HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.09.23 - 33691REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20427
BY: Commissioners Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Janet Jackson, District #21; Penny Luebs, District
#16; Gwen Markham, District #9; Helaine Zack, District #18; Nancy Quarles, District #17; Kristen Nelson,
District#5; Christine Long, District#7; Michael Gingell, District#1; Bob Hoffman, District#2; Michael Spisz,
District #3; Thomas Middleton, District #4; Eileen Kowall, District #6; Philip Weipert, District #8; Angela
Powell, District #10; Tom Kuhn, District #11; Shelley Taub, District #12; William Miller, District #14; Adam
Kochenderfer, District #15; David Woodward, District #19; and Gary McGillivray, District #20
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DECLARING OCTOBER 2020 AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AWARENESS MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners declare
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) evolved from the "Day of Unity" held in October
1981 and was conceived by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV); and
WHEREAS the intent was to foster unity among survivors and advocates from across the country; and
WHEREAS in October 1987, the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month was observed. That same year
marks the initiation of the first national domestic violence toll-free hotline; and
WHEREAS under current Michigan law, domestic violence is defined as a pattern of behavior in which an
individual uses physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, or economic abuse to control another person;
and
WHEREAS other acts of domestic violence include yelling, humiliation, stalking, manipulation, coercion,
threats, isolation, stealing a paycheck, online stalking, non-stop texting, consistent use of the silent
treatment or insults; and
WHEREAS domestic violence affects millions, both womeAAO men, of every race, religion, culture and
status; and
WHEREAS statistics show that one in three women and one in four men have been victims of some form
of physical and emotional abuse by an intimate partner within their lifetime; and
WHEREAS in Michigan, one in three families are impacted by domestic violence; and
WHEREAS in 2019, 4,529 women, men and children fell victim to domestic violence in Oakland County,
including 9 fatal incidents according to Michigan Incident Crime Reporting. In almost all instances, the use
of a weapon was reported; and
WHEREAS in the last 30 years, the overall rate of domestic violence dropped nearly two-thirds and state
laws have addressed issues such as dating abuse in the workplace, stalking, employment discrimination
and more; and
WHEREAS unfortunately, many instances of domestic violence remain unreported due to numerous
barriers, including the stigma that still surrounds and prevents survivors from coming forward; and
WHEREAS we must work together to bring awareness, to educate society about what can be done to
prevent domestic violence, to support the individual and unique needs of survivors, and to ensure that
survivors are not re -victimized.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners declares October
2020 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Oakland County and strongly supports the efforts of
national, state, and local partners, as well as every citizen, to actively engage in public and private efforts
to prevent domestic violence.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #20427 September 23, 2020
Moved by Gershenson seconded by Markham to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#20427 — Board of Commissioners — Declaring October 2020 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in
Oakland County.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #20427 — Board of Commissioners— Declaring October 2020 as Domestic Violence Awareness
Month in Oakland County carried.
Moved by Gershenson seconded by McGillivray the resolution be adopted
AYES: Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson,
Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Middleton, Miller, Nelson,
Powell, Quarles. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
Moved by Spisz seconded by Weipert 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.
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1 HERE -BY 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 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.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County