HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1986.09.11 - 18148September 11, 1986
Miscellaneous Resolution # 86270
BY: John P. Calandro, County Commissioner - District #24
James A. Doyon, County Commissioner - District #10
RE: POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY, 1986
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, September 19, 1986, has been declared to be a National POW/MIA
Day of Recognition; and
WHEREAS, on September 19th, the POW Committee of Michigan and the Oakland
Hills Memorial Gardens of Novi will be having a dedication and unveiling ceremony
for the Country's first state memorial for its unaccounted for servicemen of the
Vietnam War; and
WHEREAS, this day of national recognition will serve to remind us all of the
total sacrifice made by the United States Prisoners of War and those listed as
Missing In Action in the Vietnam War, and will give us an opportunity to reflect
and rededicate ourselves to our quest for the repatriation of our POW/MIA's.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED in honor of all our Vietnam War Veterans,
living, dead and unknown, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners' does
hereby proclaim that September 19, 1986 to be POW/MIA Recognition Day in
Oakland County, and urges all of its citizens to pause on that date to give their
thoughts and prayers to the 77 Michigan Servicemen who have not returned from
Vietnam.
Mr. Chairperson, we move the unanimous adoption of this resolution.
Min P. °Calandro
11th day of 1PDTPMDPr 19 86
Lynn/D7 Allen, Coa
Regrster of Deeds
#86270 September 11, 1986
Moved by Calandro supported by Skarritt the rules be suspended for
immediate consideration of the resolution.
AYES: Wilcox, Aaron, Caddell, Calandro, Doyon, Fortino, Gosling,
Hassberger, Hobart, Richard Kuhn, Susan Kuhn, Lanni, McConnell, McDonald,'
McPherson, Moffitt, Nelson, Olsen, Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Rowland
Skarritt, Webb. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A suffiicent majority having voted therefor, the motion to suspend the
rules carried.
Moved by Cal andro supported by Doyon the resolution be adopted.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
5TATE. OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a
seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Miscellaneous Resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
at their meeting held on September 11, 1986
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 Pontiac, Michigan
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