HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.06.17 - 34685MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIOW #21272 June 17, 2021
BY: Commissioners William Miller, District#14; Michael J. Gingell, District#1; 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 Joliet, District #4; Eileen Kowall, District #6; Marcia Gershenson, District #13;
Gwen Markham, District #9; Kristen Nelson, District #5; Angela Powell, District #10; David Woodward,
District #19; Michael Spisz, District #3; Bob Hoffman, District #2; and Penny Luebs, District #16
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DESIGNATION OF JUNE 2021 AS IMMIGRANT HERITAGE
MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies, and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Immigrant Heritage Month is a national celebration during the month of June to recognize and
celebrate the accomplishments and contributions immigrants and their children have made in shaping the
history, strengthening the economy and enriching the culture of the United States; and
WHEREAS we have always been a nation of immigrants, and throughout history immigrants from around
the globe and their children have kept the nation safe and protected, the workforce vibrant, kept businesses
across the country on the cutting edge and helped build a robust economy to compete in the global market;
and
WHEREAS generations of immigrants have come to the shores of the U.S. from all corners of the globe;
and as pioneers helped lay the railroads and build cities, develop new industries and fuel the Information
Age, from the telegraph to the smartphone, and
WHEREAS immigrants fought tirelessly in the Revolutionary War and continue to defend the ideals of our
country; between 2002 and 2015 more than 102,000 men and women, including individuals serving in Iraq,
Afghanistan, South Korea, Germany, Japan, and elsewhere, have become U.S. citizens while wearing the
uniform of the United States military; and
WHEREAS more than 70% of agricultural workers in the U.S. are foreign born and have kept farms across
the country in business that provide food to feed our families; and
WHEREAS immigrants start more than one-fourth of all new businesses in the U.S. and immigrants or their
children start more than 40% of Fortune 500 companies; and
WHEREAS those businesses collectively employ tens of millions of people and generate more than
$4,500,000,000,000 in annual revenue; and
WHEREAS our nation's immigrants have contributed vastly to the advances in technology and sciences;
and
WHEREAS the work of immigrants has directly enriched our culture by influencing the performing arts (from
Broadway to Hollywood), academia, art, music, literature, media, fashion, cuisine, customs, and cultural
celebrations enjoyed across the country; and
WHEREAS Oakland County is, and continues to be, home to thousands of immigrants who contribute
immensely to the economic, social, cultural and civic life of Oakland County; and
WHEREAS Oakland County has a long history of welcoming immigrants, with 11.5% of the County's
population being born in another country.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
designates June 2021 as Immigrant Heritage Month in Oakland County and encourages our citizens,
governmental agencies, businesses and schools to celebrate and honor our immigrant past and the shaping
of our immigrant future.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Commissioner William Miller
Distri t
Commissioner Adam Kochen rfer
District #15
Commissioner chael J, Gi gell
District
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Commissioner Thomas Kuhn
District #11
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lenny Luebs
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CommissPhilip Weipert
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tort missioner Christine Long U
Distri ;t #7
(,�Omriissioner Yolanda Charles
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Commissioner Kristen Nelson
Dist #5
Commissioner Eileen Kowall
Di rict#8
Commissioner Abgela Powell
District #10 94 l ' I
Commissioner c#t is Gershenson
District #13
Commi 1 ne o offman
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Comm �s toner Charlie Cavell
District #18 Commis�1�uck Moss z
Di trict #12
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Commissioner gavid T. Woodward
District #19
Commisgoner Michael Spisz
Dis ict#3
Commissioner Gwen Markham
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Com issioner qKen Joliet
District #4
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LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Kochenderfer absent.
Resolution #21272
June 17, 2021
Moved by Gingell seconded by Hoffman the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted.
AYES: Charles, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Joliat, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn,
Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Miller, Moss, Nelson, Spisz, Weipert, Woodward, Cavell. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda were adopted.
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3IGNATUREa
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, 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 June 17, 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 171h day of June, 2021.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County