HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.05.26 - 34521MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION' #21202 May 26, 2021
BY: Commissioners David T. Woodward, District #19; Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Charlie Cavell,
District 18; Michael Spisz, District #3; Adam Kochenderfer, District #15; Thomas Kuhn, District #11;
Christine Long, District #7; Gary McGillivray, District #20; Chuck Moss, District #12; Philip Weipert, District
#8; Penny Luebs, District #16; Yolanda Charles, District #17; 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; Bob Hoffman, District #2; and Michael Gingell, District #1
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - DECLARATION OF JUNE 4, 2021 AS NATIONAL GUN
VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY IN OAKLAND COUNTY AND SUPPORT THE WEAR ORANGE
CAMPAIGN
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS people across the country will be wearing orange to pay tribute to the 38,000 people who
are killed annually by guns in our country; and
WHEREAS sadly, for every person killed by guns, an average of two more are wounded; and
WHEREAS gun deaths take many forms including suicides, cases of domestic violence, accidental
shootings, and homicides; and
WHEREAS by proclaiming June 4, 2021 as National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Oakland County
will be joining hundreds of other communities across the county to bring attention to these tragedies;
and
WHEREAS the color orange has been chosen because it is bright and is the color that hunters wear
for gun safety as a way to protect their own lives and the lives of others; and
WHEREAS the color orange has been selected to be a symbol for the value of human life and the
Wear Orange Campaign is dedicated to honoring the lives of Americans affected by gun violence and
elevating the voices of every American who demands an end to gun violence; and
WHEREAS the first National Gun Violence Awareness Day was held on June 2, 2015 and the date
chosen by the fellow classmates of Hadiya Pendleton, to pay tribute to their 15-year-old honor student
classmate who was shot and killed in Chicago about a week after she and her classmates performed
at President Obama's second inauguration; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioner renew its commitment to reduce gun violence
and pledge to do all we can to keep firearms out of the wrong hands, and encourage responsible gun
ownership to help keep our children safe; and
WHEREAS June 4, 2021 is recognized as National Gun Violence Awareness Day to honor Hadiya
Pendleton and all the other victims and survivors of gun violence.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
recognizes June 4, 2021 as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners proudly support the
Wear Orange Campaign and urge residents and visitors to wear orange on June 4th to show support
for ending gun violence in America.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this
adopted resolution to Oakland County elected officials and the National Safety Council.
Cha'rperson, w ve th doption of the foregoing resolution.
Commissioner David T. Woodward Commissioner MVrcia Gershenson
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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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LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Kochenderfer and Jackson absent.
Resolution #21202 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).
RESOLUTION TO BECOME EFFrCTIvf
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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 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 261h day of May, 2021.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County