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February 16, 2023
RESOLUTION #2023-2581 _ 23-34
Sponsored By: David Woodward, Penny Luebs, Gary McGillivray, Brendan Johnson, Michael Spisz,
Michael Gingell, Robert Hoffman, Karen Joliat, Angela Powell, Kristen Nelson, Marcia Gershenson,
Christine Long, Philip Weipert, Ajay Raman, Gwen Markham, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith
Charles, Janet Jackson, Charles Cavell
Board of Commissioners - Honoring the Michigan Association of Counties on its 125th
Anniversary
Chair and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS Michigan’s 83 county governments play a central role in the proper delivery of, and
oversight for, critical public services for the state’s approximately 10 million residents; and
WHEREAS Michigan county governments are led by Boards of Commissioners, who are elected from
their communities; and
WHEREAS the State Association of Supervisors of Michigan was formed by representatives of 16
counties on Feb. 1, 1898, in the Senate chamber of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing; and
WHEREAS the association’s name was changed to the Michigan Association of Counties on July 17,
1969; and
WHEREAS the Michigan Association of Counties is the oldest association representing local
governments in Michigan; and
WHEREAS 48 of Michigan’s 83 counties have had at least one of their commissioners (or
supervisors prior to 1968) serve as president of the association’s Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS the association created the Michigan Counties Workers’ Compensation Fund in 1979 to
help county members provide workplace safety and injury insurance services to its employees; and
WHEREAS the association created the Michigan Association of Counties Service Corporation in
1986 to partner with service providers to help counties save money on everything from health
insurance to telecommunications services; and
WHEREAS the association hosts two major conferences every year to bring together county leaders
for briefings on trending public policy issues and to hear from state newsmakers and others; and
WHEREAS the association’s advocacy work in Lansing and beyond has advanced the interests of
county governments and the residents they serve; and
WHEREAS no fewer than five association presidents have served or are serving in the Michigan
Legislature in the 21st century, a testament to the culture of public service inculcated by the
association.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners wishes to
commend and honor the Michigan Association of Counties on its 125th Anniversary year.
Chair, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: David Woodward,
Penny Luebs, Gary McGillivray, Brendan Johnson, Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell, Robert
Hoffman, Karen Joliat, Angela Powell, Kristen Nelson, Marcia Gershenson, Christine Long,
Philip Weipert, Ajay Raman, Gwen Markham, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Janet
Jackson, Charles Cavell.
Date: February 16, 2023
David Woodward, Commissioner
Date: February 21, 2023
Hilarie Chambers, Deputy County Executive II
Date: February 28, 2023
Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2023-02-16 - Full Board - Suspend the Rules; Adopt
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner William Miller III seconded by Commissioner Michael Spisz to adopt the
attached Resolution: Honoring the Michigan Association of Counties on its 125th Anniversary.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell, Penny Luebs, Kristen Nelson, Robert
Hoffman, Philip Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Marcia Gershenson, Janet Jackson,
Gary McGillivray, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Ajay Raman (16)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: Christine Long, Brendan Johnson (2)
Passed
ATTACHMENTS
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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
February 16, 2023, 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 Thursday, February 16, 2023.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk / Register of Deeds