HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2009.03.26 - 9831Miscellaneous Resolution #09076
BY: Commissioner Janet Jackson, District #21 cvt ileAt\-9 03\4.9 p r2
RE: Board of Commissioners — Support for the Serve America Act
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS in these challenging times, every effort is needed to provide all the Americans, who are
ready and willing to step forward to serve our country, with meaningful volunteer opportunities that
will improve and expand national and community service programs and strengthen the infrastructure
for volunteerism within the nonprofit community, and
WHEREAS the United States Congress recently passed the "GIVE Act," a bill which is intended to
significantly expand community service opportunities and reward young people for their service with
education stipends, and job training; and
WHEREAS the United States Senate is presently considering Senate Bill 277, the "Serve America
Act," which creates opportunities for young people to participate in actively rebuilding and changing
the direction of our country, while providing job training, financial support, education rewards; and
WHEREAS the Serve America Act is a bi-partisan bill that proposes to adopt essential reforms that
will promote service and volunteerism at a time Wien our nation needs it the most; and
WHEREAS the Serve America Act will triple the number of volunteer opportunities for Americans,
from 75,000 to 250,000; and
WHEREAS the Serve America Act will create targeted problem-solving corps that will deploy
Americans of all ages to increase access to job training and placement resources, help raise high
school graduation and college-going ratios, enhance energy efficiency, preserve natural resources,
and improve access to health care; and
WHEREAS the Serve America Act will launch Youth Engagement Zones to involve young people in
high-quality service learning projetAb culd reiuyiiiz.e 'Campuses of Service' that engage students in
service activities, integrate service and learning, and promote service careers; and
WHEREAS the Serve America Act will mobilize skilled Americans to serve in developing countries
around the world to tackle urgent problems, such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, and expand
international service opportunities that would help improve America's connection to the world.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
supports the ideals contained in Senate Bill 277, the "Serve America Act", and the provisions that
would provide tangible benefits to the people and communities we serve by improving the volunteer
experiences of individuals who give of their time, which would help strengthen the nonprofit sector
as a whole.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners urges the quick
passage of Senate Bill 277, the "Serve America Act" in the United States Senate and applauds the
House of Representatives for adopting the GIVE Act.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds forward copies of
this adopted resolution to President Barack Obama, Senator Carl Levin, Senator Deborah
Stabenow, the Oakland County delegation to the United States Congress, the National Association
of Counties, the Michigan Association of Counties, United Way of Southeastern Michigan and
Oakland County's lobbyists.
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Resolution #09076 March 26, 2009
Moved by Jackson supported by Nash to suspend the rules and vote on MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION
#09076 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR THE SERVE AMERICA ACT.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Hatchett, Jackson, McGillivray, Nash, Potter, Potts, Schwartz, Woodward. Zack, Bullard,
Burns, Capella, Coulter, Douglas. Gershenson, Gingell, Greimel. (17)
NAYS: Jacobsen, Long, Middleton, Runestad, Gosselin. (5)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on MISCELLANEOUS
RESOLUTION #09076 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR THE SERVE AMERICA ACT
carried.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Jackson supported by Nash the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Jackson, McGillivray, Nash, Potter, Potts, Schwartz, Woodward, Zack, Bullard, Burns,
Capella, Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Greimel, Hatchett. (17)
NAYS: Jacobsen, Long, Middleton, Runestad, Gosselin. (5)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
DOES NOT UNE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AC11011
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, 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 March 26, 2009.
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 26th day of March, 2009.
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Ruth Johnson, County Clerk