Agenda - 10-03-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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4 1 2 WHEREAS, year to date, Orange County has already experienced significant severe weather 3 activity to include 35 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings, six Flash Flood Warnings, one Flood 4 Warning, and one Tornado Warning, and 5 6 WHEREAS, the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado with maximum wind 7 speeds of 105 miles per hour impacted Northern Orange County on May 6, 2022; and, 8 9 WHEREAS, community members can take a few simple steps — creating an emergency supply 10 kit, making a family disaster plan, and staying informed —to help make preparedness a personal 11 responsibility and improved health a priority in our community; 12 13 NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, recognize Orange 14 County Emergency Services - Emergency Management Division, along with emergency 15 managers throughout the nation, who have collaborated to recognize September as National 16 Preparedness Month, and the Board joins them in encouraging Orange County residents to stay 17 informed and prepared; 18 19 FURTHERMORE, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners hereby declares 20 September 2022 as "Orange County Preparedness Month." 21 22 23 This the 6th Day of September 2022. 24 25 26 Ren6e Price, Chair 27 Orange County Board of 28 Commissioners 29 30 31 A motion was made by Commissioner Bedford, seconded by Commissioner Greene, to 32 approve and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation. 33 34 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 35 36 Kirby Saunders, Emergency Services Director, said almost five hundred residents have 37 been certified in basic training. 38 Chair Price thanked Kirby Saunders for his leadership throughout the pandemic and in 39 the face of all of the disasters in the county. 40 41 42