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Commissioner Shellel Taub
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omnIssioner David Woodward
District #19
REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION "8078
BY: Commissioners Shelley Taub, District #12; Tom Berman, District #5; David Woodward, District #19;
Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Wade Fleming, District #16; Gary McGillivray, District #20; Bob Hoffman,
District #2; Hugh Crawford, District #9; and Doug Tietz, District #11 P c?
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - OAKLAND COUNTY DESIGNATION OF THE WEEK OF
SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018 THROUGH SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2018 AS DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE AND
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2018 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) (196,000 to 200,000); people with disabilities (250,000); and Poles (50,000 to 100,000); were
also targeted for destruction or decimation for racial, ethnic, or national reasons; and millions more,
including homosexuals (70,000); Jehovah's Witnesses (1,900); Soviet prisoners of war (2.9 million); 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 8, 2018 through Sunday,
April 15, 2018, including the Day of Remembrance known as Yom HaShoah, April 12, 2018.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners designate the week
of Sunday, April 8, 2018 through Sunday, April 15, 2018 as Days of Remembrance and Thursday, April 12,
2018 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, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #18078 . March 8, 2018
Moved by Taub supported by Quarles to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution #18078
— Board of Commissioners - Oakland County Designation of the Week Of Sunday, April 8, 2018 Through
Sunday, April 15, 2018 as Days of Remembrance and Thursday, April 12, 2018 As the Day of
Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Berman, Bowman, Crawford, Dwyer, Fleming, Gershenson,
Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, KowaII, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Spisz,
Taub. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #18078 - Board of Commissioners - Oakland County Designation of the Week Of Sunday,
April 8, 2018 Through Sunday, April 15, 2018 as Days of Remembrance and Thursday, April 12, 2018 As
the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust carried.
Moved by Taub supported by Quarles the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Woodward, Zack, Berman, Bowman, Crawford, Dwyer, Fleming, Gershenson, Gingell,
Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer KowaII, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Spisz, Taub,
Weipert. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
HEREBY APPROVE 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 March 8, 2018,
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 81" day of March, 2018. - n7keie,
Lisa Brown, Oakland County