HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1992.07.23 - 20020REPORT July 23, 1992
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE -
Richard G. Skarritt, Chairperson
RE: Miscellaneous Resolution #92135, Petition for Amendment to
Parole Board Statutes
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above
referenced resolution, reports with the recommendation that the
resolution be adopted with the following amendments:
(1) Change the second WHEREAS paragraph to read, "Michigan's
prison parole system has fundamentally failed to protect
innocent victims from known criminals poTetrepa44to; and
(2) Change the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph after
the semi-colon to read, "such action should include
restructuring of the Parole Board in accordance with
Senate Bill 982 to provide more diverse composition and
the elimination of Civil Service status for Parole Board
members, as an interim measure, and a review of the State
policy on sentencing and corrections."
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government
Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing report.
June 10, 1992
MISC. RESOLUTION #92135
BY: COMMISSIONER MARILYNN E. GOSLING
RE: PETITION FOR AMENDMENT TO PAROLE BOARD STATUTES
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, for the past two years, Southeastern Michigan
has been ravaged by the most heinous crimes of a paroled rapist--a
parolee who is representative of a justice system which has gone
awry, and
WHEREAS, Michigan's Prison Parole system has
fundamentally failed to protect innocent victims from known
criminal psychopaths, and
WHEREAS, our current system of granting parole, and the
parole board itself, is in need of immediate- restructuring and
constricting.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners does hereby urgently request the Michigan
State Legislature, through the amendment of the statutes governing
parole, take action to insure that the safety of Michigan's
citizens is not jeopardized by the early return of violent felons
to our communities; such action should include restructuring of the
Parole Board to provide more diverse composition and the
elimination of Civil Service status for Parole Board members, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a moratorium be placed on
granting parole to anyone imprisoned for violent crime, while this
amendatory legislation is being formulated.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
sent to the Governor, the Legislators representing Oakland County,
the Michigan Association of Counties, the Prosecutors' Offices of
Oakland, Wayne and Macomb Counties, and the County's Legislative
Agent.
Mr. Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution # 92135 July 23, 1992
Moved by Skarritt supported by Gosling the General Government Committee
Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Skarritt supported by Gosling the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Skarritt supported by Gosling the resolution be amended as
recommended in the General Government Committee Report.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Moved by Jensen supported by Gosling the resolution be amended in the 2nd
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph, following "Michigan Association of Counties",
add "and each of its member Counties".
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Vote on resolution as amended:
AYES: Law, McConnell, McCulloch, McPherson, Millard, Moffitt, Oaks,
Obrecht, Olsen, Palmer, Pappageorge, Pernick, Serra, Skarritt, Wolf, Aaron,
Bishop, Caddell, Crake, Ferrens, Gosling, Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson, Krause. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended,
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 July 23, 1992
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 23rd day of—) July
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4' - Lynn . Alien, County Clerk