HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.05.26 - 34519MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #211, #21200 May 26, 2021
BY: Commissioners Penny Luebs, District#16; 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; Yolanda Charles, District #17; Janet Jackson,
District #21; Karen Joliat, District #4; Eileen Kowall, District #6; Marcia Gershenson, District #13; 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 Gwen Markham, District#9
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - DESIGNATING MAY 2021 AS NATIONAL DRUG COURT
MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS drug courts, also referred to as treatment courts, are an essential component of our justice
system, saving vast criminal justice resources and offering an alternative to incarceration all the while
keeping individuals engaged with their communities; and
WHEREAS treatment courts have been restoring lives and families for more than three decades, and
WHEREAS there are now more than 4,000 treatment courts programs nationwide which have served 1.5
million individuals, according to the National Drug Court Resource Center; and
WHEREAS drug courts are the cornerstone of justice reform sweeping the nation and are now recognized
as the most successful justice system intervention in our nation's history; and
WHEREAS they significantly improve substance use disorder treatment outcomes, substantially reduce
addiction and related crime, and do so at less expense than any other criminal justice strategy; and
WHEREAS treatment courts improve education, employment, housing, and financial stability, promote
family reunification, reduce foster care placements, and increase the rate of addicted mothers delivering
babies who are fully drug free; and
WHEREAS according to the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, they save an average of
$6,000 for every individual they serve; and
WHEREAS the hard work and dedication of the judiciary, prosecutors, attorneys, court administration, law
enforcement, clerks of the court, corrections personnel, public health professionals, treatment providers,
treatment court staff and many others have had a positive influence on the Oakland County residents they
serve and the communities they live in; and
WHEREAS Oakland County encourages all citizens to recognize the participants and practitioners who
make drug courts effective and the significant contributions that drug courts have made and continue to
make, in reducing drug use and crime.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners designates the
month of May 2021 as National Drug Court Month in Oakland County and further recognizes the significant
contributions treatment courts have made toward reducing substance abuse, crime and recidivism while
saving valuable resources.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Kochenderfer and Jackson absent.
Resolution #21200 May 26, 2021
Moved by Moss seconded by Luebs the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Charles, Gershenson, Hoffman, Jackson, Joliat, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs,
Markham, McGillivray, Miller, Moss, Nelson, Powell, Spisz, Weipert, Woodward, Cavell. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda were adopted
(with accompanying reports being accepted).
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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 May 26, 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 26th day of May, 2021.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County