HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.08.05 - 34782MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #21315 August 5, 2021
BY: Commissioner Kristen Nelson, Chairperson, Legislative Affairs and Government Operations Committee
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — REVISION TO PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
EXECUTIVE OFFICER APPOINTMENT PROCESS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission (OCPRC) is a statutorily created body
which is "an agency of the county," pursuant to MCL 46.351(4); and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, pursuant to MCL 46.351(4) "may make rules
and regulations with respect to the [OCPRC] as the board of commissioners considers advisable;" and
WHEREAS the OCPRC "may employ such personnel as may be authorized by the board of
[commissioners], including an executive officer," pursuant to MCL 46.366; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, as the governing body of the county, directs a
policy change for the appointment of the Executive Officer position to the Parks and Recreation
Commission.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby revises
the appointment process of the Executive Officer position of the OCPRC effective immediately.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon all vacancies in the Executive Officer position, the OCPRC shall,
by majority vote of the Parks Commissioners appointed and serving, advance a recommendation to the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners for a candidate to fill the Executive Officer position.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the candidate recommended by the OCPRC shall not become the
Executive Officer unless and until the candidate is approved and confirmed by majority vote of the elected
and serving members of the Board of Commissioners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds provide a copy of this
resolution to the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Legislative Affairs and Government Operations Committee, I move the adoption
of the foregoing resolution.
Commissioner Kristen Nelson, District #5
Chairperson, Legislative Affairs and Government
Operations Committee
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Resolution #21315 August 5, 2021
Moved by Gingell seconded by Luebs the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted.
AYES: Gingell, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Miller,
Moss, Nelson, Powell, Spisz, Weipert, Woodward, Cavell, Charles, Gershenson. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda were adopted.
HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTIOhi
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 August 5, 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 5t^ day of August, 2021.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County