HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1991.11.21 - 18602November 21, 1991
MISC. RES 91262
BY: FRANK H. MILLARD, Commissioner District 3
Re: Commendation - Settlement Week Participants
TO: The Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the bench of the Oakland County Circuit Court and
the Oakland County Bar Association, through its Board of
Director's and 160 of its lawyer members, have combined
their professional expertise and resources in a joint effort
to reduce the ever increasing number of cases pending before
the court, this increase having been brought about by
Oakland County's success in developing as a desirable
environment for business and residential growth;
WHEREAS, in recognition that innovative means must be
utilized at times to address extraordinary problems, the
concept of "Settlement Week" was devised to attempt
settlement of approximately one-thousand of the Circuit
Court's oldest pending civil cases;
WHEREAS, through the voluntary efforts of those members of
the Oakland County Bar who participated and the Oakland
County Circuit Court and its support staff consisting of the
offices of the Court Administrator and the Assignment Clerk
nearly sixty per-cent (60%) of the almost one-thousand cases
scheduled for "Settlement Week" have been resolved and
removed from the court's docket resulting in tremendous
savings of both court time and expense to the citizens of
this county;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners does hereby recognize the outstanding
efforts made by the Circuit Court bench and the staffs of
the Circuit Court Administrator and Circuit Court Assignment
Clerk which produced such an overwhelming success rate for
this pilot program on behalf of the citizens of Oakland
County;
LLRD,
ionsir Distric
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that to the Oakland County Bar
Association and the 160 lawyer members who donated, at no
cost, their time and professional expertise to this special
program, we proclaim the highest commendation, and laud them
for their commitment to the interest of justice and the
judicial process in the highest tradition of the bar.
Mr Chairman, I move the adoption of the forgoing
resolution.
Resolution # 91262 November 21, 1991 ,
Moved by Millard supported by Serra the rules be suspended for immediate
consideration of the resolution.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion to suspend the rifles
carried.
Moved by Millard supported by Pappageorge the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Serra, Skarritt, Wolf, Aaron, Bishop, Caddell, Crake, Gosling, Huntoon,
Jensen, Johnson, Krause, McCulloch, McPherson, Millard, Moffitt, Oaks, Olsen, Palmer,
Pappageorge, Pernick, Schmid. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
• STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
I, Lynn D. Allen, 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 November 21, 1991 . . with the original record thereof now remai-iiiiiT5i my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set ny hand and affixed the seal of the County
of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 21st . day of—j November 1991
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