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OAKLAND COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS MINUTES
June 12, 2008
Meeting called to order by Republican Caucus Chairperson Eileen Kowall at 8:40 a.m. in the Courthouse
Committee Room A, 1200 N. Telegraph Road, Pontiac, Michigan.
Roll called.
REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Bullard, Crawford, Douglas, Gingell, Gosselin,
Jacobsen, Kowall, Long, Middleton, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott. (13)
EXCUSED ABSENCE WITH NOTICE: None. (0)
Quorum present.
Moved by Middleton supported by Gosselin the minutes of the May 22, 2008 Republican Caucus be
approved.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the minutes were approved.
Commissioner Tom Middleton introduced Dave Wagner, Independence Township Supervisor, to the
Republican Caucus.
Republican Caucus Chairperson, Eileen Kowall, introduced Jeanne Blake, County Commissioner –
District 17 candidate, to the Republican Caucus.
There was no public comment.
The members of the Republican Caucus discussed the Board Agenda.
Republican Caucus Chairperson, Eileen Kowall, welcomed L. Brooks Patterson to the Republican
Caucus.
Commissioner Sue Ann Douglas introduced a proposed resolution entitled Board of Commissioners –
Michigan Structural Deficit.
Democratic Commissioner David Woodward introduced proposed resolutions entitled Board of
Commissioners – Oakland County Court Appointed Attorney’s Annual Salary Increase, Board of
Commissioners – Oakland County Joins Sierra Club Cool Counties Initiative, and Board of
Commissioners – Creation of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Task Force to the Republican Caucus.
Democratic Commissioner Mattie Hatchett introduced a proposed Amendment to the Merit System
Resolution to the Republican Caucus.
Commissioner David Potts stated the need for three Public Hearings to be set for the regular Board of
Commissioners meeting on July 17, 2008.
Republican Caucus Minutes Continued. June 12, 2008
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Commissioner David Potts, Deputy County Executive Gerald Poisson, County Executive L. Brooks
Patterson, Court Administrator Kevin Oeffner, and Administrative Director Larry Doyle addressed the
Republican Caucus regarding a proposed resolution entitled Board of Commissioners – Oakland County
Court Appointed Attorney’s Annual Salary Increase.
The Republican Caucus adjourned at 9:17 a.m. until July 17, 2008, at 8:30 a.m.
RUTH JOHNSON EILEEN KOWALL
Clerk Caucus Chairperson