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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 7, 2009 <br />SUBJECT: Proclamation for Bill of Rights Day in Orange County <br />DEPARTMENT: BOCC <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />— Proclamation <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Valerie Foushee, Chair, Orange County <br />Commissioners, 245 -2130 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation to recognize December 15, 2009 as Bill of Rights Day <br />in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, commonly know as the Bill <br />of Rights, were ratified on December 15, 1791. <br />The Bill of Rights protects every person of this nation providing freedom of speech, freedom of <br />the press, and freedom of the people to peacefully assemble. <br />The amendments also grant the right to privacy within one's home, free of searches and <br />seizures in the absence of probable cause. <br />Local governments will participate in a Bill of Rights ceremony at 12:00 Noon on December 15, <br />2009 in Chapel Hill and Commissioners are invited to attend and participate. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the attached <br />proclamation recognizing December 15, 2009 as Bill of Rights Day in Orange County and <br />authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation. <br />