HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2006.09.21 - 28304REPORT (misc. 106156) September 21, 2006
BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #06156 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — EXPANSION OF SMOKING
BAN FOR ALL OAKLAND COUNTY GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution
#06156 on September 11, 2006, reports with a recommendation that the NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph be amended, as follows:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby expands the Oakland County no smoking policy to provide that
no smoking shall be permitted within fifty (-5-94 (15) feet of an exterior entrance to or exit
from a county government building, room or facility.
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, Crawford, Kowall and Patterson voting no.
Miscellaneous Resolution # 06156
BY: Commissioner Eric Coleman, District #23
RE: Board of Commissioners — Expansion of Smoking Ban for All Oakland County
Government Buildings
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS numerous studies have found that tobacco smoke is a major contributor to indoor air
pollution, and that breathing secondhand smoke is a cause of disease in healthy nonsmokers,
including heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease and lung cancer; and
WHEREAS Oakland County has a responsibility to protect the health and safety of employees and
of the general public who utilize county government facilities; and
WHEREAS in 1997, Oakland County implemented a non-smoking policy prohibiting smoking
within all county facilities; and
WHEREAS the Michigan Clean Indoor Air Act allows for the designation of smoking areas and the
ability to implement and enforce polices for the separation of smokers and nonsmokers; and
WHEREAS second-hand cigarette smoke is involuntarily inhaled by non-smokers, lingers in the air
hours after cigarettes have been extinguished and can cause or exacerbate a wide range of adverse
health effects, including cancer, respiratory infections, and asthma. and
WHEREAS even when indoor smoking is prohibited, smoking of tobacco products within
proximity of a building entrance, exist or air intake vent forces exposure to second-hand smoke; and
WHEREAS the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recommends that if there are designated
outdoor smoking areas, smoking should not be permitted right outside the doors (or near building
ventilation system air intakes) where nonsmokers may have to pass through smoke from smokers
congregated near doorways; and
WHEREAS it is in the best interest of county employees and the general public visiting county
government buildings to provide measures that enable non-smokers to reasonably avoid involuntary
exposure to second-hand smoke.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
hereby expands the Oakland County no smoking policy to provide that no smoking shall be
permitted within fifty (50) feet of an exterior entrance to or exit from a county government building,
room or facility.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Executive is requested to implement, post and
enforce the expanded no smoking policy upon adoption by the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests the
Directors of Facilities Management and Human Resources or their designees to revise county and/or
departmental policies, procedures and issuances to conform with this expanded no smoking policy
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of
this adopted resolution to the Oakland County Executive, Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds,
Oakland County Prosecuting Attorney, Oakland County Sheriff, Oakland County Treasurer, Oakland
County Parks and Recreation Commission and Oakland County Drain Commissioner.
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The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk
Resolution #06156 September 21, 2006
Moved by Coleman supported by Patterson the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Coleman supported by Patterson the General Government Committee Report be accepted, and the
resolution be amended to coincide with the recommendation in the General Government Committee Report.
The Chairperson stated a "yes" vote would accept the General Government Committee Report along with the
resolution coinciding with the recommendation in the General Government Committee Report, and a "no" vote
would not.
Vote on General Government Committee Report:
AYES: Coulter, Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Melton, Nash, Suarez, Woodward, Zack,
Coleman. (10)
NAYS: Crawford, Douglas, Jamian, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Palmer, Patterson,
Potter, Rogers, Scott, Wilson, Bullard. (15)
A sufficient majority not having voted in favor, the motion failed.
Moved by Wilson supported by Molnar the resolution be amendment in the NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED paragraph to read as follows:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
expands the Oakland County no smoking policy to provide that no smoking shall be permitted within
fifty-(59)-feet-ef-an at any main exterior entrance to or exit from a County government building, fOOF14
or:facility.
Discussion followed.
Vote on Wilson's amendment:
AYES: Crawford, Douglas, Hatchett, Jamian, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Palmer,
Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Wilson, Bullard. (16)
NAYS: Gershenson, Gregory, Melton, Nash, Suarez, Woodward, Zack, Coleman, Coulter. (9)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, KowaII, Long, Melton, Middleton, Molnar,
Moss, Nash, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Wilson, Woodward, Zack, Bullard,
Coleman, Coulter, Crawford. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
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
September 21, 2006, 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 21st day of September, 2006.
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