ADOPTED - JULY 28, 2009

Agenda Item No. 48

Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT A DONATION FROM THE MEIJER COMPANY FOR HOUSE CALLS, A CESSATION PROGRAM FOR

PREGNANT AND PARENTING WOMEN

RESOLUTION #09-237

WHEREAS, the Health Department is strongly committed to reducing tobacco use in our community, especially among pregnant and parenting women; and

WHEREAS, for the past year the Health Department has offered House Calls, a home-based cessation support program to help pregnant and parenting women stop or reduce smoking; and

WHEREAS, the Meijer Company prides itself in being an asset to the areas they serve and strives to help their service markets become better places to live, work, and play; and

WHEREAS, the Meijer Company desires to donate $5,000.00 to support the House Calls program; and

WHEREAS, this donation from Meijer Company will leverage grant dollars in order to sustain the House Calls program and will assist mothers participating in the program; and

WHEREAS, the Health Officer has recommended that the donation from Meijer be accepted.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes acceptance of a $5,000.00 donation from the Meijer Company to support the House Calls program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller/Administrator is authorized to amend the Health Department’s 2009 Budget in order to implement this Resolution.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners wishes to express their appreciation to the Meijer Company for their donation to the Ingham County Health Department’s - House Calls, a Cessation Program for Pregnant and Parenting Women.

HUMAN SERVICES;  Yeas:  Tennis, Davis, McGrain, Schor, Dougan, Vickers

Nays:  None           Absent:  None    Approved 7/20/09

FINANCE:   Yeas:  Grebner, Nolan, Bahar-Cook, Tennis, Davis, Dougan

 Nays:  None          Absent:  None        Approved 7/22/09