HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.04.29 - 34377REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #21168
BY: Commissioners Yolanda Charles, District #17; Bob Hoffman, District #2; Adam Kochenderfer, District
#15; Thomas Kuhn, District #11; Christine Long, District #7; Gary McGillivray, District #20; Chuck Moss,
District #12; Philip Weipert, District #8; Charlie Cavell, District #18; Penny Luebs, District #16; Janet
Jackson, District #21; Karen Joliat, District #4; Eileen Kowall, District #6; Gwen Markham, District #9;
William Miller, District#14; Kristen Nelson, District#5; Angela Powell, District#10; David Woodward, District
#19; Michael Spisz, District #3; Michael Gingell, District #1; and Marcia Gershenson, District #13
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - RECOGNITION OF MAY 3 - 7, 2021 AS TEACHER
APPRECIATION WEEK IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Oakland County School Teachers are responsible for shaping the hearts and minds of our
children in order to ensure they all have an equal chance at success in life through education; and
WHEREAS our Teachers spend countless hours preparing lessons, creating safe and loving school
cultures, building deep partnerships with families and communities, collaborating with colleagues, and
reflecting on their craft; and
WHEREAS with the current state of COVID-19. Teachers have been given many challenges in this
unprecedented new remote learning environment and spend countless hours to prepare, learn, and
implement innovative approaches to engage our students and families; and
WHEREAS Teachers continue to influence students long after school days are completed; and
WHEREAS a Teacher's dedication goes above and beyond expectations to fill many roles, such as:
counselors, mentors, role models, coaches, and motivators even after graduation; and
WHEREAS our communities and country's future depend upon Teachers providing a quality education to
all our students; and
WHEREAS the communities in Oakland County are forever grateful and support Oakland County Teachers
and all Teachers across the Nation in educating the children in their communities.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners appreciates and
recognizes the dedication of all Oakland County School Teachers and hereby designates May 3 — 7, 2021
as Teacher Appreciation Week in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners strongly encourages all members of our
local communities to join in the celebration and to personally express appreciation to our Teachers for their
dedication and devotion to their work and our children.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #21168 April 29, 2021
Moved by Charles seconded by Long to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution #21168
— Board of Commissioners — Recognition of May 3-7, 2021 as Teacher Appreciation Week in Oakland
County.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #21168 — Board of Commissioners — Recognition of May 3-7 as Teacher Appreciation Week in
Oakland County carried.
Moved by Charles seconded by Long the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
AYES: Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Miller, Moss, Nelson, Powell, Spisz, Weipert, Woodward,
Cavell, Charles, Gershenson, Hoffman, Jackson, Joliet, Kowall, Kuhn, Long. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
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HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
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 April 29, 2021,
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 29t^ day of April, 2021.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County