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Miscellaneous Resolution #12056
BY: Commissioners Shelley G. Taub, District #16, Michael J. Gingell, District #3 and Helaine
Zack, District #22, Marcia Gershenson, District #17, Jeff Matis, District #12, Philip J.
Weipert, District #8, Mattie M. Hatchett, District #10; Gary R. McGillivray, District #24,
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RE: Board of Commissioners — Recognizing March 2012 as Developmental Disabilities
Awareness Month in Oakland County
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Whereas, each individual has inherent strengths, an infinite capacity to learn, the ability to make
contributions, and to participate in and enhance their local communities; and
Whereas, people with developmental disabilities in Michigan share these traits with the state's
other ten million residents and also includes the right to advanced education, competitive
employment and to relax and enjoy their lives in a community setting of their choosing; and
Whereas, we recognize the fundamental rights of individuals with disabilities, and indeed for all
individuals, including: self-determination, independent living, and the opportunity to be included
and fully participate in the social, educational, political, economic, and cultural mainstream of
American society; and
Whereas, people with developmental disabilities make up nearly two (2%) of the state's
population, about 190,000 Michigan children and adults in every county across our state; and
Whereas, celebrating the abilities and contributions of people with developmental disabilities
can only serve to enrich the value of diversity in communities of Michigan, and the County of
Oakland; and
Whereas, we celebrate the State of Michigan for being the largest and the most recent of 11
states to no longer use state institutions to confine persons with developmental disabilities.
Now Therefore Be It Resolved that, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners joins with
the Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority in recognizing March 2012 as
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. We call upon our citizens, governmental
agencies, businesses and schools that together we build a culture of reciprocal respect and
opportunity that fosters hope and improved quality of life for each individual.
Be It Further Resolved that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this adopted
resolution to the Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority.
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Y AHOVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTE;
Resolution #12056 March 7, 2012
Moved by Taub supported by Middleton to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#12056 — Board of Commissioners — Recognizing March 2012 as Developmental Disabilities Awareness
Month in Oakland County.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Hoffman, Jackson, Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts, Quarles,
Runestad, Scott, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Covey, Crawford, Dwyer, Gershenson,
Gingell, Gosselin, Hatchet. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #12056 — Board of Commissioners — Recognizing March 2012 as Developmental Disabilities
Awareness Month in Oakland County carried.
Moved by Taub supported by Jackson the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Jackson, Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts, Quarles, Runestad, Scott,
Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Covey, Crawford, Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin,
Hatchett, Hoffman. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
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 March 7,
2012, 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 7th day of March, 2012.
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Bill Bullard Jr., Oakland County