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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 22, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-c <br /> SUBJECT: Fire Department Relief Fund Appointees <br /> DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> NC General Statute 58-84-30 Jason Shepherd, Fire Marshal 919-245- <br /> Letters from Caldwell Fire Department, 6151 <br /> White Cross Fire Department, Orange <br /> Grove Fire Department, Cedar Grove <br /> Fire Department & New Hope Fire <br /> Department <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approving the appointment of trustees to the local fire department <br /> relief funds boards as recommended by the local fire department chiefs. <br /> BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statute 58-84-30 directs that local fire department <br /> members are required to hold election in January of each year to elect members to serve on the <br /> local fire department relief fund. The NC Commissioner of Insurance is also directed to appoint <br /> one representative to serve as a trustee at the recommendation of the local governing body and <br /> fire department chief. Members are elected for terms of one year and two year cycles as to <br /> alternate trustees. <br /> During the month of January, the boards for local fire departments met and subsequently <br /> provided recommendations during the month of February. The processing time and scheduling <br /> framework directed these selections to the BOCC's second March meeting. The fire marshal is <br /> going to recommend to the departments that future recommendations to the BOCC for <br /> appointments be discussed departmentally in December and scheduled for BOCC consideration <br /> in January. <br /> The proposed appointments for BOCC consideration are: <br /> Cedar Grove Fire Department: James Homer and Angie Thompson <br /> White Cross Fire Department: Kathy Stewart and Jason Castevens <br /> Caldwell Fire Department: Van Harris and Rob Seeyle <br /> Orange Grove Fire Department: Bill Waddell <br /> New Hope Fire Department: Eddie Walker and Brian Blalock <br /> Efland Fire Department: Clark Brooks and Jason Hackler <br /> Orange Rural Fire Department: Jim Fuller and Wallace Wilson <br /> Eno Fire Department: Wayne Paschall and Ralph MacDonnell <br />