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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 11281
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RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — REsouerrioN DECLARING NOVEMBER 26, 2011 AS SMALL
BUSINESS SATURDAY IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Oakland County believes that small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the
glue that holds communities together; and
WHEREAS, according to the United States Small Business Administration, there were 28 million small
businesses in the United States last year, and small businesses created 65 percent of new jobs over the
past two decades; and
WHEREAS, 99% of U.S. consumers agree it is important to support the small businesses they value in
their communities, and 90% are willing to pledge support for a "Buy Local” small business initiative like
Small Business Saturday; and
WHEREAS. 42,000 businesses are located in Oakland County; and
WHEREAS, Ninety-eight (98%) percent of the businesses in Oakland County are classified as small
businesses employing fewer than 500 people; and
WHEREAS, Oakland County supports local businesses that create jobs, boost our local economy and
preserve our neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, advocacy groups and public and private organizations across the country have endorsed the
Saturday after Thanksgiving as Small Business Saturday; and
WHEREAS, residents of our community, and communities across the country, are being asked to support
small businesses and merchants on Small Business Saturday and throughout the year.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
proclaim Saturday, November 26, 2011, as Small Business Saturday in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners encourages residents
and visitors to patronize local businesses and support the "Buy Local" small business initiative, especially
on "Small Business Saturday", which is being observed on Saturday, November 26, 2011.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this
adopted resolution to Governor Rick Snyder, the Oakland County delegation to the Michigan Legislature,
the Michigan Association of Counties and the Oakland County Economic Development and Community
Affairs department.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #11281 November 2, 2011
Moved by Quarles supported by Middleton to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#11281 — Board of Commissioners — Resolution Declaring November 26, 2011 as Small Business
Saturday in Oakland County.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Jackson, Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts, Quarles, Runestad,
Scott, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Covey, Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin,
Greimel, Hatchett, Hoffman. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #11281 - Board of Commissioners — Resolution Declaring November 26, 2011 as Small
Business Saturday in Oakland County carried.
Moved by Quarles supported by Middleton the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts, Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Taub,
Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Covey, Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Greimel,
Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
I HEREBY APPROVE" FOREGOIXASOLUTION
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
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 November
2, 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 2 nd day of November, 2011.
U,L1LE
Bill Bullard Jr., Oakland County