HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.07.23 - 33557REPORT (MISC. #20257)
July 23, 2020
BY: Commissioner David T. Woodward, Chairperson, Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery
Committee
IN RE: MR #20257 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — CREATION OF THE OAKLAND TOGETHER
ABSENTEE BALLOT PROGRAM FOR ALL OAKLAND COUNTY VOTERS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery Committee, having reviewed the above -referenced
resolution on July 20, 2020, reports with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery Committee, I move the
acceptance of the foregoing report.
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Commissioner David T. Woodward, District #19
Chairperson, Pandemic Response and
Economic Recovery Committee
PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION. -#20257
BY: Commissioners Nancy Quarles, District #17; Penny Luebs, District 916; Gwen Markham, District #9;
Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Gary McGillivray, District #20
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — CREATION OF THE OAKLAND TOGETHER ABSENTEE
BALLOT PROGRAM FOR ALL OAKLAND COUNTY VOTERS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS elections are the foundation of our democracy; and
WHEREAS the COVID-19 global pandemic is presenting unprecedented and unique challenges for holding
safe and healthy elections in 2020; and
WHEREAS in the midst of this pandemic, voters should not need to choose between their health and casting
their ballots; and
WHEREAS the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's safety guidelines endorses vote by mail
during the pandemic and recommends that voters consider alternatives to casting their ballots in person
during upcoming elections; and
WHEREAS because of the global pandemic, Oakland County is urging all County voters to vote by mail to
reduce exposure to COVID-19 per Miscellaneous Resolution # 20172; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners formed the Oakland County Safe, Healthy and
Secure Election Advisory Council to identify challenges and barriers for having safe, healthy and secure
elections in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS the Advisory Council has recommended that the Board of Commissioners authorizes funding
for return postage for all Oakland County absentee ballots for the November 2020 election and the creation
of the Oakland Together Absentee Ballot program; and
WHEREAS the cost to cover this initiative is estimated not to exceed $575,000; and
WHEREAS there is available funding in the Oakland Together Local Government Partnership program to
cover these expenses; and
WHEREAS payment would be made in the form of direct payment to the vendor who prints county absentee
ballots or reimbursement to local clerks' offices; and
WHEREAS paying the return postage for absentee ballots is an eligible expense as authorized by the
County's CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners seeks to remove
all barriers for safe participation in the upcoming November election during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Board of Commissioners hereby amends the policies and procedures for
the Oakland Together Local Government Partnership program to authorize its Oversight Committee to
administer the Oakland Together Absentee Ballot program for all County voters who cast an absentee ballot
in the November General Election.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Oakland Together Absentee Ballot program shall not exceed $575,000.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no budget amendment is required as funding is to come from the
Oakland Together Local Government Partnership program authorized by Miscellaneous Resolution
#20187.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners authorizes the Board Chairman to sign any
contracts and agreements to implement this program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to all of Oakland County local election
clerks and the Michigan Association of Counties.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #20257
July 15, 2020
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery Committee.
There were no objections.
Resolution #20257
July 23, 2020
Moved by Gingell seconded by Zack the resolutions on the Consent Agenda be adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
Discussion followed.
AYES: Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham,
McGillivray, Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack,
Gershenson. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda were adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
I HERE13YAPPROVETHIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MGL 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 July 23, 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 2314 day of July, 2020.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County