Agenda - 09-02-2021; 8-a - Minutes

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3 1 Association of Counties (NACo) has a description of what the funds may be used for on its 2 website. She said ARPA funds can be applied to small business grants. 3 4 Chair Price said June is Pride Month, and she would like to honor that at the June 15th 5 business meeting. 6 Commissioner Bedford said the Board was also going to discuss the possibility of 7 extending the deadlines for revaluation appeals. 8 Chair Price said she hopes the Board can discuss that at June 15,,and possibly extend 9 until September or December. 10 Bonnie Hammersley said the deadline extension is scheduled for June 15th. She said 11 there will be a presentation on ARPA funds at the June 3 work session, with a few approaches 12 for how to go forward with that funding. 13 14 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations 15 16 a. Proclamation Designating June 11, 2021 as South Orange Rescue Squad (SORS) 17 Day 18 The Board considered approving a proclamation recognizing South Orange Rescue 19 Squad's 50th Anniversary and designating June 11, 2021 as South Orange Rescue Squad Day 20 in Orange County. 21 22 BACKGROUND: 23 In 1968, the Orange County Rescue Squad in Hillsborough was formed and emergency medical 24 services and ambulance transport began in Hillsborough. Early in 1971, members of the 25 business community in Carrboro and Chapel Hill and volunteers from the Carrboro Fire 26 Department met to address the issue of supplying emergency medical services and ambulance 27 transport for the rest of the County. As a result of that meeting, and with a gift of an ambulance 28 from Orange County Rescue Squad, the South Orange Rescue Squad was formed on June 11, 29 1971. Funds were donated, a building was built on land donated by Mr. Edward Yaggy, and the 30 organization began and continues to provide emergency medical services to the Orange County 31 community. In 1991, the Squad began to provide rescue services, and in 1992 began providing 32 technical rescue services to the residents of Orange County and surrounding areas. 33 34 Since its founding, the South Orange Rescue Squad has provided countless hours of training 35 for thousands of volunteers and residents and has engaged in countless hours of specialized 36 training and continuing education to enhance life-saving skills. 37 38 On June 11, 2021, the South Orange Rescue Squad will be celebrating its 50th anniversary. A 39 proclamation recognizing the Squad on its 50th anniversary, as well as designating June 11, 40 2021 as South Orange Rescue Squad Day in Orange County, is attached for Board 41 consideration. 42 43 Kirby Saunders, Emergency Services Director, thanked Fred Stipe, SORS Board of 44 Directors Chair, for the support SORS has given over the last 50 years. He said South Orange 45 Rescue Squad shows its commitment everyday through training, EMS services, and 46 augmenting emergency services everyday. He said SORS provides technical rescue services, 47 and is currently helping search for a missing hiker in Carteret County. He said SORS includes 48 some of the most professional and dedicated individuals he has ever worked with. He thanked 49 the squad for all of the support they provide, and congratulated the rescue squad on its 50th 50 anniversary.