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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 16, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 4--qq <br />SUBJECT: Resolution Supporting An Alternative Method of Recognizing Veterans Status <br />for Merchant Marine Seamen from World War II <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Draft Resolution with Attachment <br />Letter of Request <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Laura Blackmon, 245-2300 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a Resolution Supporting An Alternative Method of Recognizing <br />Veterans Status for Merchant Marine Seamen from World War II. <br />BACKGROUND: Some Commissioners were recently contacted and asked if the Board would <br />consider adopting a resolution supporting an alternative method of recognizing veterans status <br />for merchant marine seamen from World War II. Records that would otherwise provide the <br />required basis for this recognition were discarded by the National Maritime Administration due <br />to their volume and limited use. <br />North Carolina counties including Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans, and Wilson <br />have adopted resolutions similar to the one attached. Beaufort, Chowan, Craven, Dare, Duplin, <br />Gates, Granville, Greene, Hertford, Jones, Lenoir, Nash, Martin, Pitt and Washington counties <br />have also recently considered and/or adopted a similar resolution. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with adoption of the resolution. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board adopt the Resolution <br />Supporting An Alternative Method of Recognizing Veterans Status for Merchant Marine <br />Seamen from World War II and authorize the Chair to sign the resolution. <br />