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RES- 2014 -063 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />A RESOLUTION FOR INCORPORATING GENDER NEUTRAL <br />LANGUAGE THAT SUPPORTS THE POLICIES, GOALS AND <br />OBJECTIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY <br />WHEREAS, the language used in all County documents should support the policies, <br />goals and objectives of the County; and <br />WHEREAS, currently the County has some existing practices, but these practices <br />should be made into policies so that they can be consistently followed; and <br />WHEREAS, in the future, as appropriate, the County could develop other policies for <br />the language used in County documents; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY: <br />That Orange County will adopt the following policy, and that all County departments will <br />be informed that the policy is in place: <br />GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE: <br />All County - generated documents will use gender neutral language. As new documents <br />are created or existing documents are renewed or revised, these documents will be <br />checked for compliance with this policy. For example, the term "Chair" should be used <br />rather than "Chairman," the term "firefighter" should be used rather "fireman," pronouns <br />should not automatically be male, and so forth. <br />This the 21St day of October 2014. <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />ATTEST: <br />Donna S. Baker <br />Clerk to the Board <br />2 <br />