Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

WHEREAS, the Council of Ingham County Veterans in 1990 established the Ingham County Veterans= Memorial Monument Committee to raise funds to refurbish and care for the Veterans= Memorial Monument on the Courthouse Grounds; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Veterans= Memorial Monument Committee has approached Ingham County to request that the County resume the responsibility of maintaining the Veterans= Memorial Monument on the Courthouse Grounds Department.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes the Ingham County Purchasing & Properties Department to assume responsibility of the Veterans= Memorial Monument on the Courthouse Grounds as outlined in the attached A PROPOSAL FOR THE INGHAM COUNTY PURCHASING & PROPERTIES DEPARTMENT TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY OF THE VETERANS= MEMORIAL MONUMENT ON THE COURTHOUSE GROUNDS@ .

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Veterans Affairs Office will serve as the liaison between the Veterans groups and the Purchasing & Properties Department for the policy on the placement of any veterans names on the Ingham County Veterans= Memorial Monument and any future major renovations.

HUMAN SERVICES: Yeas: Czarnecki, Grebner, Severino

Nays: None Absent: Smiley, Schmidt Approved 3/6/00

FINANCE: Yeas: Bernero, Grebner, Czarnecki, McDonald, Schafer, Minter, Juall

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 3/8/00