HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.08.05 - 34793MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #21324
BY: Commissioners David T. Woodward, District #19; Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Michael Spisz,
District#3; Michael Gingell, District#1; Bob Hoffman, District#2; Karen Joliet, District#4; Kristen Nelson,
District#5; Eileen Kowall, District#6; Christine Long, District#7; Phil Weipert, District#8; Gwen Markham,
District #9; Angela Powell, District #10; Tom Kuhn, District #11; Chuck Moss, District #12; William Miller,
District #14; Adam Kochenderfer, District #15; Penny Luebs, District #16; Yolanda Charles, District #17;
Charlie Cavell, District #18; Gary McGillivray, District #20; Janet Jackson, District #21
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — REMEMBRANCE OF U.S. SENATOR CARL LEVIN
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the quality of a community is directly related to the quality of those offering their attention,
knowledge and services to the public; and
WHEREAS the aforesaid attributes aptly describe the late U.S. Senator Carl Levin, who unselfishly gave
of his time, energy and effort to honorably serve this state and country and to aid countless citizens; and
WHEREAS U.S. Senator Carl Levin was an exemplary public servant with a career that spanned more than
50 years, including roles at the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, Attorney General's office, Detroit City
Council and the United States Senate; and
WHEREAS known as the "conscience of the United States Senate," U.S. Senator Carl Levin served as
chairman of both the Senate Armed Services Committee and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,
holding the U.S. Defense department, military contractors and corporate leaders to account for cost
overruns, corruption and tax evasion; and
WHEREAS U.S. Senator Carl Levin was the longest serving Senator in Michigan history, serving from 1979
to 2015 and winning broad bipartisan support in his six Senate elections; and
WHEREAS U.S. Senator Carl Levin was so admired for his work on the Armed Services Committee that
the U.S. Navy named a ship for him -a guided missile destroyer known as the U.S.S. Carl M. Levin - which
will launch later this year; and
WHEREAS U.S. San Carl Levin was known as passionate public servant, who would pick up the phone at
any hour to help a Michigander in peril at home or abroad without fanfare or seeking credit; and
WHEREAS it is fitting and proper that the late U.S. Senator Carl Levin be remembered and recognized by
this Board for his selfless contributions and distinguished years of service to the citizens of Michigan, the
United States and for his impact on American history.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners joins with the
residents of Oakland County and the United States and the family and friends of the late U.S. Senator Carl
Levin to publicly acknowledge and honor U.S. Senator Carl Levin for his decades of dedicated public
service.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Miscellaneous Resolution be presented to the
family of the late U.S. Senator Carl Levin in testimony of the high esteem in which he is held by the Oakland
County Board of Commissioners.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Commissioner David Woodward Commissioner ob Hoffman
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CommissionerKristen Nelson Commissioner Michael Spisz
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Resolution #21324
August 5, 2021
Moved by McGillivray seconded by Gingell to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#21324 — Board of Commissioners — Remembrance of U.S. Senator Carl Levin.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #21324 — Board of Commissioners — Remembrance of U.S. Senator Carl Levin carried.
Moved by McGillivray seconded by Moss the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Miller, Moss, Nelson, Powell, Spisz, Weipert, Woodward, Cavell, Charles, Gershenson,
Gingell, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
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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 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 51h day of August, 2021.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County