HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.05.20 - 33246REPORT (MISC. #20160) May 20, 2020
BY: Penny Luebs, Chairperson, Health, Safety and Human Services Committee
IN RE: MR #20160 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DECLARATION OF JUNE 5, 2020 AS
NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY IN OAKLAND COUNTY AND SUPPORT THE WEAR
ORANGE CAMPAIGN
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Health, Safety and Human Services Committee, having reviewed the above -referenced resolution on
May 5, 2020, reports with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Health, Safety and Human Services Committee, I move acceptance of the
foregoing report.
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Commissi r Penny Luebs, District #16
Health, Safety and Human Services Committee
HEALTH, SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Jackson absent.
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20160
BY: Commissioners David T. Woodward, District #19; Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Helaine Zack,
District #18; Penny Luebs, District #16; Kristen Nelson, District #5; and Gwen Markham, District #9
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DECLARATION OF JUNE 5, 2020 AS NATIONAL GUN
VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY IN OAKLAND COUNTY AND SUPPORT THE WEAR ORANGE
CAMPAIGN
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS people across the country will be wearing orange to pay tribute to the 38,000 people who are
killed annually by guns in our country; and
WHEREAS sadly, for every person killed by guns, an average of two more are wounded; and
WHEREAS gun deaths take many forms including suicides, cases of domestic violence, accidental
shootings, and homicides; and
WHEREAS by proclaiming June 5, 2020 as National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Oakland County will
bei oining hundreds of other communities across the county to bring attention to these tragedies; and
WHEREAS the color orange has been chosen because it is bright and is the color that hunters wear for
gun safety as a way to protect their own lives and the lives of others; and
WHEREAS the color orange has been selected to be a symbol for the value of human life and the Wear
Orange Campaign is dedicated to honoring the lives of Americans affected by gun violence and elevating
the voices of every American who demands an end to gun violence; and
WHEREAS the first National Gun Violence Awareness Day was held on June 2, 2015 and the date chosen
by the fellow classmates of Hadiya Pendleton, to pay tribute to their 15 -year-old honor student classmate
who was shot and killed in Chicago about a week after she and her classmates performed at President
Obama's second inauguration; and
WHEREAS we renew our commitment to reduce gun violence and pledge to do all we can to keep firearms
out of the wrong hands, and encourage responsible gun ownership to help keep our children safe; and
WHEREAS June 5th is recognized as National Gun Violence Awareness Day to honor Hadiya Pendleton
and all the other victims and survivors of gun violence.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
recognizes June 5, 2020 as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners proudly support the Wear
Orange Campaign and urge residents and visitors to wear orange on June 5th to show support for ending
gun violence in America.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this adopted
resolution to Oakland County elected officials and the National Safety Council.
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Resolution #20160
May 13, 2020
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Health, Safety and Human Services Committee There were
no objections.
Resolution #20160
May 20, 2020
Moved by Markham seconded by Luebs the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray,
Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson,
Gingell. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda were adopted
(with accompanying reports being accepted).
I 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 May 20, 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 20t" day of May, 2020.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County