HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.08.20 - 33606REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
-- IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION - #20344
BY: Commissioners Philip Weipert, District #8; David T. Woodward, District #19; Nancy Quarles, District
#17; Commissioner Tom Kuhn, District #11
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - EXTENSION OF GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE PERIOD
FOR THE OAKLAND TOGETHER SMALL BUSINESS AND LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAMS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approved MR #20206, on June 25, 2020,
establishing the Oakland Together Small Business Recovery Grant program to assist small businesses with
the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS MR #20206 set a grant application period of up to six weeks for the program; and
WHEREAS the Oakland Together Small Business Recovery Grant Program has awarded $16,440,000 as
of August 10, 2020 out of the original $32 million allocated to the program; and
WHEREAS the Oversight Committee recommends extending the grant application period to September 14,
2020; and
WHEREAS extending the grant deadline will allow the Oakland Together Small Business Recovery Grant
Program to continue to support our local small businesses across the county.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby extends the
grant application deadline forthe Oakland Together Small Business Recovery Grant Program to September
14, 2020.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Oakland Together Small Business Recovery Grant Program Oversight
Committee is authorized to extend or close the application process if the total money allocated to the
program is awarded before September 14, 2020.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all Small Business Stabilization Grant awards that have not been
claimed by grantees will be moved into the Oakland Together Small Business Recovery Grant
program. The redirection of these funds will allow EDCA to redistribute the grant funds to small business
that have submitted a grant, have been approved, and have submitted the requested paperwork necessary
to process payment.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing reso,
ution.
commission flip Weipert Commissioner David T. Woodward
District #8 District #19 I
Comm sioner N cY Quarles Commissioner Tom Kuhn
District #17 District #11
Resolution #20344 August 20, 2020
Moved by Weipert seconded by Quarles to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution #20344
— Board of Commissioners — Extension of Grant Application Deadline Period for the Oakland Together
Small Business and Local Chamber of Commerce Recovery Grant Programs.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #20344 — Board of Commissioners — Extension of Grant Application Deadline Period for the
Oakland Together Small Business and Local Chamber of Commerce Recovery Grant Programs carried.
Moved by Weipert seconded by Quarles the resolution be adopted
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Gingell,
Hoffman, Jackson, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Middleton, Miller. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
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B0. AAAPPROVETHIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.551A (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 August 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 20th day of August, 2020. �?
Lisa Brown, Oakland County