2001 - Saginaw County

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF SAGINAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
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NOVEMBER 2001
First day of the November Session of the Board of Commissioners of
Saginaw County, Michigan, Tuesday, November 13, 2001. The Board
met pursuant to adjournment at 5:00 p.m.
Honorable Michael P. O'Hare in the Chair.
Deputy Clerk Jannis Corley took roll, quorum present as follows:
PRESENT: Raymond F. Bartels, Thomas A. Basil, Robert D. Blaine,
Jeanine A. Collison, Eddie F. Foxx, James M. Graham, Todd M. Hare,
Kenneth B. Horn, Richard F. Mallette, Michael P. O'Hare, Carl E.
Ruth, Connie D. Smith, Robert M. Woods Jr., Patrick A. Wurtzel -
14
ABSENT: Robert L. Fish - 1
TOTAL: - 15
Vice Chair O'Hare announced Chairman Fish was not feeling well,
and asked everyone to keep him in their prayers.
Commissioner Graham opened the meeting with a prayer, followed by
the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Minutes of the preceding meeting were approved as proofread and
corrected by the Clerk.
AUDIENCES
Vice Chair O'Hare requested the Clerk call on the individuals that
requested audiences.
Sheriff Charles Brown apprised the Board of the excellent
inspection report the Jail received from the State.
Commissioner Bartels read the following proclamation observing the
80th anniversary of the National Association of Retired Federal
Employees.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the National Association of Retired Federal Employees
(NARFE), was founded on February 19, 1921, by fourteen federal
employees with the goal to protect the earned retirement benefits
of federal annuitants, their spouses, and survivors; and,
WHEREAS, NARFE has worked tirelessly for eighty years to protect
the earned benefits of retired and active federal employees; and,
WHEREAS, NARFE has grown to include more than 400,000 members,
with over 1,600 local chapters in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Panama, the Philippines, and Guam; and,
WHEREAS, The County of Saginaw is well represented by NARFE
Chapter 376, with 174 members who embrace the material and social