HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1996.06.13 - 24777Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
Shel,ley Tddb
McCulloch
Donna Hu Hu
John Garfield‘' -( Charles Palmer
June 13, 1996
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #96145
BY: Commissioners Ruth Johnson, Nancy Dingeldey, Shelley Taub,
Dan Devine, Jr., John McCulloch, John Garfield, Donna Huntoon,
Charles Palmer
IN RE: (Support)Formation of Greater Oakland Community Foundation
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the utilization of a community foundation as defined
in MCLA 206.261 provides for grants to such organizations as
those which support the arts, education, environment, community
development, health, human services, humanities, scholarships and
adminfstrative endowments, and
WHEREAS from Albion to Zeeland, 50 community foundations are
established in Michigan, and
WHEREAS under the auspices of a community foundation, both
federal and state tax incentives inure to individual and business
donors, and the individual member organizations or affiliates of
a community foundation may, in some cases, leverage their funds
with a pro-rata matching grant from the Kellogg Foundation, and
WHEREAS the creation of a Greater Oakland Community
Foundation, through the state tax credit mechanism, retains
Oakland County taxpayers' funds in Oakland County for the support
of designated local services, programs, and facilities.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board
of Commissioners supports the concept of the creation of a
Greater Oakland Community Foundation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
forwarded to all Oakland County local units of government, school
districts,chambers of commerce, libraries, and municipal parks
and recreation programs.
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