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Miscellaneous Resolution # 13174
BY: Commissioners Kathy Crawford, District 9; Shelley Goodman Taub, District 12; Michael J.
Gingell, District 1 and Gary R. McGillivray, District 20
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL 401 TO PROHIBIT THE
SALE OR DEACCESSION OF AN ART INSTITUTE'S COLLECTION
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Oakland County citizens highly value the Detroit Institute of Arts and its collection; and
WHEREAS on August 8, 2012 voters in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne Counties adopted a tax on a
regional basis to support the Detroit Institute of Arts; and
WHEREAS taxpayers were led to believe that their tax dollars were going to build on the existing
programs and collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts; and
WHEREAS the financial difficulties of the City of Detroit have opened the possibility that items from the
collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts may be used to satisfy the city's creditors; and
WHEREAS Senate Bill 401 has been introduced to prohibit the sale or deaccession of an art institute's
collection unless it were in accordance with the Code of Ethics for Museums of the American Alliance of
Museums; require the art institute's facility to be used only to exhibit, preserve, and maintain the art
collection.; and prohibit the facility from being leased or encumbered, or from being sold unless the sale
were connected with the relocation of the art collection to a comparable facility in the same municipality;
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WHEREAS Senate Bill 401 is necessary to ensure that public museum collections are protected and
their use limited to the museums mission; and
WHEREAS the value of the Detroit Institute of Arts collection and facilities are a critical regional cultural
asset and are currently at risk.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
requests that Senate Bill 401 be adopted by the Michigan Legislature and signed by the Governor on
an expedited schedule.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to forward
copies of this adopted resolution to Governor Rick Snyder, the Oakland County delegation to the
Michigan Legislature, the Michigan Association of Counties; the Macomb and Wayne County Board of
Commissioners; the Detroit Institute of Arts management, the Oakland County representatives on the
Detroit Institute of Arts Authority and the Oakland County legislative lobbyists.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #13174 June 13, 2013
The Vice-Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.