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<br />ORANGE COUNTY SENIOR GAMES <br />AND ENCOURAGES CITIZENS AGE 55 AND OVER <br />TO COME OUT AND PLAY! <br />This, the 10t" day of April, 2007. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />d. Public Safety Telecommunicators' Week Proclamation <br />The Board considered proclaiming the week of April 8 through 14, 2007 as Public Safety <br />Telecommunicators' Week in Orange County and authorizing the Chair to sign the proclamation. <br />Captain Dinah Jefferies introduced this item. <br />Commissioner Foushee read the proclamation. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to <br />approve proclaiming the week of April 8 through 14, 2007, as Public Safety Telecommunicators' <br />Week in Orange County and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation as stated below: <br />PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR'S WEEK <br />2007 <br />A PROCLAMATION <br />WHEREAS, Thousands of dedicated Telecommunicators daily serve the residents of the <br />United States and Canada by answering their telephone calls for law enforcement, fire, and <br />emergency medical services by dispatching the appropriate assistance as quickly as possible; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, The critical functions performed by professional Telecommunicators also include <br />those related to forestry and conservation operations, highway safety and maintenance <br />activities, and many other operations performed by federal, state and local government <br />agencies; and <br />WHEREAS, Professional Telecommunicators work to improve the emergency response <br />capabilities of these communication systems through their leadership and participation in <br />training programs and other activities provided by the Association of Public Safety <br />Communications Officials and the National Emergency Number Association; and <br />WHEREAS, These associations are organizations of more than 100,000 people engaged in <br />the design, installation and operation of emergency response communications, and have set <br />aside the week beginning April 8, 2007, to recognize Telecommunicators and their crucial role <br />in the protection of life and property; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, we the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby proclaim the <br />week of April 8-14, 2007, as "National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week" in Orange <br />County, North Carolina, in honor and recognition of our County's Telecommunicators and the <br />vital contributions they make to the safety and well being of our citizens. <br />