HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2012.05.17 - 20242REPORT (misc. #12081)
BY: Planning and Building Committee, John Scott, Chairperson
May 17, 2012
IN RE: MR #12081 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — A RESOLUTION TO
REQUEST COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO APPOINT YOUNG MEMBER TO
OAKLAND COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (OCWDB) AND
FOR THE OCWDB TO DEVELOP NEW STRATEGY TO REDUCE
UNEMPLOYMENT FOR YOUNG WORKERS IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Planning and Building Committee, having reviewed the above-titled
resolution on May 8, 2012, reports with a recommendation that the resolution be
amended by striking out the word "requests" in the NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED paragraph and inserting the word "encourages" and by striking the first BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report.
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMM7-11TE
PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with VVeipert, Gosselin, Runestad and Crawford voting
no.
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #12081 A2tA go-14.1-7-1 t 4i BY: Commissioner David Woodward, District #18 //VGLA
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — A RESOLUTION TO REQUEST COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO
APPOINT YOUNG MEMBER TO OAKLAND COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
(OCWDB) AND FOR THE OCWDB TO DEVELOP NEW STRATEGY TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT
FOR YOUNG WORKERS IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS last fall, the Associated Press reported when new 2010 census data released illustrated the
wrenching impact of a recession that officially ended in mid-2009, It highlighted the missed opportunities
and dim prospects for a generation of mostly 20-somethings and 30-somethings coming of age in a
prolonged slump with high unemployment; and
WHEREAS youth employment in America is at a 60-year low; and
WHEREAS student-loan debt is approaching $1 trillion (and default rates are rising); and
WHEREAS there are more than 260,000 people between the ages of 20 and 40 that reside in Oakland
County; and
WHEREAS addressing the dire unemployment rate among young workers is essential to fixing our
economy for the long-term in Oakland County and Michigan; and
WHEREAS the perspective of young workers is essential to developing a comprehensive countywide
strategy to reduce unemployment among workers, especially those under the age of 35; and
WHEREAS a recent study by Young Entrepreneur Council reported that among young people surveyed:
• 73% of respondents were not offered any classes on entrepreneurship in college
• 89% believe that entrepreneur education is important given the new economy and job market
• 69% of respondents would like to work for an entrepreneur
• 36% of respondents have started a "side business" of some sort to help them financially
WHEREAS Oakland County recognizes these new gaps and challenges in helping young workers find
work in today's economy; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Workforce Development Board provides strategic direction to the
programs and activities undertaken to help reduce unemployment in Oakland County; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Workforce Development Board helps administer the Workforce
Investment Act (WIA)which establishes programs to prepare adults, youth, dislocated workers, displaced
homemakers and the economically disadvantaged for participation in the labor force; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Workforce Development Board can and should develop a model
strategy for addressing the challenges uniquely faced by young workers with the input of those workers
directly affected.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
requests that that Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson appoint a new member to the Oakland
County Workforce Development Board who is under the age of 35.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests that the
Oakland County Workforce Development Board develop a strategy to help lower unemployment among
Oakland County's young workers.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to forward a
copy of this adopted resolution to Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, all members of the
Oakland County Workforce Development Board, Oakland County Workforce Development Manager John
Almstadt, and all Oakland County media.
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Resolution #12081 March 27, 2012
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Planning and Building Committee. There were no
objections.
Resolution #12081 May 17, 2012
Moved by Woodward supported by Crawford the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Woodward supported by Crawford the Planning and Building Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Woodward supported By Crawford the resolution be amended to coincide with the
recommendation in the Planning and Building Committee Report.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Gosselin, Hoffman, Jackson, Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts,
River, Runestad, Scott, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Covey, Dwyer, Gershenson,
Gingell. (22)
NAYS: Crawford. (1)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
DOES NOT REQUIRE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ACTION
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 May 17,
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 17th day of May, 2012.
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Bill Bullard Jr., Oakland County