HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2018.05.02 - 23451REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
#18147 MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION _
BY: Commissioners Philip Weipert, District #8; Helaine Zack, District #18; Gary McGillivray, District #20;
Tom Berman, District #5; Shelley Taub, District #12; Janet Jackson, District #21; B nkb Hoffman, District #2;
Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Wade Fleming, District #16; 6.1. -Ay )(1,---
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DESIGNATING MAY 2018 AS NATIONAL DRUG COURT
MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS drug courts are an essential component of our justice system, saving vast criminal justice
resources and offering an alternative to incarceration all the while keeping individuals engaged with their
communities; and
WHEREAS for the past 30 years drug courts have been restoring lives, reuniting families and making
communities across this nation safer; and
WHEREAS drug courts and other treatment courts are special court programs that focus on providing
treatment and intense supervision to offenders instead of jail; and
WHEREAS according to a Columbia University study, the average recidivism rate for those who complete
Drug Court is between 4% and 29%, compared to 48% for those who do not participate in a Drug Court
program; and
WHEREAS drug courts facilitate communitywide partnerships, bringing together public safety and public
health professionals in the fight against drug abuse and criminality; and
WHEREAS drug courts are now recognized as the most successful criminal justice intervention in our
nation's history; and
WHEREAS according to the National Drug Court Institute, the Drug Court movement has grown from 12
original Drug Courts in 1994 to over 3,000 operational Drug Courts nation wide; and
WHEREAS there are 17 viable "Problem-Solving" Courts, which include drug and sobriety, mental health,
veterans, and other nontraditional courts, operating in Oakland County; and
WHEREAS these types of Problem-Solving Courts have saved thousands of lives and have mitigated the
financial burden to Oakland County taxpayers; and
WHEREAS the hard work and dedication of the judiciary, prosecutors, attorneys, court administration, law
enforcement, clerks of the court, corrections personnel, public health professionals, treatment providers,
treatment court staff and many others have had a positive influence on the Oakland County residents they
serve and the communities they live in; and
WHEREAS Oakland County encourages all citizens to recognize the participants and practitioners who
make drug courts effective and the significant contributions that drug courts have made and continue to
make, in reducing drug use and crime.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners proclaim the
month of May 2018 as "National Drug Court Month" in Oakland County and further recognize the significant
contributions drug courts have made toward reducing substance abuse, crime and recidivism while saving
valuable resources.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #18147 May 2, 2018
Moved by Weipert supported by McGillivray to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#18147 — Board of Commissioners — Designating May 2018 as National Drug Court Month in Oakland
County.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #18147 — Board of Commissioners — Designating May 2018 as National Drug Court Month in
Oakland County.
Moved by Weipert supported by McGillivray the resolution be adopted.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Middleton, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Tietz, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Berman, Bowman,
Crawford, Fleming, Gershenson, Gingell, Jackson, KowaII, Long, McGillivray. (18)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
I HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCI. 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 May 2, 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 2nd day of May, 2018.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County