HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2022.06.07 - 35589June 7, 2022
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #22-209
Sponsored By: David Woodward, Marcia Gershenson
Board of Commissioners - Resolution Recognizing Juneteenth (June 19th) as an Oakland County
Government Holiday for 2022
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS according to the National Registry, Juneteenth, June 19th, is the oldest nationally celebrated
commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States; and
WHEREAS it was on June 19, 1865, that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at
Galveston, Texas, and received the news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners and County Executive recognize the significance of
Juneteenth and supports Juneteenth as a monumental date in the history of our nation; and
WHEREAS on June 1, 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court issued an order that June 19th become a recognized
Court holiday, requiring all courts in the State of Michigan to close in observance of the holiday; and
WHEREAS Oakland County proposes to authorize Juneteenth as a holiday for all County employees and
promotes County employees to support and celebrate Juneteenth; and
WHEREAS due to the short notice of the Supreme Court’s decision, this authorization will be for Fiscal Year
2022 only to allow the Oakland County administration time to evaluate the impact of recognizing Juneteenth as
a permanent Oakland County holiday; and
WHEREAS Oakland County’s collective bargaining agreements contain language adopting a “me too” for any
changes in benefits provided to non-represented employees; and
WHEREAS Human Resources will work with all unions to adopt a Letter of Understanding to address the paid
holiday for FY 2022 only; and
WHEREAS the County budgets for full employment of all authorized positions, whereby, there would be no
change to the individual position budgeting process; and
WHEREAS 24 hours, seven (7) days per week operations will incur additional overtime as a result of the
proposed Juneteenth holiday in 2022; and
WHEREAS holiday overtime costs for the Juneteenth, June 19th, holiday are estimated at $370,000, which
includes estimated salaries of $273,000 and estimated related fringe benefits of $97,000; and
WHEREAS the estimated impact by fund type is $322,000 for General Fund/General Purpose funds, $40,000
for Proprietary funds, and $8,000 for Special Revenue Funds; and
WHEREAS funding for the General Fund/General Purpose 24 hours, seven (7) days per week operations for
the proposed Juneteenth holiday primarily impacts the Sheriff’s Office and Children’s Village and there is FY
2022 forecasted favorability in the personnel budget category for those areas; and
WHEREAS there is an amount in the non-departmental General Fund Overtime Reserve line item that can be
used in the future if needed.
NOW THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
authorizes the closing of all applicable Oakland County Government facilities and operations on June 20, 2022,
to allow represented and non-represented County employees to have the day off with pay, in order to provide
Oakland County employees the opportunity to support and celebrate Juneteenth.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this is authorized for FY 2022 only to allow the Oakland County Board
of Commissioners and the County Executive to work collaboratively to address Juneteenth in the future.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the estimated Holiday overtime costs for the Juneteenth holiday is
$370,000 which represent $322,000 for General Fund/General Purpose Funds, $40,000 for Proprietary funds,
and $8,000 for Special Revenue Funds.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Non-Departmental General Fund Overtime Reserve Line Item is
available for the General Fund/General Purpose 24 hours, seven (7) days per week operations holiday overtime
costs for the proposed Juneteenth holiday and with the Overtime Reserve re-allocated to the respective General
Fund/General Purpose departments as needed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the various Special Revenue and Proprietary Fund with 24 hours, seven
(7) days per week operations will be required to cover costs from their respective operating funds.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no budget amendment is required at this time.
Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: David Woodward,
Marcia Gershenson.
Date: June 09, 2022
David Woodward, Commissioner
Date: June 09, 2022
David Coulter, Oakland County Executive
Date: June 17, 2022
Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-06-07 Full Board - request for suspension of the rules
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Marcia Gershenson seconded by Commissioner Angela Powell to adopt the
attached Resolution: Recognizing Juneteenth (June 19th) as an Oakland County Government Holiday for 2022.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Gingell, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell,
Charles Moss, Marcia Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs,
Janet Jackson, Gary McGillivray, Adam Kochenderfer (15)
No: Michael Spisz, Eileen Kowall, Christine Long, Philip Weipert, Thomas Kuhn, Robert Hoffman (6)
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