HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.09.23 - 33693REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20429
BY: Commissioners Penny Luebs, District #16; Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Bob Hoffman, District #2;
Gary McGillivray, District #20; Nancy Quarles, District #17; William Miller, District #14; Kristen Nelson,
District #5; Michael Spisz, District #3; Helaine Zack, District #18; Michael Gingell, District #1; Thomas
Middleton, District#4; Eileen Kowall, District#6; Christine Long, District#7; Philip Weipert, District#8; Gwen
Markham, District #9; Angela Powell, District #10; Thomas Kuhn, District #11; Shelley Taub, District #12;
Adam Kochenderfer, District #15; David Woodward, District #19; and Janet Jackson, District #21
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 17 — 23, 2020 AS
CONSTITUTION WEEK IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the United States Constitution stands as a testament to the tenacity of Americans throughout
history to maintain their liberties, freedoms and inalienable rights; and
WHEREAS September 17, 2020, marks the 233rd anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the
United States of America by the Constitutional Convention; and
WHEREAS the United States Constitution secured our commitment to freedom and democracy, a
commitment which has guided us through more than two centuries of enormous growth and change; and
WHEREAS the 233rd anniversary of the signing of the Constitution provides a historic opportunity for
citizens of Oakland County to pay tribute to our Founding Fathers and to reflect on the rights, privileges,
and responsibilities of citizenship; and
WHEREAS Constitution Week is a time to emphasize Oakland County citizens' responsibilities for
protecting and defending the Constitution.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby declares
September 17 —23, 2020, as Constitution Week in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners asks the citizens of
Oakland County to reaffirm the ideals the Framers of the Constitution had in 1787 by vigilantly protecting
the freedoms guaranteed to us through this guardian of our liberties, remembering that lost rights may never
be regained.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to forward
copies of this adopted resolution to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Michigan Council for Social
Studies, Michigan Center for Civic Education, Oakland Schools, Oakland County Bar Association, Oakland
County Circuit Court, Oakland County Clerks Association, and the Oakland Chamber Network.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #20429 September 23, 2020
Moved by Luebs seconded by Weipert to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution #20429
— Board of Commissioners — Designating September 17-23, 2020 as Constitution Week in Oakland County.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #20429 — Board of Commissioners — Designating September 17-23, 2020 as Constitution Week
in Oakland County carried.
Moved by Luebs seconded by Weipert the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall,
Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz,
Taub. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
Moved by Hoffman 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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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 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 231d day of September, 2020.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County