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Copy of a Resolution Passed by the County of ORANGE , of P,orth Carol ina The following resolution was offered by Commissioner t.•lillhoit and a motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit that it be adopted, this motion was seconded by Commissioner Barnes and upon being put to a vote, was unanimously carried; Whereas, the County of ORANGE hereinafter referred to as the County, recognizes that physically handicapped children who receive special educational and care services from the County are entitled to full safety and health benefits available to the County, and whereas the North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program hereinafter referred to as GHSP, proposes to implement a pilot program to assist Counties in protecting handicapped children against death and serious injury in automobile accidents by making available crash-tested automobile child restraint devices (CRD's) to the Morthside Children' s Learning Center for transporting physically handicapped children in their vehicles and to educate the teachers and drivers as to the proper use of the CRD; PROVIDED, the County of ORANGE agrees to require that Morthside Children's Learning Center employees will secure those physically handicapped children who require special support in the CRD's provided When transporting them in their vehicles, to use the CRD's provided to the County for a period of not less than two years, to provide manpower necessary to move the CRD's from vehicle to vehicle as needed and to provide training in the proper installation and use of the CRD's for new employees as they are hired, to act as a child transportation safety information distribution source within the County using information and materials provided by GHSP, to provide a report to GHSP every three months which will include an estimate of the frequency of use of the CRD's