HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2008.12.11 - 9417December 11, 2008
REPORT MR # 08253
BY: Public_ Services Committee, Jeff Potter, Chairperson
RE: Board of Commissioners — Appoint Commissioner to the Oakland County
MSU Extension Advisory Council
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Public Services Committee having reviewed MR #08253 on December 2, 2008
Reports with the recommendation the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Services Committee, I move the acceptance of the
foregoing report.
PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE
Public Services Committee Vote:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Gregory absent
Chairperson, I move the foregoing resolution.
homas F. Middleton, Dist. 1k
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #08253
BY Commissioners Thomas F. Middleton, District 4
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - APPOINT COMMISSIONER TO THE OAELAND
COUNTY MEU EXTENSION ADVISORY COUNCIL
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS in 1912 the Michigan Legislature authorized county boards of
supervisors to appropriate funds and levy taxes to further teaching and
demonstration of university research through a local network of
Extension professionals, and
WHEREAS two years later, Congress passed the Smith-Lever act of 1914,
which created the Cooperative Extension Service and directed the
nation's Land-grant colleges to oversee its work, and
WHEREAS the mission of the Michigan State University Extension is to
help people improve their lives through an educational process that
applies knowledge to critical issues, needs and opportunities, and
WHEREAS through educational programs, information, activities and
events Extension staff help residents better understand their
environment, make the best use of their resources and enhance the
quality of life: for themselves, their families and their communities,
and,
WHEREAS the Oakland County - MSU Extension is publicly funded from
three sources, the federal government, state government and the Oakland
County Board of Commissioners, and
WHEREAS the Oakland County FY 2009 budget allocates $1.2 million
dollars to the Oakland County - MSU Extension, and
WHEREAS the Oakland County MSU Extension has created an Advisory
Council composed of interested citizens and stakeholders, and
WHEREAS the Oakland County MSU Extension has requested that a member of
the Board of Commissioners be appointed to its Advisory Council.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners authorizes the Chairperson to appoint one of its members
to the Oakland County - MSU Extension Advisory Council.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the appointment is to be consistent with
the term of office of the commissioner.
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Resolution #08253 November 6, 2008
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Public Services Committee. There were no objections.
Resolution #08253 December 11, 2008
Moved by Rogers supported by Clark the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda
be adopted (with accompanying rpoi ts eltrt,up-ted).
AYES: Burns, Clark, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson. Gingell, Gosselin, Gregory,
Greimel, Hatchett, Jacobsen, Kowa, Long, Middleton, Nash, Potts, Rogers, Scott, Spector,
Woodward, Zack, Bullard. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda were adopted (with accompanying repurb beirly ducepted).
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, Ruth Johnson, 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 December
11, 2008, 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 County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 11th day of December, 2008.
GRA
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk