HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.09.23 - 33690MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION' #20426
BY: Commissioners Angela Powell, District #10; William Miller, District #14 Nancy Quarles, District #17;
Gary McGillivray, District#20; Kristen Nelson, District#5; Shelley Taub, District 12; Gwen Markham, District
#9; Helaine Zack, District 18; Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Michael Gingell, District #1; Bob Hoffman,
District#2; Michael Spisz, District#3; Tom Middleton, District#4; Eileen Kowall, District#6; Christine Long,
District #7; Philip Weipert, District #8; Tom Kuhn, District #11; Adam Kochenderfer, District #15; Penny
Luebs, District #16; David Woodward, District #19; and Janet Jackson, District #21
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — RECOGNITION OF SEPTEMBER 2020 AS DEAF
AWARENESS MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the purpose of Deaf Awareness Month is to increase public awareness of deaf issues, people,
and culture; and
WHEREAS since first observed by the 1f/orld Federation of the Deaf in the late 1950s, the month of
September, culminating in the International Week of the Deaf, is dedicated to promoting a greater
understanding, and celebration, of the deaf and hard -of -hearing community; and
WHEREAS approximately 1 out of every 1,000 children in the United States is born with profound hearing
loss; and
WHEREAS there are many misconceptions about being deaf and the challenges people who are deaf face
in their everyday lives, which can only be dispelled through greater public education and awareness; and
WHEREAS people who are deaf communicate using sign language, which is a fully fledged natural
language with its own morphology, syntax, and structure; and
WHEREAS according to 2017 Census Bureau data, at least 11,200',000 individuals in the United States
are deaf or hard of hearing; and
WHEREAS there are approximately 870,000 Michigan residents with varying degrees of hearing loss
ranging from mild to profound, including individuals who are born deaf and people who encounter late -stage
hearing loss; and
WHEREAS deaf culture is an important part of the fabric of our society; and
WHEREAS people who are deaf can work in almost any job and the main barriers to employment arise
from inaccessible work environments rather than an inability to hear; and
WHEREAS deaf and hard -of -hearing individuals have made and continue to make numerous contributions
in the United States; and
WHEREAS much work remains to be done to promote the rights of people who are deaf, including access
to education, access to information and services, and the prevalence of sign language.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
recognizes September 2020 as National Deaf Awareness Month in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this
resolution to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights - Division of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing, the
Michigan Deaf Association and the Michigan Coalition for Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing People.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Comm issloner Angela Powell Commissioner William Miller
District #10 District #14
U Cr, rl. (T) ^'`'�
Comrnissiooi rNancy Quarles Commis ion rr Gaa+McGillivray
D's rict #17 N / District #20
Commissioner Kristen Nelson Commission SIley Taub
District #5 District #12
REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
.'InL—
CommissionerGweh Markham
District #9
Commissioner M rcia Gershenson
Dis
tri
ct #133 Ll J
Commissioner Bob Hoffman
Distdct#2
Commissioner Thomas Middleton
Di t i`c't #4 1
C`ommissionerChristine Lomb)
District #7
CommissionerTom Kuhn
District #11
A,�w li c,-
Commiss;InerPenny Luebs
District #16
Co4h��an tj kson
District #21
Commissioner HelaiZack
District #18
Commissio r Micha mgell
District #1
Commissioner Michael Spisz
District #3
Commissioner Eileen Kowall
District #6
Commissibr,(er Philip Weipert
District #8
Commissioner Adam Koch�pderfer
Dis r ctt 15
Commissioner David Woodward
District #19
Commissioner
District #
Resolution #20426 September 23, 2020
Moved by Powell seconded by Long to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution #20426 —
Board of Commissioners — Recognition of September 2020 as Deaf Awareness Month in Oakland County.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #20426 — Board of Commissioners — Recognition of September202O as Deaf Awareness Month
in Oakland County carried.
Moved by Powell seconded by Long the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson,
Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Middleton, Miller, Nelson,
Powell. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
Moved by Long seconded by Powell to add all Commissioners as co-sponsors of the resolution.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to add all Commissioners as co-sponsors of the
resolution carried.
I HEREBY APPROVETHIS 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 September 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 23rd day of September, 2020. xvi�
Lisa Brown, Oakland County