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BY: Public Service Committee, Bill Dwyer, Chairperson
IN RE: Public Service Announcements Raising Awareness of Video Game Ratings System at
No Cost to Oakland County
To the Oakland County Public Services Committee and Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Public Services Committee recommends that the Board of Commissioners authorizes
members of the Study Group on Gun Violence to tape and broadcast a message making the
public aware of the ratings system of ESRB (Entertainment Software Ratings Board),
conditional upon the activity not requiring the expenditure of county funds and based upon
volunteered efforts. The Public Services Committee further recommends that the content and all
activities of these advertisements be subject to the review and approval of Oakland County
Corporation Counsel prior to production.
The Public Services Committee finds this effort to be a valuable tool for enacting
recommendations in the Committee's Gun Violence Report. Specifically the following action
item:
".....adopt effective policies to not sell violent video games to individuals who do not
meet the ratings requirements printed on the games."
Public Service Announcements will encourage purchasers to be more aware of the ratings
system and content of products they are purchasing. This will be especially helpful during the
upcoming holiday season.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Services Committee, I move the acceptance of the
foregoing report.
Bill Dwyer, District #14
Report November 13, 2013
Moved by Crawford supported by Jackson (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended Consent Agenda
be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingeil, Gosselin, Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson, Long, Matis,
McGillivray, Middleton, Runestad, Scott, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Crawford. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended
Consent Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).