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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