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VOTE: AYES, 3; NOS, 2 (Commissioners Brown and Halkiotis)
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<br />C. A_ resolution Recommending the Creation of a State Task Force and Education Program to
<br />Address the Implementation of the Direct Deposit Mandate
<br />Director of Department on Aging, Jerry Passmore summarized the proposal.
<br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to adopt
<br />the resolution as stated below and to send letters, as amended, to Gov. James Hunt, Sec. Robin Britt, and Sec.
<br />Harlan Boyle with copies to: Ms. Bonnie Cramer, Director, Division of Aging; Ms. Doris Dick, Speaker, Tar Heel
<br />Legislature; Ms. Ann Johnson, President, North Carolina Coalition on Aging; Mr. John Denning, Chair,
<br />Governor's Advisory Council on Aging, Mr. David Moser, Director, Triangle J; U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, and U.S.
<br />Sen. Lauch Faircloth; U.S. Rep. Elect David Price; State Sen. Elect Howard Lee, State Sen. Elect Eleanor
<br />Kinnaird; Sate Rep. Elect Verla Insko; and representatives of the Social Security Administration: Mr. R.C.
<br />Tysinger, Area Director and Mr. John Pereza, District Manager.
<br />The letter should recommend that: (1) representatives of the elderly and handicapped communities be on any
<br />task force(s) addressing the issue of implementing the direct deposit mandate, (2) a state wide volunteer
<br />organization, similar to the Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP)*, be established to educate
<br />people, and (3) the education of people should emphasize a choice of banks as well as how to manage an
<br />account.
<br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
<br />A RESOLUTION ENDORSING
<br />A STATEWIDE TASK FORCE AND EQUATION PROGRAM
<br />FOR IMPLEMENTING DIRECT DEPOSIT MANDATE
<br />WHEREAS, all recipients of checks from the federal treasury, such as social security checks, will be required
<br />to participate in direct deposit payments as of January 1, 1999.
<br />WHEREAS, this will dramatically impact current and future individual recipients of social security and other
<br />federal payments.
<br />34 WHEREAS, the majority of the people most likely to be negatively impacted by this change will be the elderly,
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<br />poor, and disabled.
<br />WHEREAS, the elderly population is growing at an ever increasing rate.
<br />WHEREAS, many people in Orange County may encounter a great deal of difficulty with the implementation
<br />of direct deposit due to many factors: no bank accounts, cost, lack of knowledge, insufficient money
<br />management skills; or personal inaccessibility due to infirmities or lack of transportation.
<br />WHEREAS, banks will be one of the major direct deposit beneficiaries of this new mandate receiving millions
<br />of dollars monthly in direct deposit funds just in Orange County.
<br />WHEREAS, very few plans have been made to consider the ramifications for affected individual recipients,
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board of Commissioners does hereby
<br />endorse the need for a statewide task force that would include elderly and disabled representatives, as well
<br />as representatives from the banking industry, to address the issue of implementing the direct deposit
<br />mandate; and
<br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners advises that a state wide volunteer organization similar to the
<br />Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) be established to educate people about direct
<br />deposit, especially with regard to choosing a bank and managing an account.
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