HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2014.04.17 - 21281REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #14084 UNDER NEW BUSINESS
BY: Commissioner Jim Runestad, District #6
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL CORRECTIONS
OFFICER WEEK — MAY 4-10, 2014
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS according to U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistic Bulletin, published in December 2013,
at midyear 2012, 744,500 inmates were housed in the nation's local jails, and the number of
adults under correctional supervision nationwide in this same timeframe was 6,937,00; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Corrections' Divisions housed a daily average
of 1,556 inmates in 2013; and
WHEREAS last year over 19,900 persons were admitted into the Oakland County jail facilities
including juveniles, mentally ill, persons awaiting trial, persons pending arraignment, protective
custody cases, infirm, persons awaiting transfer to State, Federal or other jurisdictions,
sentenced; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Corrections Deputies are responsible for overall
inmate supervision to ensure safe, secure and orderly facility operations, intake and release of
all persons, identification of special needs and classification of all inmates, inmate and
professional visitation, inmate transport and Court security; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Corrections' Divisions are recognized as
innovative, professional and able to operate a very complex and crowded set of multiple
facilities, transport and coordinate an enormous number of inmate movements on a daily basis
with a minimal number of staff/inmate injuries or escapes; and
WHEREAS the week of May 4-10, 2014, has been designated as National Corrections Officer
Week.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does
hereby acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the Oakland County Sheriff's Office
Corrections' Deputies and the special contribution they make to ensure the public safety of all
citizens in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does hereby
honor all the Corrections' Deputies of the Oakland County Sheriff's Office for their unique skills
and abilities and devotion to duty and pronounce a special thanks to all those Deputies on
behalf of the citizens of Oakland County.
Chairperson, I move adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Jim Runestad, Commissioner District #6
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Resolution #14084 April 17, 2014
Moved by Runestad supported by Gosselin to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#14084 — Board of Commissioners — Recognition of National Corrections Officer Week — May 4-10, 2014.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson, Long, Matis, McGillivray,
Middleton, Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Crawford,
Dwyer. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #14084 — Board of Commissioners — Recognition of National Corrections Officer Week — May
4-10, 2014 carried.
Moved by Runestad supported by Hatchett the resolution be adopted.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Gingell, Gosselin, Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson, Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton,
Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Crawford, Dwyer
Gershenson. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
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HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY 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 April 17, 2014,
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 17th day of April 2014.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County