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Miscellaneous Resolution # 08021
BY: Commissioner Mattie Hatchett, District #10
RE: Board of Commissioners — Approval of Fee Waiver for Use of the Board of
Commissioners' Auditorium for the 16 th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major
for Justice Oral Advocacy Competition
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioner's Auditorium is made available to the public
for a reasonable rental fee; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners has established a policy that in order to
waive the rental fee for the use of the Auditorium, the request must be referred to the General
Government Committee, which is to submit its recommendation to the full Board; and
WHEREAS the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association, the Association of Black Judges of Michigan
and the Wolverine Bar Association are hosting the 16 th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum
Major for Justice Oral Advocacy Competition on March 1, 2008, in the Board of Commissioners'
Auditonum; and
WHEREAS this event is the premier oral advocacy competition in the metropolitan area and
promotes the written and oral communication skills of 11 th and 12Ih grade students from high schools
in Oakland and Wayne Counties.
WHEREAS the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Oral Advocacy Competition
provides a tremendous public purpose by encouraging students to develop and improve their
analytical and writing skills; and
WHEREAS the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association is requesting the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners to waive the rental fee for the use of the Auditorium on March 1, 2008, for the Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Oral Advocacy Competition.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, having
reviewed the fee waiver request from the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association in order to host the
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Oral Advocacy Competition, hereby approves and
authorizes the Auditorium to be made available at no charge to this organization for that purpose.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this
adopted resolution to the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association and Oakland County Circuit Court
Judge Denise Langford Morris.
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Resolution #08021 January 17, 2008
The Chairperson refers ed the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.