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REPORT (misc. #11063) March 9,2011
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - Christine Long, Chairperson
RE: MR #11063 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - DESIGNATION OF APRIL 24, 2011 AS
ARMENIAN MARTYR'S DAY IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having considered the above titled resolution on April
11, 2011 hereby recommends that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the
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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 11063
BY: Commissioners Shelley G. Taub, District #16, Michael J. Gingell, District #3, Helaine Zack, District
#22, Marcia Gershenson, District #17, Mike Bosnic, District #10, Craig Covey, District #25
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DESIGNATION OF APRIL 24, 2011 AS ARMENIAN MARTYR'S DAY
IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS in 1915, the Ottoman Turkish Empire undertook a brutal, genocidal campaign of hatred
against the people of Armenian descent in that Empire; and
WHEREAS this attempted genocide claimed the lives of nearly 1.5 million Armenians; and
WHEREAS the survivors of this massacre were forced from their homeland and scattered around the
world; and
WHEREAS some 30,000 people of Armenian descent now reside in Southeast Michigan; and
WHEREAS April 24th has been designated by community and religious leaders as Armenian Martyr's
Day, a day of Memorial observance; and
WHEREAS even as we confront the inhumanity of 1915, we also are inspired by the remarkable spirit,
strength, tenacity and courage of the Armenian people and their contributions which have enriched our
communities, spurred our economy, and strengthened our democracy.
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners desires to join in this observance to
commemorate the victims of these crimes against humanity and express our desire that these horrors
are never forgotten.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does hereby
declare April 24, 2011, and each subsequent anniversary, in perpetuity, to be Armenian Martyr's Day in
Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this adopted
resolution to the Armenian Embassy in Washington, DC.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #11063 March 24, 2011
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
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ROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION -7 ,
Resolution #11063 April 21, 2011
Move by Covey supported by Long the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda be
adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Crawford, Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Greimel, Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson,
Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts, Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Taub,
Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Covey. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
STATE OF MICHIGAN) ( -7/1/
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Bill Bullard Jr., Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on April 21,
2011, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 21st day of April, 2011.
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Bill Bullard Jr., Oakland County