HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2015.02.18 - 21711REPORT (MISC. #15016) February 18, 2015
BY: Public Services Committee, Bill Dwyer, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #15016 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — INCLUSION OF INFORMATION
REGARDING OPERATION MEDICINE CABINET ON UTILITY BILLS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners:
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Public Services Committee, having reviewed the above referenced resolution on February
10, 2015, reports with the recommendation the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Services Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing
report.
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Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Miscellaneous Resolution #15016
BY: Commissioners Michael Spisz, District #3 and Shelley Goodman Taub, District #12
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — INCLUSION OF INFORMATION REGARDING OPERATION
MEDICINE CABINET ON UTILITY BILLS
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Operation Medicine Cabinet was launched by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office in July of
2009 to provides citizens a venue to properly dispose of their expired and/or unused prescriptions
anonymously at several different locations around Oakland County; and
WHEREAS Operation Medicine Cabinet is operated in partnership with the Beverly Hills Village Dept. of
Public Safety, Birmingham Police Department, Bloomfield Hills Department of Public Safety, Bloomfield
Twp. Police Department, Clawson Police Department, Farmington Hills Police Department, Franklin
Police Department, Holly Police Department, Huntington Woods Department of Public Safety, Keego
Harbor Police Department, Madison Heights Police Department, Oak Park Police Department,
Rochester Police Department, Royal Oak Police Department, Southfield Police Department, Troy Police
Department, West Bloomfield Police Department, and White Lake Police Department; and
WHEREAS there are 25 prescription drop off sites in Oakland County, including the Sheriff's Office
locations and the offices of participating local law enforcement agencies; and
WHEREAS a vast array of pharmaceuticals including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers
among a myriad of others have been detected in the drinking water of 41 million Americans; and
WHEREAS the Office of National Drug Control Policy reported that prescription abuse is now the top
source of drugs for 12-13 year olds and that 70% of youth obtain prescription drugs for free from
friends or family; and
WHEREAS persons between the ages of 12 and 17 abuse prescription drugs more than cocaine, heroin,
and methamphetamine combined; and
WHEREAS the City of Royal Oak has increased public awareness of Operation Medicine Cabinet by
printing the following message on utility billing statements: "Operation Medicine CcthinetTM illustrates
our commitment to keeping all of our citizens safer, protecting our young people from the harmful
misuse of prescription drugs, understanding the needs of seniors, and the environmental implications
related to improper disposal of medications (flushing). You can drop off any prescription drugs at the
Royal Oak police station with 'no questions asked' seven days a week, 24 hours a day."; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Water Resources Commission provides utility billing to the communities
of Pontiac, Bloomfield Hills, Bingham Farms, Commerce Township, Farmington Hills, Franklin Village,
Highland Township, Keego Harbor, Lyon Township, Oakland Township, Orchard Lake, Oxford Township,
Royal Oak Township, Springfield Township, White Lake Township, and Wolverine Lake.
WHEREAS the inclusion of information on county utility bills regarding Operation Medicine Cabinet
would greatly improve public awareness, enhance public safety and contribute to clean water
protection.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Board of Commissioners calls upon the Water Resources
Commission to include information on utility billing statements regarding Operation Medicine Cabinet.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Oakland is directed to submit a copy of this
resolution to the Michigan Association of Counties, Water Resources Commissioner Jim Nash, Sheriff
Michael Bouchard, the local governments provided utility billing services by the Water Resources
Commission and the member law enforcement agencies of Operation Medicine Cabinet.
Chairperson, I move the a option of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #15016 January 29, 2015
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Public Services Committee. There were no objections.
Resolution #15016
February 18, 2015
Moved by Gosselin supported by McGillivray the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Dwyer, Fleming, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Hoffman, Jackson, KowaII, Long, Matis,
McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bowman,
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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HEREBYAPPROVE THIS FIESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO IVICL 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 February 18,
2015, 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 18 th day of February 2015.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County
