HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2013.08.29 - 20964REPORT August 29,2013
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — Christine Long, Chairperson
RE: MR #13146 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS RESPECT
LIFE MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having considered the above titled resolution on
August 19, 2013 hereby recommends that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the
foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Gershenson and Quarles absent.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Commissione
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Miscellaneous Resolution #13146
BY: Commissioner Jim Runestad, District 6 Mettie McKinney-Hatchett, #10.
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS RESPECT LIFE MONTH IN OAKLAND
COUNTY
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recognizes that people are the
county's greatest resource; and
WHEREAS our nation was founded upon the principle of valuing the individual rights
of its citizens, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence that all people
are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness;"; and
WHEREAS all citizens should be granted equal protection under the law, especially
the most innocent and vulnerable; and
WHEREAS a fundamental principle of our laws is the recognition that all individuals
should be granted an equal opportunity regardless of age or background; and
WHEREAS that unjust discrimination against the unborn is not consistent with those
principles and beliefs; and
WHEREAS organizations such as Right to Life and the many crisis pregnancy services
in Oakland County contribute every day to saving the lives of Lhe mostinnocent;
and
WHEREAS these organizations have contributed greatly to the great reduction in the
number of abortions in Michigan in the past 20 years, therefore providing
opportunity and basic human rights to many;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
recognizes October 2013 as Respect Life month in Oakland County and encourages all
citizens to celebrate the value of human life and those who protect it every day.
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Resolution #13146
Moved by Long supported by Runestad the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Long supported by Runestad the General Government Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Discussion followed.
August 29, 2013
Moved by Gershenson supported by Zack the resolution be amended as follows:
Add BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners believe
that abortions should remain safe, legal, and rare and that women should ultimately be
able to make this very difficult personal decision in concert with their doctor and their
family.
Discussion followed.
Chairperson Michael Gingell addressed the Board and stated that the amendment was not germane to
the resolution.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Gershenson supported by Zack to object and over-rule Chairperson Michael Gingell.
Vote on over-rule:
AYES: Gershenson, McGillivray, Quarles, Woodward, Zack. (5)
NAYS: Gingell, Gosselin, Hoffman, Long, Matis, Middleton, Runestad, Scott, Spisz, Taub,
Weipert, Bosnic, Crawford, Dwyer. (14)
A sufficient majority having not voted in favor, the objection to over-rule Chairperson Michael Gingell was
denied.
Discussion followed.
Chairperson Michael Gingell called a brief recess.
Chairperson Michael Gingell called the Board back to order.
Moved by Woodward supported by Zack the resolution be amended as follows:
Add BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners believe
that women who are raped or victims of incest should not be forced by their government
to carry out a pregnancy.
Discussion followed.
Chairperson Michael Gingell addressed the Board and stated that the amendment was not germane to
the resolution.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Woodward supported by Zack to object and over-rule Chairperson Michael Gingell.
Vote on over-rule:
AYES: McGillivray, Quarles, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson. (5)
NAYS: Gingell, Gosselin, Hoffman, Long, Matis, Middleton, Runestad, Scott, Spisz, Taub,
Weipert, Bosnic, Crawford. (13)
A sufficient majority having not voted in favor, the objection to over-rule Chairperson Michael Gingell was
Lisa Brown, Oakland County
denied.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution as it stands:
AYES: Gosselin, Hoffman, Long, Matis, Middleton, Runestad, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert,
Bosnic, Crawford, Dwyer, Gingell. (14)
NAYS: McGillivray, Quarles, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson. (5)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution as it stands was adopted.
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TV COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.559A (7)
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 August 29,
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 29th day of August, 2013.