HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.11.19 - 33898REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20579 - - - BY: Commissioners Janet Jackson, District #21; Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Bob Hoffman, District
#2; Helaine Zack, District #18; Michael Spisz, District #3; Shelley Taub, District #12; Angela Powell, District
#10; Gwen Markham, District#9; Kristen Nelson, District#5; Nancy Quarles, District#17; and Penny Luebs,
District #16; Michael Gingell, District #1; Tom Middleton, District #4; Eileen Kowall, District #6; Christine
Long, District #7; Philip Weipert, District #8, Tom Kuhn, District #11, William Miller, District #14; Adam
Kochenderfer, District #15; David Woodward, District #19; and Gary McGillivray, District #20
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - DECLARING NOVEMBER 19, 2020 AS WORLD
PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS DAY IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS pancreatic cancer surpassed breast cancer to become the third leading cause of cancer death
in the United States, and it is projected to become the second leading cause by 2020; and
WHEREAS currently, there is no standard screening test or early detection method to diagnose pancreatic
cancer; and
WHEREAS when symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves it is generally in later stages, and 71
percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first year of their diagnosis, while 91 percent of
pancreatic cancer patients die within the first five years; and
WHEREAS in 2020, an estimated 57,600 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United
States, and 47,050 people will die from the disease; and
WHEREAS approximately 1,720 deaths will occur in Michigan in 2020; and
WHEREAS the importance of education and knowledge about this disease cannot be overstated and
contributes to the ability to lead a healthy, balanced, and productive life; and
WHEREAS the good health and well-being of the residents of Oakland County are enhanced as a direct
result of increased awareness about the symptoms and risk factors of pancreatic cancer, and research into
early detection, causes, and effective treatments.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners declares
November 19, 2020, as World Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to forward
copies of the adopted resolution to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network - Detroit Affiliate.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Commissioner B66 Hoffman
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Commis loner Michael Spisz
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Commissioner A geh la Power
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Commissioner Kristen Nelson
District #5
Commissioner Marcia Gershenson
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Commissioner Helain
District #18
Commissioner ell Taub
District #12
Commissioner Gwen Markham
District #9
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Commissioner Nancy Quarles
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C mmis io er Penny Lu bs
District #16
Commissioner Tom Middleton
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District #7
Commissioner Tom Kuhn
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Commissioner David Woodward
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Resolution #20579 November 19, 2020
Moved by Jackson seconded by Long to suspend the rules and vote on M scellaneous Resolution #20579
— Board of Commissioners — Declaring November 19, 2020 as World Parcreatic Cancer Awareness Day
in Oakland County.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #20579 — Board of Commissioners— Declaring November 19, 2020 as World Pancreatic Cancer
Awareness Day in Oakland County carried.
Moved by Jackson seconded by Long the resolution be adopted
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Middleton, Miller,
Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman,
Jackson. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
Moved by Kowall seconded by Jackson to add the names of all Commissioners who voted in favor as co-
sponsors of the resolution.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to add the names of all Commissioners who voted in
favor as co-sponsors of the resolution carried.
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1 HEREBYAP ROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANTTO 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 November 19,
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 191h day of November, 2020.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County