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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1996.04.03 - 246494. APRIL 4, 1996 REPORT (Misc. #96058) BY GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - KAY SCHMID, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: M.R. #96056, DESIGNATION OF APRIL 14, 1996 AS HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen! The General Government Committee, having reviewed M.R. #96058, reports with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing Report. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE March 7, 1996 Miscellaneous Resolution # 96058 BY: David L. Moffitt, County Commissioner-District #18 Lawrence R. Pernick., County Commissioner-District #20 Gikla Z. Jacobs, County Commissioner-District #23 Shelley G, Taub, County Commissioner-District #12 RE: DESIGNATION OF APRIL 14, 1996 AS HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Mr, Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, fifty-one years ago the Allied Forces achieved victory over one of the most oppressive, murderous and inhumane menaces in recorded history; and WHEREAS, the tragedy of the terrible reign of the Nazis must never be forgotten; and WHEREAS, the cries of grief and pain of the survivors, and the mute witness of millions of victims in mass graves will always seed renewed resolve that such brutal inhumanity of Man to Man never recur; and WHEREAS. April 14, 1996, has been designated by community and religious organizations as a day of Memorial observance; and WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners desires to join in this observance to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and express our desire that such horrors are never repeated, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does hereby declare April 14, 1996, to be Holocaust Memorial Day in Oakland County. Mr. Chairperson. we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. Resolution #96058 April 4, 1996 Moved by Schmid supported by Moffitt the General Government Committee Report be accepted. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted. Moved by Schmid supported by Pernick the resolution be adopted. Discussion followed. Vote on resolution: AYES: Douglas, Garfield, Holbert, Huntoon, Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, McCulloch, McPherson, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Pernick, Powers, Quarles, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Amos, Crake, Devine, Dingeldey. (24) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted. STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, LyEn D. Allen, 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 4, 1996 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 4th day of April 1 fni7D. Allen, County Clerk LynnrD. Allen, County Clerk