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Commissioner Thomas Middleta
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REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #17320
BY: Commissioners Thomas Middleton, District #4; Philip Weipert, District #8; Wade Fleming,
District #16; Eileen Kowall, District #6; Bill Dwyer, District #14; Janet Jackson, District #21; Marcia
Gershenson, District #13; Helaine Zack, District #18; Hugh Crawford, District #9; David E.S.
Bowman, District #10; Michael Spisz, District #3; Nancy Quarles, District #17; Tom Berman,
District #5; Bob Hoffman, District #2; and Shelley Taub, District #12;
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - DESIGNATION OF NOVEMBER 16, 2017 AS WORLD
PANCREATIC CANCER DAY IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS in 2017, an estimated 53,670 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United
States and 43,090 will die from the disease; and
WHEREAS pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, it is currently the third leading cause of cancer
death in the United States and is projected to become the second by 2020; and
WHEREAS pancreatic cancer is the only major cancer with a five-year relative survival rate in the single
digits at just eight percent; and
WHEREAS when symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves, it is generally late stage, and 71
percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first year of their diagnosis; and
WHEREAS approximately 1,560 deaths will occur in Michigan in 2017; and
WHEREAS pancreatic cancer is the seventh most common cause of cancer-related death in men and
women across the world; and
WHEREAS there will be an estimated 367,000 new pancreatic cancer cases diagnosed globally in 2017;
and
WHEREAS the good health and well-being of the residents of Oakland County are enhanced as a direct
result of increased awareness about pancreatic cancer and research into early detection, causes and
effective treatments.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
designates November 16, 2017 as World Pancreatic Cancer Day in Oakland County.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #17320 November 9,2017
Moved by Middleton supported by Jackson to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#17320 - Board of Commissioners - Designation of November 16, 2017 as World Pancreatic Cancer Day
in Oakland County.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, KowaII, Long, McGillivray,
Middleton, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Tietz, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Berman, Bowman,
Crawford, Dwyer, Fleming. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on
Miscellaneous Resolution #17320 - Board of Commissioners - Designation of November 16, 2017 as
World Pancreatic Cancer Day in Oakland County carried.
Moved by Middleton supported by Jackson the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, KowaII, Long, McGillivray, Middleton,
Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Tietz, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Berman, Bowman, Crawford, Dwyer,
Fleming, Gershenson. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
I HEREENAPPAOVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO NICL 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 November 9,
2017, 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 911) day of November, 2017.
Me &:_
Lisa Brown, Oakland County