HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.12.07 - 33994MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20665
BY: Commissioners Thomas Kuhn, District#11; Commissioner Adam Kochenderfer, District#15; Shelley
Taub, District#12; Helaine Zack, District#18; Bob Hoffman, District#2; Michael Gingell, District#1; Michael
Spisz, District #3; Thomas Middleton, District #4; Kristen Nelson, District #5; Eileen Kowall, District #6;
Christine Long, District #7; Philip Weipert, District #8; Gwen Markham, District #9; Angela Powell, District
#10; Marcia Gershenson, District #13; William Miller, District #14; Penny Luebs, District #16; Nancy
Quarles, District #17; David Woodward, District #19; Gary McGillivray, District #20; and Janet Jackson,
District #21
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT TO PRIORITIZE MICHIGAN TEACHERS AND
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE WORKERS TO RECEIVE THE COVID-19 VACCINE
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners declare
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS in the coming week, two COVID-19 vaccines will be considered by the Food and Drug
Administration for authorization to gain control over the coronavirus pandemic; and
WHEREAS the U.S. will be poised to embark on the first phase of the largest mass -vaccination effort in our
nation's history; and
WHEREAS State governors will ultimately make the final decision on who will receive the first doses of the
vaccine, most likely based on recommendations made by the CDC; and
WHEREAS it is anticipated that U.S. health-care workers and others on the front lines battling the
coronavirus will be first to receive the vaccine; and
WHEREAS the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has indicated that "workers
in essential and critical industries" who are part of the priority group will be next in line to receive the vaccine;
and
WHEREAS the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
has listed K-12 personnel as "essential critical infrastructure workers"; and
WHEREAS many states and school districts have followed suit and deemed teachers and other school -
based personnel as essential workers; and
WHEREAS teachers and non -instructional staff in Michigan and across the U.S. are continuing the
education of children in K-12 through in -person classroom instruction or through on-line instruction; and
WHEREAS teachers, non -instructional staff, parents, children, and communities have a vested interest in
fully opening schools for in -person instruction in a safe manner as quickly as possible; and
WHEREAS once the vaccines are approved, governors nationwide must prioritize vaccinating teachers and
non -instructional staff for schools to reopen without delay; and
WHEREAS the vaccination of teachers and non -instructional staff provides a multitude of benefits— protects
their health as well as the children's, addresses parents' concerns about their children falling behind without
in -person instruction, enhances teachers', non -instructional staff's and children's emotional well-being and
socialization, allows in many situations, for parents to return to work, and many other benefits; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recognizes the importance of prioritizing the
vaccination of teachers and non -instructional staff and the multitude of benefits it will provide to teachers,
non -instructional staff, parents, children, and businesses across our local communities; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners also recognizes the importance of prioritizing the
vaccination of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners calls upon
Michigan's Governor to prioritize Michigan teachers and non -instructional staff in receiving the vaccination
against COVID-19 in order to reopen schools, return all children in K-12 back into the classroom for in -
person instruction and the multitude of benefits that will be provided to our local communities.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners also calls upon Michigan's
Governor to prioritize EMS workers in receiving the vaccination against COVID-19.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this adopted
resolution to the Governor of the State of Michigan, the Lt. Governor of the State of Michigan, State Senate
Majority and Minority Leaders, the State House Speaker and Minority Leader, members of the Oakland
County delegation to the Michigan Legislature, Michigan Association of Counties, Michigan Education
Association, Oakland Schools Administration, the Board of Commissioner's Legislative Lobbyist, the
Michigan Congressional Delegation, and any group or entity identified by the Oakland County Health
Department.
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Commissioner Kristen Nelson
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Commissioner Gwen Markham
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Commissioner William Miller
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Commissioner Angela Powell
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Resolution #20665 December 7, 2020
Moved by Kuhn seconded by Kochenderfer to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#20665 — Board of Commissioners — Support to Prioritize Michigan Teachers to Receive the COVID-19
Vaccine.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #20665 — Board of Commissioners — Support to Prioritize Michigan Teachers to Receive the
COVID-19 Vaccine carried.
Moved by Kuhn seconded by Kochenderfer the resolution be adopted
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs,
Markham, McGillivray, Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert,
Woodward, Zack,. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
Moved by Kochenderfer 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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THIS PIESOLUTION
I HEI't`BY y PE+O4 EXECUTIVE
CHIEF DEFU-ry COUNTY
P.CTIN I PURSUANT TO MCL 45 559A V)
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 December 7,
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 7th day of December, 2020.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County