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February 17, 2005
REPORT MR #05003
BY: PERSONNEL COMMITTEE. GREGORY C. JAMIAN, CHAIRPERSON
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DIVERSITY TRAINING FOR OAKLAND COUNTY
TO: OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Personnel Committee having reviewed MR #05003 on February 9, 2005 Reports to
the Board with the recommendation the resolution be amended as follows and adopted:
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #05003
BY: Commissioner Mattie M. Hatchett, District #10
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - DIVERSITY AWARENESS TRAINING FOR OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS recognizing that cross-cultural teamwork and collaboration are essential for organizational
success, Oakland County established a Diversity Training Program in 1998 that is designed to assist
participants with strategies for working together with mutual respect in today's workplace; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners adopted Miscellaneous Resolution #01234 to
establish mandatory cultural diversity training for all managers, chiefs, and supervisors within Oakland County;
and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Human Resource Department reports that since inception, approximately
1,240 of ths 4,500 employees have attended the Cultural Diversity Training Program: and
WHEREAS it is further reported that 81% of current supervisors have attended the Cultural Diversity training;
and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners annually re-affirms its commitment to gziapclat‘gai
"the concept of cultural diversity training for Oakland County employees and requires all supervisory,
division manager and director level employees to attend cultural diversity training" in the General
Appropriations Act; and
WHEREAS recognizing that true leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions,
it is incumbent upon the members of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners to demonstrate through
example the commitment of Oakland County to achieving excellence through diversity awareness and learning
to value others; and
WHEREAS Board Chairman Bill Bullard, Jr., encourages his colleagues to reap the benefits of G41t4r-a4
diversity awareness training and to clearly illustrate through the individual effort of each Oakland County
Commissioner, the importance of promoting an inclusive and productive work environment based on respect.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby re-affirms
the importance of cultural diversity awareness training and respectfully requests that all employees, including
elected and appointed officials, attend such training at their earliest convenience.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners pledges to lead by example
and each Commissioner is respectfully requested to Q.44GGese&f.4414 complete the Gb14444, diversity awareness
training session sponsored by Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each year, prior to budget deliberations, the Oakland County Human
Resources Department is to provide an update to the Board of Commissioner's Personnel Committee on the
number
Ge,c,44patio.Pai--GatJasjGr-i+as of supervisors, chiefs and managers in each department that have completed
Diversity Awareness Training (and the percentage of supervisors, chiefs and managers they represent
within each Department).
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Chairperson, on behalf of the Personnel Committee, I move the acceptance of the
foregoing report.
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
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Personnel Committee Vote:
Motion carried on unanimous roll call vote with Middleton abs
REPORT (misc. #05003) February 17, 2005
BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #05003 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DIVERSITY TRAINING FOR
OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Personnel Committee, Greg Jamian, Chairperson
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution
#05003 on February 7, 2005, determined that this resolution should be referred directly
to the Personnel Committee for its formal recommendation and concurrence, as this
resolution impacts personnel matters.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Long and Crawford absent.
Miscellaneous Resolution # 05003
BY: Commissioner Mattie M. Hatchett, District #10
RE: Board of Commissioners - Diversity Training for Oakland County
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS recognizing that cross-cultural teamwork and collaboration are essential for
organizational success, Oakland County established a Diversity Training Program in
1998 that is designed to assist participants with strategies for working together with
mutual respect in today's workplace; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners adopted Miscellaneous
Resolution #01234 to establish mandatory cultural diversity training for all managers,
chiefs, and supervisors within Oakland County; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Human Resource Department reports that since
inception, 1,240 of the 4,500 employees have attended the Cultural Diversity Training
Program; and
WHEREAS it is further reported that 81% of current supervisors have attended the
Cultural Diversity training; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners annually re-affirms its
commitment to mandatory cultural diversity training by including this requirement for all
supervisory, division manager and director level employees in the General Appropriations
Act; and
WHEREAS recognizing that true leadership is practiced not so much in words as in
attitude and in actions, it is incumbent upon the members of the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners to demonstrate through example the commitment of Oakland County to
achieving excellence through diversity awareness and learning to value others; and
WHEREAS Board Chairman Bill Bullard, Jr., encourages his colleagues to reap the
benefits of cultural diversity training and to clearly illustrate through the individual effort of
each Oakland County Commissioner, the importance of promoting an inclusive and
productive work environment based on respect.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
hereby re-affirms the importance of cultural diversity training and respectfully requests that
all employee's, including elected and appointed officials, attend such training at their
earliest convenience.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners pledges
to lead by example and each Commissioner is requested to successfully complete the
cultural diversity training session sponsored by Oakland County.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each year, prior to budget deliberations, the Oakland
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Commissioner's Personnel Committee on the number and percentage of each department
that have completed cultural diversity training, broken out by occupational categories.
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Resolution #05003 January 6, 2005
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
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Resolution #05003 February 17, 2005
Moved by Jamian supported by Suarez the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Jamian supported by Suarez the General Government Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the report was accepted.
Moved by Jamian supported by Suarez the Personnel Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the report was accepted.
Moved by Jamian supported by Suarez the resolution be amended to coincide with
the recommendation in the Personnel Committee Report.
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Hatchett, Jamian, Kowall, Melton, Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Nash,
Patterson, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Wilson, Woodward, Bullard, Coulter,
Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolution, as amended,
was adopted.
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I POESY APPROVE TIE FOREGOING IESOLUTION
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, 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 February 17, 2005
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 17th day of February, 2005.