HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1972.06.01 - 15813Miscellaneous Resolution 6057 June 1, 1972
BY: Mrs. Marguerite Simson
IN RE: CITIZEN ADVOCACY MONTH
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Pontiac, Michigan is the home of the Oakland County Association for
Retarded Children in the Pon-Tel Center at 254 South Telegraph Road; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Association for Retarded Children membership
comprises the largest organization of its kind in Michigan; and
WHEREAS the membership provides valuable information for parents and relatives
of the retarded in our community; and
WHEREAS the retarded throughout Oakland County benefit from and enjoy such
events as the Special Olympics, the Oakland County Association for Retarded Children
Dinner Dance; and
WHEREAS many celebrities, civic-minded persons, and friends of the retarded work
on a volunteer basis to meet the needs of the retarded; and
WHEREAS CITIZEN ADVOCACY is a new program - the first of its kind in Michigan -
and has its roots in our area;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Month of June be Declared:
CITIZEN ADVOCACY MONTH
and that we, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, do hereby urge all concerned and
responsible citizens to take part in CITIZEN ADVOCACY by serving as a friend on a one-to-
one basis with a retarded person in our midst so they might yet achieve another step toward
full respect and citizenship.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I move that the rules be suspended for the purpose of immediate
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Marguerite Simson '
County Commissioner, District #20
Moved by Simson supported by Harrison the rules be suspended
for immediate consideration of the resolution.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion
carried.'
Moved by Simson supported by Harrison the resolution be
adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution
was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
(ss.
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and
having a seal, do hereby certify that.1 have compared the annexed copy of
Resolution #6057 adopted by the Oakland -County Board of
Commissioners at their June 1,- 1972 meeting ••• • •. •• • •• •••a••••'•.••.•••e•••e••• eeee•o•a•;•e••e•••a•••••••••0•••n••••••
with the original record thereof now remaining in my
office, and that it is a true and correct transcript
therefrom, and of the whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County at...-F9PF!T
this day of JJ 1e j9.72
Lynn D. Allen ..........................................Clerk
By .................................Deput y Clerk