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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. S-~ ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: Apri16, 1999 SUBJECT: Telecommunicator Week Proclamation DEPARTMENT: Orange County Emergency Mgnt Communications ATTACHMENT(S): 1) Proclamation 2) State Proclamation PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1~ INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick Waters TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - - ezt. 3030 Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To proclaim the week of April 11-17,1999, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators' Week, in Orange County. BACKGROUND: James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor of North Carolina, has proclaimed the week of April 11-17,1999, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators' Week, in North Carolina, in recognition of the telecommunicators that work in emergency dispatch centers serving the citizens of this state. Two national organizations also recognize and proclaim this week on behalf of telecommunicators nationwide. The organizations are Association of Public Safety Communications Officials and National Emergency Number Association. Telecommunicators in Orange County are active in both organizations, working toward enhancing the quality of service communications centers provide. Orange County's communications center provides 9-1-1 services to all citizens in the County and dispatches the appropriate emergency service(s) and law enforcement, in time of need. Orange County's telecommunicators are among the highest trained in the State. Telecommunicators provide a valuable service to the citizens and make Orange County a safer place to live. FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A RECOMMENDATON (S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the proclamation designating the week of April 11-17,1999 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators' Week, in Orange County.