HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.04.29 - 33143REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20129
BY: Commissioners Penny Luebs, District #16; David T. Woodward, District #19; Nancy Quarles, District
#17; Gary McGillivray, District #20; Eileen Kowall, District #6; Helaine Zack, District #18; Gwen Markham,
District#9; Marcia Gershenson, District#13; Kristen Nelson, District#5; Shelley Taub, District#12; Thomas
Middleton, District #4; and William Miller, District #14; Janet Jackson, District #21
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DESIGNATION OF MAY 2020 AS ASIAN AND PACIFIC
AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month is a national celebration during the month of May
to recognize the tremendous contributions of Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander descent; and
WHEREAS Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have become the fastest growing population group in the
United States; and
WHEREAS the Asian and Pacific American population grew in the United States by 25.7% between 2010
and 2017; and
WHEREAS the total Asian and Pacific American population in the U.S. in 2017 was 23.8 million; and
WHEREAS the City of Novi Asian population has grown to 23.22% of the overall total; and
WHEREAS Asian and Pacific Americans have enriched our culture, excelling in many fields, including
education, business, science, technology, government, sports, and the arts; and
WHEREAS countless Asian and Pacific Americans have answered the call to protect the cause of freedom
by serving in our Armed Forces; and
WHEREAS Oakland County is home to the second largest Asian population in Michigan and nearly half of
Asians in the tri -county area; and
WHEREAS the City of Troy is home to the largest number of Asians in the region, comprising almost
24.65% of the total population; and
WHEREAS the entrepreneurship and innovation of Asian and Pacific Americans have strengthened
Oakland County's economy; and
WHEREAS Asian and Pacific Americans contribute greatly to the economic, social, cultural and civic life of
Oakland County.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
designates May 2020 as Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month in Oakland County and encourages
our citizens, governmental agencies, businesses and schools to celebrate and recognize the achievements
of Asian Americans.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.U
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Resolution #20129 April 29, 2020
Moved by McGillivray seconded by Quarles to suspend the rules and vote on Proposed Resolutions for
Introduction items i. — q. (Miscellaneous Resolutions #20129 — #20137).
Vote on suspension:
AYES: Zack, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Long, Luebs,
Markham, McGillivray, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Weipert, Woodward. (18)
NAYS: Kuhn, Middleton, Taub. (3)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Proposed
Resolutions for Introduction items i. — q. (Miscellaneous Resolutions #20129 — #20137) carried.
Moved by Miller seconded by Markham the resolutions be adopted.
Moved by Taub seconded by Middleton to remove item p. Miscellaneous Resolution #20136 — Board of
Commissioners — Proclaiming April 22, 2020 as Earth Day in Oakland County from the suspension list.
Discussion followed.
Vote on motion to remove item p. Miscellaneous Resolution #20136 from the suspension list:
AYES: Gingell, Hoffman, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Middleton, Spisz, Taub, Weipert. (10)
NAYS: Gershenson, Jackson, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles,
Woodward, Zack. (11)
A sufficient majority having not voted in favor, the motion to remove item p. Miscellaneous Resolution
#20136 — Board of Commissioners — Proclaiming April 22, 2020 as Earth Day in Oakland County from the
suspension list failed.
Vote on Proposed Resolutions for Introduction Items i. — q. (Miscellaneous Resolutions #20129-
#20137):
AYES: Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham,
McGillivray, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson. (19)
NAYS: Middleton, Taub. (2)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions were adopted.
1 HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45,559A (7)
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, 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 April 29, 2020,
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 Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan this 291h day of April, 2020.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County