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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #08174
BY Commissioner Tim Greimel, District #11 and Commissioner Mattie McKinney-Hatchett, District #10
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR PURCHASE AND CONTINUED OPERATION OF
NORTH OAKLAND MEDICAL CENTERS AND SUPPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OAKLAND
UNIVERSITY NURSING SCHOOL AT THE SITE OF POH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies, and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS this Board supports continued access to quality healthcare for Oakland County residents; and
WHEREAS this Board supports the saving and creating of jobs in the difficult economic climate facing
Oakland County; and
WHEREAS the North Oakland Medical Centers hospital is experiencing severe financial hardship and will
likely be forced to close unless it is purchased in the near future; and
WHEREAS a group of phys:cians has formed Oakland Physicians Medical Center, L.L.C. with the intent of
purchasing North Oakland Medical Centers and to continue operating it as a hospital; and
WHEREAS North Oakland Medical Centers and Oakland Physicians Medical Center, L.L.C. must reach an
agreement providing for the sale of North Oakland Medical Centers to Oakland Physicians Medical Center,
L.L.C. in order to ensure that the hospital continues operating and that hundreds of jobs are saved; and
WHEREAS there is an acute shortage of nurses throughout the State of Michigan, including Oakland County;
WHEREAS the shortage of nurses threatens to curtail growth in the healthcare sector, which is potentially one
of the fastest growing economic sectors in Oakland County; and
WHEREAS Oakland University is interested in establishing a nursing school at the site of POH Regional
Medical Center; and
WHEREAS the establishment of such a nursing school would train students to fill high-paying jobs in Oakland
County; and
WHEREAS the establishment of such a nursing school would help to alleviate the snortage of nurses in
Oakland County and the State of Michigan, thereby facilitating continued economic growth in the healthcare
sector; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereoy urges North
Oakland Medical Centers and Oakland Physicians Medical Center, L.L.C. to reach a timely agreement for the
sale of North Oakland Medical Centers to Oakland Physicians Medical Center, L.L.C. in order to facilitate the
continued operation of the hospital.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby endorses the
establishment of a nursing school by Oakland University on the site of POH Regional Medical Center and
encourages all relevant parties to work cooperatively toward that end.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby requests the Oakland
County Clerk to forward copies of this adopted resolution to Governor Jennifer Granholm, to members of the
Oakland County delegation to the Michigan legislature, to Oakland County's legislative lobbyists, to the
President and Chief Executive Officer and to the board of directors of North Oakland Medical Centers, to the
managing member of Oakland Physicians Medical Center, L.L.C., to the Mayor of the City of PonVec, to the
members of the City Council of the City of Pontiac, to the President and Chief Executive Officer and to the
board of directors of POH Regional Medical Center, and to the President and to the members of the Board of
Trustees of Oakland University.
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Resolution #08174 August 21, 2008
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
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