HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2014.10.08 - 21543Miscellaneous Resolution # 14246
BY: Commissioner John Scott, District #5
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — PROCLAIMING NOVEMBER 2014 AS
PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS The County of Oakland takes great pride in participating in months
designated to raise awareness of important issues; and
WHEREAS November 2014 will be observed as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
to create awareness of pancreatic cancer, the fourth-leading cause of cancer death
among men and women in the United States; and
WHEREAS Pancreatic cancer has the lowest relative survival rate of all the cancers
tracked by both the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute; and
WHEREAS 74 percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first year of their
diagnosis and only six percent survive more than five years; and
WHEREAS Every year over 46,000 people will be diagnosed and over 39,000
people will die of pancreatic cancer in the United States; that means approximately one
in every 72 men and women born today will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in
their lifetime and over 1,400 Michigan residents yearly will die from the disease; and
WHEREAS there has been no significant improvement in survival rates in the last 40
years and pancreatic cancer research is still in the earliest scientific stages; and
WHEREAS the number of new pancreatic cancer cases and the number of deaths
caused by the disease are increasing; the expected number of new pancreatic cancer
cases is projected to increase by 55% between the years 2010 and 2030; and
WHEREAS when symptoms of pancreatic cancer generally present themselves, it is
often too late for an optimistic prognosis, and the average survival rate is only five to
seven months; and
WHEREAS people of Eastern European Jewish and African-American descent are
diagnosed at a higher frequency than the rest of the population; and
WHEREAS additional risk factors include but are not limited to: smoking, obesity, recent
on-set diabetes, family history of pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis; and
WHEREAS pancreatic cancer research is currently severely underfunded as compared
to other cancers with similar mortality; it is urgent that we focus on this matter.
Chairperson, (move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
proclaims November 2014 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in the County of
Oakland, and to urge its citizens to educate themselves about pancreatic cancer and the
need for research funding, early detection methods, effective treatments, and prevention
programs.
Resolution #14246 October 8, 2014
Moved by Scott supported by Zack to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution #14246
Board of Commissioners — Proclaiming November 2014 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in
Oakland County.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: McGillivray Middleton, Quarles, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic,
Crawford, Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson, Matis. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #14246 Board of Commissioners — Proclaiming November 2014 as Pancreatic Cancer
Awareness Month in Oakland County carried.
Moved by Scott supported by Zack the resolution be adopted
AYES: Middleton, Quarles, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Crawford,
Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingeil, Gosselin, Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson, Matis, McGillivray. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
I HEFISEIYAPPROVE 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 October 8,
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 8th day of October 2014.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County