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The Board considered approving a proclamation recognizing the week of April 12 through <br /> 18, 2015 as Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Orange County and authorizing the <br /> Chair to sign. <br /> Dinah Jeffries read the proclamation: <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK <br /> April 12-18, 2015 <br /> A PROCLAMATION <br /> WHEREAS, The Orange County 9-1-1 Center serves the residents, workers and visitors in <br /> Orange County by answering emergency calls for law enforcement, fire, emergency medical <br /> services, and other requests for service and efficiently dispatch the most appropriate <br /> assistance for those calls; and <br /> WHEREAS, Our Telecommunicators are the "first" first responders that provide assistance to <br /> those residents, workers and visitors; and <br /> WHEREAS, The critical functions performed by our professional Telecommunicators support <br /> many aspects of government services, including: Town Public Works, Public Transit, Protective <br /> Services, Animal Services, and other operations; and <br /> WHEREAS, Our professional Telecommunicators continuously work to improve Orange <br /> County's emergency response capabilities through their leadership and participation in training <br /> programs provided by the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) and <br /> the National Emergency Number Association (NENA); and <br /> WHEREAS, Our professional Telecommunicators serve the public and emergency <br /> responders in countless ways, often without due recognition by the beneficiaries of their <br /> services; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, do hereby <br /> proclaim the week of April 12-18, 2015 as "Public Safety Telecommunicators Week" in Orange <br /> County, North Carolina in honor and recognition of our Telecommunicators and the vital <br /> contributions they make to the safety and well-being of our residents, workers, visitors, and <br /> public safety partners. <br /> This, the 7th day of April 2015. <br /> Chair McKee acknowledged the invaluable work of the Public Safety <br /> telecommunicators. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Rich for the <br /> Board to adopt the Proclamation and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation. <br />