HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2013.01.09 - 20672MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION '#13000
BY: General Government Committee, Christine Long, Chairperson
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — AMEND MR #05040 - PUBLICATION OF OAKLAND
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS' APPOINTMENTS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is empowered under Public Act
139 of 1973 to appoint members of a board, commission, or authority; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is responsible for making
appointments to numerous boards, committees and commissions; and
WHEREAS MR #05040 was adopted establishing a publication and interview policy to
seek candidates for these appointments; and
WHEREAS MR #05040 gave the General Government Committee the discretion to waive
the publication and interview requirements only in instances when considering the re-appointment
of an individual, who was previously interviewed and appointed, to fill an unexpired portion of a
term in which the time remaining in that unexpired term is less than one (1) year but did not
provide the Committee with the same discretion for any other circumstance; and
WHEREAS there are times when circumstances require appointments be made in a
more expedient manner.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners hereby amends
Miscellaneous Resolution #05040 to allow the General Government Committee the discretion to
waive the above-cited publication and interview requirements for any appointment as the
Committee determines necessary.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board Rules be amended to incorporate this
resolution.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
January 9, 2013 Resolution #13000
Moved by Long supported by Gosselin the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Gershenson supported by Zack the resolution be amended as follows:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners hereby amends
Miscellaneous Resolution #05040 to allow the General Government Committee the discretion to
waive the above-cited publication and interview requirements for any appointment, as the Committee
determines necessary, subject to the unanimous consent of the General Government
Committee.
Vote on amendment:
AYES: Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Hatchett, Jackson, McGillivray. (6)
NAYS: Middleton, Runestad, Scott, Spisz, Taub ; VVeipert, Bosnic, Crawford, Dwyer, Gingell,
Gosselin, Hoffman, Long, Matis. (14)
A sufficient majority having not voted in favor, the amendment failed.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Runestad, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Bosnic, Crawford, Dwyer, Gingell, Gosselin,
Hatchett, Hoffman, Long, Matis, Middleton. (15)
NAYS: Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Jackson, McGillivray. (5)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, 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 January 9,
2013, 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 9 th day of January, 2013.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County