Tuesday’s entire agenda is about guns. Not in a controversy way, in a “here are two specific programs the county is considering funding to get firearms stored safely or removed entirely” way.
🔦 The 3 items worth your attention
The committee will talk through whether to send Safer Communities Fund money to a partnership between Disarmory Ministries and End Gun Violence Michigan that would put biometric gun safes in residents’ hands. The idea is straightforward: if firearms are locked behind a fingerprint reader, they’re harder to access in a moment of crisis or by someone who shouldn’t have them. No dollar figure is attached to the agenda item yet, so this is still a direction conversation, not a final allocation. (8-a)
A second discussion goes a step further. The county would potentially pair Disarmory Ministries with the Oakland County Health Department to physically remove unwanted firearms from residents who want them gone. It’s the kind of program that lives at the intersection of public health and public safety, and pairing a nonprofit that specializes in this with a county agency is the mechanism that would make it scalable. No funding amount is on the table yet either. (8-b)
The committee also takes up a broader brainstorm on future project ideas for the Safer Communities Ad Hoc. That one is exactly what it sounds like. (8-c)
📌 Also notable
The committee receives a communication on Mission Resolution MR #2023-125, the founding document that created the Safer Communities Fund in the first place, useful context if you’ve ever wondered where this committee’s spending authority comes from. (7-a)
There’s also a budget and invoice status update on the fund itself, so commissioners will know how much is left to work with before they start talking about allocating any of it. (7-b)
📣 Public comment
The Safer Communities Ad Hoc meets September 1, 2026. Check the Oakland County Board of Commissioners website at oakgov.com for meeting time, location, and instructions on how to sign up for public comment.
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