HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.09.29 - 34884BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
September 29, 2021
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #21-370
Sponsored By: Angela Powell, David Woodward, Charles Cavell, Marcia Gershenson, Christine Long, Charles
Moss, Philip Weipert, Penny Luebs, Yolanda Smith Charles, Karen Joliat, Eileen Kowall, Gwen Markham,
William Miller III, Kristen Nelson, Thomas Kuhn, Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell, Janet Jackson, Robert
Hoffman, Adam Kochenderfer, Gary McGillivray
1N RE: Designating September 17 - 23, 2021 as Constitution Week in Oakland County
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS the United States Constitution stands as a testament to the tenacity of Americans throughout
history to maintain their liberties, freedoms, and inalienable rights; and
WHEREAS September 17, 2021, marks the 234th anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United
States of America by the Constitutional Convention; and
WHEREAS the United States Constitution secured our commitment to freedom and democracy, a commitment
which has guided us through more than two centuries of enormous growth and change; and
WHEREAS the 234th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution provides a historic opportunity for citizens
of Oakland County to pay tribute to our Founding Fathers and to reflect on the rights, privileges, and
responsibilities of citizenship; and
WHEREAS Constitution Week is a time to emphasize Oakland County citizens' responsibilities for protecting
and defending the Constitution.
NOW THERE FORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby declares
September 17 — 23, 2021, as Constitution Week in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners asks the citizens of
Oakland County to reaffirm the ideals the Framers of the Constitution had in 1787 by vigilantly protecting the
freedoms guaranteed to us through this guardian of our liberties, remembering that lost rights may never be
regained.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to forward
copies of this adopted resolution to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Michigan Council for Social
Studies, Michigan Center for Civic Education, Oakland Schools, Oakland County Bar Association, Oakland
County Circuit Court, Oakland County Clerics Association, and the Oakland Chamber Network.
Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Angela Powell, David
Woodward, Charles Cavell, Marcia Gershenson, Christine Long, Charles Moss, Philip Weipert, Penny
Luebs, Yolanda Smith Charles, Karen Joliat, Eileen Kowall, Gwen Markham, William Miller 111,
Kristen Nelson, Thomas Kuhn, Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell, Janet Jackson, Robert Hoffman, Adam
Kochenderfer, Gary McGillivray.
Date: October 07, 2021
Lisa Brown, County Clerk i Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2021-09-14 Legislative Affairs & Government Operations - Recommend to Board
2021-09-29 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Yolanda Smith Charles seconded by Cormmissioner Penny Luebs to adopt the
attached Resolution: Designating September 17 - 23, 2021 as Constitution Week in Oakland County.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Gingell, Michael Spisz, Karen Johat, Kristen Nelson, Eileen Kowall,
Christine Long, Philip Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Thomas Kuhn, Charles Moss, Marcia
Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet Jackson, Gary
McGillivray, Robert Hoffman (20)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: (0)
The Motion Passed.
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STATE OF MICIIIGAN)
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 September 29, 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 on Wednesday, September 29, 2021.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk /Register of Deeds