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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 12, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.~`"~- <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Public Safety Volunteers Recognition <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />List of Each Department and their Chiefs <br />and Financial Impact Detail <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Baker, Clerk, 245-2130 <br />Commissioner Stephen H. Halkiotis <br />PURPOSE: To approve plans to recognize the thirteen (13) volunteer fire and rescue <br />departments and the ham radio operators serving Orange County, <br />BACKGROUND: The residents of Orange County are blessed with many highly trained, <br />experienced, and very dedicated volunteer firefighters, ham radio operators, and rescue <br />personnel, These volunteers spend many hours of their time responding to calls and training <br />for this response, This training along with the on-duty time assures Orange County residents <br />that they have the best assistance available when their services are needed. <br />It is proposed that Orange County government honor these volunteers by having the Chief of <br />each organization recognized during a regularly scheduled Board of Commissioners meeting, <br />(October 17~h) and by presenting them with a plaque to be displayed in their individual buildings. <br />Each individual in these departments and their families would also be recognized and honored <br />by inviting them to attend an ice cream social, tentatively scheduled for Sunday, October 22"d <br />from 2-4pm behind the Sheriff's Office (weather permitting), presenting them with a Certificate <br />of Appreciation as well as a small token of the County's appreciation. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The total estimated cost of this recognition is $3,250. $1,500 can be <br />used from Volunteer Recognition Programs line item and the remaining $1,750 could be <br />allocated from the BOCC Contingency, <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve these two <br />expressions of Orange County's appreciation to these outstanding volunteers serving Orange <br />County by having a brief recognition ceremony during a regularly scheduled BOCC meeting and <br />by hosting an ice cream social on Sunday, October 22"d from 2-4 pm behind the Sheriff's Office <br />(weather permitting) for both the volunteers and their families. <br />