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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2005.02.17 - 27830461-14legGSP44Q43—G ;14-4n443.14.1.141:144P -4444441414444444 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. I 4 Chairperson, on behalf of the Personnel Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing report. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE n 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. I . 1111itnlok Chairperson, we move the adoption of the fore 3 Tore AV' tit/ /41 it Cornmissionel District # ;;‘,Z Commissioner District # 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 and percentage of each department that have completed cultural diversity training, broken out by occupational categories. District .10 Dist ict # 7..._3 _ / / , 4, A girl Co missioner Commissioner Dis ict # /..) pistrietk/6 CommissionepiMattie M. Hatchett ( Corrimissioner attie M. Hatchett 1A-L, 1.4.6 Commissioner.....„ District # I / CoMmissioner District # Commissioner Commissioner District # District # Commissioner Commissioner District # District # I. Resolution #05003 January 6, 2005 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections. Rut dtfl°119 , County Cler , -County Clerk 1 ' 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. 01.11114 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.