HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2001.11.29 - 26552REPORT (MISC. 101287) November 29, 2001
BY: General Government Committee, William Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #01287 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - STAND UP FOR UNITED
STATES STEEL
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above-
titled resolution on November 14, 2001, recommends that the
resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I
move acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Webster absent.
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e adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 01287
BY: Commissioner Rue! E. McPherson, District 25
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - STAND UP FOR UNITED STATES STEEL
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the American steel industry is in danger of being eliminated through the
illegal importing and dumping of steel manufactured outside the United States; and
WHEREAS, the steel industry has historically been the backbone of the United States
manufacturing sector and plays a critical role in securing our nation's defenses; and
WHEREAS, existing laws regarding steel dumping are not strict enough and are not
being strictly enforced. This has had a devastating toll on the American economy, resulting in at
least 23 U.S. steel makers, including Bethlehem Steel, having to file for bankruptcy protection.
Nationwide, 11 steel mills have shut down, culminating in the loss of 25,000 American
steelworker jobs; and
WHEREAS, the threat on the steel industry also impacts local manufacturers, employees
and dependents. Great Lakes Steel and Rouge Industries employ more than 6,500 employees in
the metropolitan Detroit area. Great Lakes Steel, operating in Ecorse and River Rouge, has shut
down one of its four blast furnaces. Rouge Industries has suspended dividends to shareholders
after 29 quarters of payments; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners from the counties of Cheboygan and Kalkaska
have both passed resolutions in support of the American steel industry.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners does hereby request that our Senators and Representatives in the State legislature
and in Congress, along with the administrations of Governor John Engler and President George
W. Bush, thoroughly investigate the practice of steel dumping in the United States market and
take the necessary actions to enforce our trade laws and eliminate this unfair and illegal assault
on the steel industry, local manufacturers, employees, retirees and our communities.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this adopted resolution be sent to
President George W. Bush, Governor John Engler, the Michigan Delegation to the state
legislature and in Congress, the Michigan Association of Counties, the National Association of
Counties and Oakland County's legislative lobbyists.
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Resolution 401287 October 25, 2001
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government
Committee. There were no objections.
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Resolution #01287 November 29, 2001
Moved by Patterson supported by Garfield the General Government Committee
Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the report was accepted.
Moved by Patterson supported by McPherson the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Crawford, Dingeldey, Douglas, Galloway, Garfield, Gregory, Law,
McPherson, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Patterson, Sever, Suarez, Taub, Webster,
Appel, Brian, Buckley, Causey-Mitchell, Coleman. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, G. William Caddell, 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 November 29, 2001 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 29th day of,November, 2001.