HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2013.08.29 - 20967MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #13228
BY: Commissioners Jeff IVIatis, District #15; Jim Runestad, District #6; Philip J. Weipert, District #8;
John A. Scott, District #5; Gary R. McGillivray, District #20; Bob Hoffman, District #2, Mike
Bosnic, District #16, Robert Gosselin, District #11, Christine Long, District #7; Shelley Goodman
Taub, District #12
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 11 —17,
2013, AS MICHIGAN PATRIOT WEEK IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the year 2009, marked the inaugural observation of Michigan Patriot Week in
Oakland County as a celebration to "Reinvigorate the American Spirit and Constitution"; and
WHEREAS the history and the founding principles of the United States of America should serve
as the cornerstone of civic education. In great reverence to the victims of the 9/11 attacks, we
acknowledge that American citizens must take time to honor the principles and events that led to
the creation of our nation, its founders, documents, and symbols of our history; and
WHEREAS the events that led to the signing of The Constitution of the United States of
America by the delegates of the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787, have
significance for every American and are honored in public schools across the nation on
September 17th as Constitution Day; and
WHEREAS unlike any other nation in history, America has been founded on First Principles that
are to guide us. Patriot Week renews America by celebrating and honoring those First Principles
for which so many have sacrificed; and
WHEREAS our nation was founded on the principles outlined in the Declaration of
Independence, which include:
1 All men are created equal.
2. They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.
3. These basic rights are: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
4. Governments are to be instituted among men to secure these rights.
5. Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed.
6. The people may alter or abolish the government if it destroys these stated principles; and
WHEREAS During Patriot Week we celebrate and honor the following:
September 11: Revolution
September 12: The Rule of Law
September 13: The Social Compact
September 14: Equality — Gender
September 15: Equality — Race
September 16: Unalienable Rights
September 17: Limited Government
Chairperson,, ove the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Commissioner Gary R. McGillivray
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WHEREAS exceptional, visionar y, and indispensable Americans such as Thomas Paine, Patrick
Henry, John Adams, John Marshall, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Dou glass,
Martin Luther Kin g, Jr., Elizabeth Cad y Stanton, Susan Anthony, Thomas Jefferson, Cesar
Chavez and James Madison founded and advanced the United States ; and
WHEREAS the Bennin gton Flag work of Betsy Ross, American Flag, Suffragist Flag, Union
Flag, Gadsden Flag, and the flag of the State of Michigan are key physical symbols of American
history that should be studied and remembered b y each American citizen.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland Count y Board of Commissioners
hereb y designate September 11-17, 2013, as Michi gan Patriot Week, in Oakland Count y -
symbolically be ginning this celebration on September 11, and concludin g on Constitution Da y.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners urges
the citizens, government agencies, municipalities, businesses, nonprofit organizations,
and schools of the State of Michigan to recognize and participate in this extended holiday
by honoring and celebrating the First Principles, key historical figures, founding
documents, and symbols of America so that they may offer the reverence that is due to
our free republic.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is
requested to forward copies of this adopted resolution to the Michigan Council for Social
Studies, Michigan Center for Civic Education, State Board of Education, Oakland
Schools, State Bar of Michigan, Oakland County Bar Association, Oakland County
Circuit Court, and Governor Rick Snyder.
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Resolution #13228 August 29, 2013
Moved by Matis supported by Quarles to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#13228 — Board of Commissioners — Designating September 11-17, 2013, as Michigan Patriot Week in
Oakland County.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack,
Bosnic, Crawford, Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Hoffman, Long, Matis. (18)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #13228 — Board of Commissioners — Designating September 11-17, 2013, as Michigan Patriot
Week in Oakland County carried.
Moved by Matis supported by McGillivray the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Middleton, Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Crawford,
Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Hoffman, Long, Matis, McGillivray. (18)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
I 141':(1L ri ;51/E THIS RESOLUTION
CHILT DEPL; Y 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 29 th day of August, 2013.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County