HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2015.04.02 - 21777MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 15097
BY: Commissioner Shelley Taub, District #12; Commissioner Marcia Gershenson, District #13;
Commissioner Helaine Zack, District #18; Commissioner John Scott, District #5; Commissioner Bob
Hoffman, District #2; Commissioner Bill Dwyer, District #14; Commissioner Janet Jackson, District #21;
Commissioner Jeff Matis, District #15; Commissioner Chris Long; District #7; Commissioner Michael
Gingen, District #1; Commissioner Nancy Quarles, District #17; Commissioner Wade Fleming, District #16
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — OAKLAND COUNTY DESIGNATION OF THE WEEK OF
SUNDAY, APRIL 12 THROUGH SUNDAY, APRIL 19 AS DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE AND
THURSDAY, APRIL 17 AS THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European
Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945 — six million were murdered; Roma
(Gypsies), people with disabilities, and Poles were also targeted for destruction or decimation for racial,
ethnic, or national reasons; and millions more, including homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet
prisoners of war, and political dissidents, also suffered grievous oppression and death under Nazi
tyranny; and
WHEREAS the history of the Holocaust offers an opportunity to reflect on the moral responsibilities of
individuals, societies, and governments; and
WHEREAS the people of Oakland County should always remember the terrible events of the Holocaust
and remain vigilant against hatred, persecution, and tyranny; and
WHEREAS we the people of Oakland County, should actively rededicate ourselves to the principles of
individual freedom in a just society; and
WHEREAS Michigan's Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills provides visitors an opportunity to
fully appreciate not only horrors and evil of the genocidal act but also the strength, courage and
righteousness of survivors; and
WHEREAS the Holocaust Memorial Center and other area organizations will be providing numerous
opportunities for residents to attend events, learn and renew a shared commitment to the lessons learned
from the Holocaust; and
WHEREAS the Days of Remembrance have been set aside for the people of Oakland County to
remember the victims of the Holocaust as well as to reflect on the need for respect of all peoples; and
WHEREAS pursuant to an Act of Congress, the United States Holocaust Memorial Council has
designated the Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust to be Sunday, April 19, 2015,
through Sunday, April 19, 2015, including the Day of Remembrance known as Yom Hashoah, April 28,
2015.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners designate the week
of Sunday, April 12, through Sunday, April 19, 2014, as Days of Remembrance and Thursday, April 17,
2015 as Yom Hashoah, the Day of Remembrance, in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and in
honor of the survivors as well as the rescuers and liberators.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we, as citizens of Oakland County should work to promote human
dignity and confront hate whenever and wherever it occurs.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Commissioner &Kelley Taub
District #12
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Resolution #15097 April 2, 2015
Moved by Taub supported by Zack to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution #15097 —
Board of Commissioners — Oakland County Designation of the Week of Sunday, April 12 through Sunday,
April 19 as Days of Remembrance and Thursday, April 17 as the day of Remembrance of the Victims of
the Holocaust.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Jackson, Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert,
Woodward, Zack, Bowman, Crawford, Fleming, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Hoffman. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #15097 — Board of Commissioners — Oakland County Designation of the Week of Sunday,
April 12 through Sunday, April 19 as Days and Thursday, April 17 as the day of Remembrance of the
Victims of the Holocaust carried.
Moved by Taub supported by Zack the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward,
Zack, Bowman, Crawford, Fleming, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Hoffman, Jackson. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
HEREBY APPROVE iHIS NEsournoN
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 4,5.559A (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 2, 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 2nd day of April 2015.
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