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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 18, 2012 Action Agenda Item No. 5-j SUBJECT: Trustee Appointment to the Central Orange Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Orange Rural Fire Chief Letter of Request David Sykes, 919-245-6125 F.R. Montes de Oca, 919-245-6140 PURPOSE: To appoint a Trustee to the Central Orange Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board. BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 58 provides for certain benefits to be provided to firefighters. Rural fire districts serviced by an organized fire department may be eligible to receive funds to support the local firemen's relief fund. All insurance companies that write fire insurance premiums in North Carolina finance this program. The monies are distributed to the State Firemen's Association and local relief fund boards by the North Carolina Department of Insurance in accordance with N.C. General Statute 58-84-25. Local relief fund boards are eligible to receive monies derived from fire insurance premiums collected for respective fire districts. In each fire district, a five member board of trustees administers the relief fund in accordance with General Statute 58-84-35. Two trustees are elected by the membership of the fire department, two trustees are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners upon recommendation by the fire department, and one trustee is appointed by the North Carolina Insurance Commissioner upon a recommendation by the fire chief. The trustees may make disbursements of local relief fund monies for specified purposes including the following: • to safeguard firefighters in active service from financial loss caused by sickness or injury received in the performance of official duties; • to support the dependents of firefighters who may lose their lives; • to assist any destitute firefighter who has served for a period of at least five years and provide insurance benefits for qualified firefighters. A member of the Central Orange Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board of Trustees can no longer serve, leaving vacant one of the positions appointed by the Board of Commissioners. Orange Rural Fire Chief Jeff Cabe has requested in the attached letter that the Board of Commissioners appoint Mr. Jim Fuller to fill the vacant position on the Central Orange Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board. Mr. Fuller resides in the fire district.