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17 <br /> Chair Rich asked Commissioners to accept a roll call form of voting and called names <br /> accordingly. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> b. Resolution of Recognition for Judicial District 15-B Chief District Court Judge <br /> Joseph Moody Buckner Upon His Retirement <br /> The Board considered voting to adopt a resolution recognizing Judicial District 15-B <br /> Chief District Court Judge Joseph Moody Buckner upon his retirement. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Judge Joseph M. Buckner was elected as a district court judge in 1994 and was re-elected by <br /> the residents of Orange and Chatham counties six more times after his initial election. In 1996, <br /> the Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court appointed Judge Buckner as the Chief <br /> District Court Judge in Orange and Chatham counties and he has served in that capacity since <br /> that time. <br /> Judge Buckner also previously served as President of the N.C. Conference of District Court <br /> Judges and Chief District Court Judges as well as serving as a member of the N.C. Governor's <br /> Crime Commission and the Commission on Juvenile Crime. <br /> Judge Buckner has served the residents of Orange and Chatham County tirelessly and with <br /> distinction for close to 30 years as a district court judge, and announced over the summer his <br /> retirement. <br /> The following resolution was presented by BOCC Chair Penny Rich at Judge Buckner's <br /> retirement event in late July 2020, and staff requests that the Board formally adopt the <br /> resolution recognizing Judge Buckner for his service. <br /> Chair Rich read the resolution: <br /> RES-2020-044 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION OF RECOGNITION FOR JUDICIAL DISTRICT 15-B <br /> CHIEF DISTRICT COURT JUDGE JOSEPH MOODY BUCKNER <br /> UPON HIS RETIREMENT <br /> WHEREAS, Judge Joseph M. Buckner has served as the Chief District Court Judge in Orange <br /> and Chatham counties since 1996, when he was appointed by the Chief Justice of the North <br /> Carolina Supreme Court; and <br /> WHEREAS, Judge Buckner has served as a district court judge since his election in 1994 and <br /> has been re-elected by the residents of Orange and Chatham counties six more times; and <br /> WHERAS, Judge Buckner previously served as the President of the N.C. <br /> Conference of District Court Judges and Chief District Court Judges as well serving as a <br /> member of the N.C. Governor's Crime Commission and the Commission on Juvenile Crime; and <br />