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REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #18064
BY: Commissioner David Woodward, District #19 NO-C ,INTe-Ala4VN (3 itat-}74ii-,-- Met 4'
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — CALL FOR ACTION BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS
AND THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM GUN VIOLENCE japtil -- ciSn
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS more than 150,000 students attending more than 170 primary and secondary schools have
experienced a shooting on campus since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999; and
WHEREAS from Columbine to Virginia Tech to Sandy Hook to Parkland, the lives of hundreds of students
and school employees have been lost to the plague of gun violence; and
WHEREAS among high-income nations, 91% of children (under 15 years of age) and 92% of youth
(between 15 and 24 years of age) who have been killed by bullets lived in the United States; and
WHEREAS nearly two dozen children are shot every day on average and more than 22 million children live
in homes with firearms in the United States; and
WHEREAS Oakland County believes that we must do more to protect all students so they can thrive in a
vibrant, healthful, safe, enriching and respectful environment; and
WHEREAS Oakland County commits to improving mental health support to our students and safety
precautions to prevent gun violence incidents from occurring; and
WHEREAS the responsibility for preventing gun violence incidents cannot be relegated to school districts,
local communities and Oakland County alone, it requires leadership at all levels to be successful.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners calls on the
United States Congress and the Michigan Legislature to improve the protection of students, teachers and
all school employees with stricter gun laws, funding for public health research on firearms related issues
and increased support for mental health services in schools.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners urges the Michigan
Legislature to create and appropriate resources to Oakland University to establish a center for research on
firearm-related violence, for which that research would provide that scientific evidence from which sound
firearm violence prevention policies and programs may be developed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners expresses it support for
and urges the Oakland Intermediate School District and area Oakland County School Districts to provide a
supporting role in the National School Walkout on March 14, 2018 at 10 a.m. across the country, which
invites students, faculty, parents and others to walk out of school for 17 minutes — one minute for each
person who was killed in the recent Florida school shooting and in support of a national call to action to
demand more for our students.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners expresses it support for
the March of Our Lives scheduled for March 24, 2018 that is being organized by students planning to march
on Washington, D.C. and other U.S. cities to demand action to improve safety of all students.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners urges Oakland Intermediate
School District and area Oakland County school districts to act and urge action for stricter gun laws and
other policies to protect students.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to forward
copies of the adopted resolution to the Oakland County members of the Michigan congressional delegation,
unty delegation to the Michigan Legislature, the Governor of the State of
diate Sc o District and all Oakland County school districts.
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Resolution #18064 February 21, 2018
Moved by Woodward supported by Gershenson to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #18064 - Board of Commissioners — Call for Action by the United States Congress and the
Michigan Legislature to Protect Students from Gun Violence.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: McGillivray, Quarels, Woodward, Zack, Bowman, Gershenson, Jackson. (7)
NAYS: Middleton, Spisz, Taub, Tietz, Weipert, Berman, Crawford, Hoffman, Kochenderfer,
KowaII. (10)
A sufficient majority having not voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #18064 - Board of Commissioners — Call for Action by the United States Congress and the
Michigan Legislature to Protect Students from Gun Violence failed.
Discussion followed.
Commissioner Woodward addressed the Board to request the resolution be referred to the General
Government Committee.
Discussion followed.
The Vice-Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.