HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1979.10.18 - 12519MISC. RESOLUTION #9160
PROCLAMATION OF COMMENDATION
WHEREAS, Robert A. McConnell has served as a County Commissioner for
Commissioner Disftict #25 since 1977; and
WHEREAS, during his term of office, Robert A. McConnell has been a member of
the. Board of Commissioners, Health and Human Resources Committee, Personnel Committee,
Zoning Coordinating Committee and has served as Vice Chairman of the Planning and
Building Committee and has accepted the additional responsibilities of Chairing the Special
Sheriff's Liaison Committee, and has been a County delegate to Southeastern Michigan
Council of Governments (SEMCOG), and the Lake Boards for Una and Wolverine Lake; and
WHEREAS, Robert A. McConnell has brought to these committees and to the
Board of Commissioners an excellent business acumen and sound logical approach to problem
solving, and-a firm understanding and knowledge of government gained through his prior
service in local. government which included home owners' associations, membership on the
Farmington Township Planning Commission, Township Supervisor for Farmington Township,
Farmington Township Charter Commission, Councilman and Mayor of Farmington Hills; and
WHEREAS, Robert A. McConnell has been in the forefront of the campaign to
provide Western Oakland County with a north south freeway and has worked diligently in
the best interests of the people he represented.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Wallace F. Gabler, Jr., Chairman of the Oakland
County Board of Commissioners -do hereby proclaim commendation of Robert A. McConnell
for his outstanding and distinguished service to the citizens of Oakland County as a
County Commissioner.
Attested to this 13th day of September, 1979, at Pontiac, Michigan.
Wallace F. GaLler, ...Jr., C . airman
Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Eillian V. Moffitt„ Vice Chairperson
Oakland County Board of Commissioners