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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 15, 2022 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-g <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution Re-Naming the Whitted Meeting Room to the Donna S. Baker <br /> Meeting Room <br /> DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Resolution Chair Renee Price, 919-245-2130 <br /> Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board, 919- <br /> 245-2130 <br /> PURPOSE: To adopt a resolution re-naming the Whitted Meeting Room after Donna S. Baker, <br /> former Clerk to the Orange County Board of Commissioners. <br /> BACKGROUND: On July 31, 2020, former Clerk to the Board of Commissioners Donna Baker <br /> passed away unexpectedly at her home in Orange County. Ms. Baker served as Clerk to the <br /> Board for 18 years since her appointment in June 2002. <br /> Ms. Baker graduated from high school in Georgetown, SC and subsequently from Clemson <br /> University with Honors in 1978. Ms. Baker built a lifelong career of community service from her <br /> early work with parents and children at The Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill, to positions <br /> with Georgetown, SC County Government, and her last position as Clerk to the Orange County <br /> Board of County Commissioners. <br /> The Board of County Commissioners voted on September 15, 2020 to direct staff to prepare a <br /> resolution re-naming the Whitted Meeting Room to the Donna S. Baker Meeting Room. Should <br /> the re-naming resolution be approved, a special presentation marking the naming will be held at <br /> the December 13, 2022 BOCC Business Meeting. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this resolution. <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated <br /> with this item. <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal <br /> impact associated with this item. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve and authorize the <br /> Chair to sign the attached resolution re-naming the Whitted Meeting Room the Donna S. Baker <br /> Meeting Room. <br />