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REPORT (MISC. #13057) October 17, 2013
BY: Public Services Committee, BM Dwyer, Chairperson
IN RE: — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — TRANSPARANCY POLICY FOR THE
OAKLAND COUNTY PET ADOPTION CENTER
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Public Services Committee, having reviewed the above referenced resolution on October 8,
2013, reports with the recommendation the resolution be adopted with amendments as follows:
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #13057
BY: Commissioners Helaine Zack, District #18; Dave Woodward, District #19,
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS —
THE OAKLAND COUNTY AWit:iliAl PET ADOPTION CENTER
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
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WHEREAS the policy of Oakland County is to provide full accountability and
transparency in all aspects of sheltering; and
WHEREAS annual reports are mandated and are currently provided by the Oakland County
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to
forward copies of this adopted resolution to Oakland County Executive, the Oakland County
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Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
DAVE WOODWARD, HELAINE ZACK,
NANCY QUARLES, MARCIA
GERSHENSON, JANET JACKSON.,
GARY MCGILLIVRAY, - MATTIE
HATCHETT
Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Services Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing
report.
PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Spisz absent.
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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #13057
BY: Commissioners Helaine Zack, District #18 and Dave Woodward, District #19
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — TRANSPARANCY POLICY FOR THE OAKLAND
COUNTY PET ADOPTION CENTER
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS it is the goal of the Oakland Pet Adoption Center and the policy of the Oakland
County Board of Commissioners to provide an open admission no kill shelter for the homeless
cats and dogs in Oakland County and as a service to Oakland County residents; and
WHEREAS the philosophy of the no kill movement is to provide full accountability and
transparency in all aspects of sheltering; and
WHEREAS annual reports are mandated and are currently provided by the Oakland Pet
Adoption Center to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, however tracking of
improvement has only been available through these annual reports; and
WHEREAS it is important to publicly demonstrate the progress made toward the no kill goal by
statistics that indicate:
• the reduction in shelter intake
• the increase in the number of animals returned to owner,
• the increase in the number of animals being adopted and
• the reduction in euthanasia.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners,
requests that the Oakland County Pet Adoption Center posts on the their home page by the 15 th
of each month the following information for the prior month, each previous month and year to
date totals beginning January 1, 2013:
• Total number of intake of cats and total number of dogs
• Total number and rate of cats and dogs returned to owner
• Total number and rate of cats and dogs adopted by animal rescue organizations
• Total number and rate of cats and dogs adopted to the general public
• Total number and rate of cats and dogs euthanized.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to
forward copies of this adopted resolution to Oakland County Executive, the Oakland County Pet
Adoption Center, the Michigan Pet Fund Alliance and the No Kill Advocacy Center.
on, we move *Adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #13057 September 19, 2013
Item removed from Regular Agenda and referred back to Public Services Committee.
Resolution #13057 October 17, 2013
Moved by Hoffman supported by Quarles the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson, Long, Matis,
McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Welpert, Woodward, Zack,
Bosnic, Crawford. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
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I HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXEAMVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MU, 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 October 17,
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 17 th day of October 2013.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County