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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
June 7, 2022
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 422-199
Sponsored By: Penny Luebs
Board of Commissioners - Resolution Designating May 2022 as National Drug Court Month in Oakland
County
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS drug courts, also referred as treatment courts, are an essential component of our justice system,
saving vast criminal justice resources and offering an alternative to incarceration all the while keeping
individuals engaged with their communities; and
WHEREAS treatment courts have been restoring lives and families for more than three decades; and
WHEREAS there are now more than 4,000 treatment courts programs nationwide which have served 1.5
million individuals, according to the National Drug Court Resource Center; and
WHEREAS drug courts are the cornerstone of justice reform sweeping the nation and are now recognized as
the most successful justice system intervention in our nation's history; and
WHEREAS they significantly improve substance use disorder treatment outcomes, substantially reduce
addiction and related crime, and do so at less expense than any other criminal justice strategy; and
WHEREAS treatment courts improve education, employment, housing, and financial stability, promote family
reunification, reduce foster care placements, and increase the rate of addicted mothers delivering babies who are
fully drug free; and ,
WHEREAS according to the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, they save an average of $6,000
for every individual they serve; and
WHEREAS the hard work and dedication of the judiciary, prosecutors, attorneys, court administration, law
enforcement, clerks of the court, corrections personnel, ,public health professionals, treatment providers,
treatment court staff and many others have had a'positive influence on the Oakland County residents they serve
and the communities they live in; and
WHEREAS Oakland County encourages all citizens to recognize the participants and practitioners who make
drug courts effective and the significant contributions that drug courts have made and continue to make, in
reducing drug use and crime.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners designates the
month of May 2022 as National Drug Court Month in Oakland County and further recognizes the significant
contributions treatment courts have made toward reducing substance abuse, crime and recidivism while saving
valuable resources.
Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Penny Luebs.
Date: June 07, 2022
David Woodward, Commissioner
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Hilarie Chambers, Deputy, County Executive 11
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Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-05-17 Legislative Affairs & Government Operations - recommend to Board
2022-06-07 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Penny Luebs seconded by Commissioner Eileen Kowall to adopt the attached
Resolution: Designating May 2022 as National Drug Court Month in Oakland County.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Gingell, Michael Spisz, Karen Joliat, 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, Adam Kochenderfer (21)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: (0)
Passed
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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 June 7, 2022, 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 Tuesday, June 7, 2022.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds