HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2007.03.08 - 28470REPORT (misc. 107024) March 8, 2007
BY: General Government Committee, Christine Long, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #07024 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — RECOGNIZE AND HONOR
LATE PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution
#07024 on February 26, 2007, reports with a recommendation that the resolution be
adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
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General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Potter and Gregory absent.
Miscellaneous Resolution #07024
BY: Commissioner Robert M. Gosselin, District #13
RE: Board of Commissioners — Recognize and Honor Late President Gerald R. Ford
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Gerald R. Ford was the 38 th President of the United States, and he was a resident of the State of
Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan and represented the people of Grand Rapids, Michigan for 25
years; and
WHEREAS he and his wife, Betty, of 58 years lived and raised their four children — Michael, Jack, Steve and
Susan, here in Michigan, the Great Lake State. We, the Commissioners of Oakland County, wish to recall with
respect, his accomplishments and leadership, as follows: an Honor Student, a collegiate athlete, an alumnus of the
University of Michigan, a graduate of Yale University's School of Law, a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during
World War II, a U.S. Congressman elected 13 times, House Minority Leader, chosen to be Vice President of the
United States, and appointed President of the United States for the first time in the history of this nation. Clearly,
Gerald R. Ford was a distinguished man of great accomplishments; and
WHEREAS Gerald R. Ford was appointed to the office of the Presidency when the United States was in one of its
most trying hours. He understood the need to lead with strength and confidence, at a time when the American
public most needed it; and
WHEREAS Gerald R. Ford surrounded himself with great minds as a strong leader, his understanding of the
responsibilities he assumed as President to lead our nation to put the divisiveness of the times behind us, focused
our attentions toward an improving future by using a common sense approach to a dismal economy; and
WHEREAS Gerald R. Ford maintained calm during very difficult social and political distress; sacrificing
personal political gain for the sake of the greater good of the United States and its citizens by acting bravely in
pardoning his predecessor in order to regain stability within the governmental body of the United States; and
WHEREAS Gerald R. Ford is respected as a man of peace, few people are able to fully recognize that during his
brief, yet historically significant presidency, which lasted from 1974 through 1977, "how sweeping and lasting
were his achievements," according to former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; and
WHEREAS Gerald R. Ford was successful in both domestic and foreign affairs, including such things as:
relieving U.S. citizens of the continuing stress caused by "Watergate" ; directing the final pullout of U.S. soldiers
from the Vietnam War; the rescue of 41 American servicemen from the merchant ship, the Mayaguez, when it was
seized by Cambodian communist forces; support of the Helsinki Accords, which established an international
standard for human rights that is still recognized today, facilitating the first political agreement between Israel and
Egypt; bringing about the end of colonialism in southern Africa; and helping to establish the Group of Eight, a
summit of industrialized democracies.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Commissioners of Oakland County and the residents of
Oakland County, benefited from the self-sacrificing public service and moral integrity shown by his leadership.
We declare July 14 th, the date of his birthday, to be recognized as President Gerald R. Ford Day in Oakland
County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this honor is to be recognized each year, on July 14 th, as a respectful tribute
to an honored son of Michigan, President Gerald R. Ford.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners respectfully requests the
Oakland County Clerk to forward copies of this adopted resolution to County Executive L. Brooks Patterson,
Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop and other Oakland County Senators, Speaker of the House Andy Dillon
and other Oakland County State Representatives, and Governor Jennifer Granholm.
Chairperson, we move the athip\ion_pf the foregoingiicsol
omTnissioner Robert IVr/Gosselin
District #13
Commissioner Bill Bullard, Jr., District #2
Chairperson
ommis 'oner Hugh D. Crawford, District #9
Vic airperson
Commissioner Tim Burns
District #19
issioner Eric Coleman
#23 Distri
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Commissioner Sue Ann Dou
District #12 District # 2
Commissioner Marcia Gershenson
District #17
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District #3
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ofnmi§gioner Mat& Ha ic 'ett
District #10
Commissioner Tim Greimel
District #11
Commissi)ler Brzidford C. Jacobsen
District #1
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Commissioner Thomas F. Middleton
District #4
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Co9niissioner John A. Scott
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District #24
Commissioner 14161aine Zack
District #22
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Resolution #07024 February 1, 2007
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
Resolution #07024 March 8, 2007
Moved by Rogers supported by Gershenson the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Burns, Coleman, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Gregory,
Greimel, Hatchett, Jacobsen, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott, Spector,
Suarez, Woodward, Zack, Bullard. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda,
were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
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I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREG6ING RESNTION
I ACTING PURSUANT TO 1973 PA f
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 March 8, 2007, 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 8th day of March, 2007.
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk