HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1997.03.06 - 25093REPORT (Misc. #97027) March 6, 1997
BY:
IN RE:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - KAY SCHMID, CHAIRPERSON
MR #97027, DESIGNATION OF APRIL 24, 1997 AS ARMENIAN
MARTYR'S DAY
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed on
February 24, 1997, MR #97027 entitled, "Designation of April 24,
1997 as Armenian Martyr's Day," 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
Miscellaneous Resolution # 97027
BY: Commissioners John P. Garfield, District 9, David L. Moffitt, District 18
RE: DESIGNATION OF APRIL 24, 1997 AS ARMENIAN MARTYR'S DAY
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, in 1915, the Ottoman Turkish Empire undertook a brutal, genocidal campaign
of hatred against the people of Armenian descent in that Empire; and
WHEREAS, this attempted genocide claimed the lives of nearly 1.5 million Armenians; and
WHEREAS, the survivors of this massacre were forced from their homeland and scattered
around the world; and
WHEREAS, some 30,000 people of Armenian descent now reside in Southeast Michigan;
and
WHEREAS, April 24, 1997 has been designated by community and religious leaders as
Armenian Martyr's Day, a day of Memorial observance; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners desires to join in this observance
to commemorate the victims of these crimes against humanity and express our desire that these
horrors are never forgotten.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
does hereby declare April 24, 1997, and each subsequent Anniversary, in perpetuity, to be Armenian
Martyr's Day in Oakland County.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
./ .
. Allen, County Clerk
Resolution #97027 March 6, 1997
Moved by Schmid supported by Garfield the General Government Committee
Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Schmid supported by Garfield the resolution be adopted.
AYES: McCulloch, McPherson, Millard, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Pernick,
Powers, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Amos, Coleman, Devine, Douglas, Garfield, Holbert,
Huntoon, Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, Law. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
DOES NOT REQU: C3UT; EXECEVE AGON
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn 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 March 6, 1997 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 6th day of March 1997.