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PAGE 3 WHEREAS, the month of October has been designated Domestic Violence Awareness Month in North Catalina by Governor Martin to focus public attention on the plight of women who ire-.. -~... being battered, and _ WHEREAS, historically and presently women and children have been and are the victims of ~r.'~ violence in their homes, and WHEREAS, the .tragedy of domestic violence affects many women and children in the county of. Orange who need the support and assistance of our community, and WHEREAS, domestic violence must not be tolerated in any of its many forms by a community that values freedom and civil liberties for all its members, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Gommissioners pledge their support to community efforts to end violence against women and urge all citizens to join together and act on the belief that domestic violence is a crime that must not be tolerated in oux community. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. E. REPORTS 1. ORANGE COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL (A copy of the report is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's Offa.ce) Susan Attermeier, Chair and Joyce Taggart the Director of the Gouncil presented the report. In summary, the Council is an all volunteers organization except for one and one half paid staff members. Their goal is to reduce the overall incidence of functional illiteracy in the adult population of Orange County which is estimated to be 25~. Joyce Taggart described the outreach efforts of the organization in northern Orange County. Commissioner Halkiotis suggested contacting the cable TV companies in the area who may be willing to run public service announcements in an effort to locate people who can't .. :read . The main problem the Council has is finding the students. Commissioner Halkiotis "~ offered to put the Gouncil in contact with some resource people who may be able to help A~ in this endeavor. F. ITEMS FOR DECISION = CONSENT AGENDA Motion was made by Commissioner Hartwell, seconded by Commissioner Marshall to approve the items on the Consent Agenda as listed below: 1. BID AWARD FOR MICROCOMPUTERS AND ASSOCIATED E UIPMENT To award the bid for computer hardware to Gomputer Directions and the bid for software to the respective low bidders as shown on bid sheet #144 attached to these minutes_ 2. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT To approve and authorize the Chaix to sign the agreement between the Orange County Health Department and the University of North Carolina for its School of Dentistry and the agreement between the Orange County Health Department Ambulatory Gare Dental Service and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry for its Department of Dental Ecology, pending positive review by the County Attorney and the Director of Purchasing. 3. RENCHER STREET CDBG AREA REGULATORY APPROVAL To approve and authorize the Chair to sign the necessary agreements and applications necessary to receive the appropriate state regulatory review of the public facility improvements design plans for the Rencher Street Area.