, 11985
Miscellaneous Resolution # 85075
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - John E. Olsen, Chairperson
IN RE: MEMORIAL RESOLUTION - Donald R. Geary
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Donald R. Geary served on the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners from 1981-1984, representing the citizens of Ferndale; and
WHEREAS, Donald Geary's service on the Board of Commissioners included
his membership on the Health and Human Resources Committee, Public Services
Committee, Jail Study Sub-Committee, and the Community Development Advisory
Council; and
WHEREAS, during his two terms on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners,
Commissioner Geary served with distinction and honor and brought to this
Board his great insight on law enforcement issues garnered, from his many
years of service as a police officer and Chief of the Ferndale Police Department;
and
WHEREAS, Don Geary's dedication to the people he represented and
his fairness to the people he worked with won him many friends and admirers.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Richard R. Wilcox, Chairperson of the Oakland
County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the entire Board, do hereby
extend its condolences to Don's wife, Dorothy, and to Donald R. Geary's
family; and I hereby order that the foregoing Memorial Resolution be spread
upon the proceedings of this meeting and that a certfieci copy, affixed with
the seal of the County of Oakland be given to the Geary family.
Mr. Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
The resolution was unanimously adopted.