HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1964.05.28 - 20392Miscellaneous Resolution
BY: Mr. Solley
IN RE: NOMINATION
May 28, 1964
F WALLACE CRANE AS COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR
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TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Mr. John Madole has resigned as Director of the Civil Defense
Department to accept an assignment as Oakland County's representative to Cali,
Colombia, under the Alliance for Progress Program, and
WHEREAS, the amendment to Section 4 of Rule XII of the By-Laws, as adopted
by the Board of Supervisors on September 11, 1961, places upon the Civil Defense
Committee the duty to recommend the appointment of a County Director of Civil
Defense to the Board of Supervisors, and
WHEREAS, the County Personnel Division has advertised the vacancy throughout
the County in various media and received 11 applications that were carefully screened
and reviewed by the Civil Defense Committee and the Personnel Division, and
WHEREAS, the Committee has selected as its nominee to fill the vacancy in the
position of Civil Defense Director for Oakland County, Mr. Wallace Crane, whose
qualifications are as follows:
Mr. Crane is 41 years of age, married, has 3 children and resides in Lake Orion.
He is a graduate of Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science degree
and has taken graduate work in public administration and social work.
He served in the Army for 3 years and was honorably discharged with the rank
of Lieutenant of Military Police.
Before World War II he served as civil defense auxiliary policeman and air raid
warden at Manchester, Massachusetts.
He was co-director of Civil Defense for 3 years in Orion Township and has
trained auxiliary police for Oxford, Orion and Independence Townships for over 5 years.
Victor Woods
He has been employed by the County for 6 years in the Juvenile Court, first as
a case worker and presently as a supervisor of case workers.
and
WHEREAS, the Committee adopted a unanimous resolution on May 5, 1964,
recommending Mr. Wallace Crane for the position of County Civil Defense Director
per year
at a salary to be set at '4,000/for the remainder of 1964,
THEREFORE, on behalf of the Civil Defense Committee, I now place in nomination
for the position of Civil Defense Director the name of Wallace Crane.
CIVIL DEFENSE COMMITTEE
Alex R. Sol 1(,y —,
Vance C. Fouts
Parl B. RhineVaul
Mc,vod by Cheyz supported by Miller that nominations be closed, the rules
suspended, and the Clerk be instructed to cast the unanimous vote of the Board for
Wallace Crane as Civil Defense Director.
AYES: Allerton, Alward, Bloe, Brewer, James Carey, John Carey, Case, Charteris,
Cheyz, Dohany, J. W. Duncan, Wm. Duncan, Durbin, Edward, Edwards, Goodspeed, Hall,
Hamlin, Horton, Hudson, Hursfall, Julian, Kennedy, Lahti, Laurie, Levin, Levinson,
Linley, Maier, Mainland, McAvoy, McCartney, McGovern, Mercer, Michrina, Miller,
Mitchell, O'Donoghue, Osgood, Patnales,, Perinoff, Rehard, Remer, Rhinevault,
Seeterlin, Simson, Slavens, Smith, Solley, Stephenson, Tapp, They, Tinsman, Travis,
Turner, Voll, Webber, Wood, Woods, Yockey. (60)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted', therefor, the motion carried.