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RES -2023 - 027� `� � )C ; CIJ i � � DRAFT <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE RECLASSIFICATION <br /> OF 944 TELECOMMUNICATORS <br /> WHEREAS , in September 2021 , U . S . Representatives Norma J . Torres and Brian Fitzpatrick <br /> announced that the 944 SAVES Act had been approved by the US House of Representatives as <br /> part of the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act . The 944 SAVES Act is <br /> bipartisan legislation to reclassify 944 telecommunicators from " Office and Administrative <br /> Support" to "Protective Service Occupations " in the Office of Management and Budget ' s Standard <br /> Occupational Classification ( SOC) catalog ; and <br /> WHEREAS , 944 telecommunicators are the first line of response during an emergency, and <br /> deserve to be classified in a way that recognizes their work is on par with other public servants <br /> classified as first responders ; and <br /> WHEREAS , former US Senator Richard Burr introduced the reclassification bill in the United <br /> States Senate , where it remained ; and <br /> WHEREAS , 944 telecommunicators are working with elected officials to re-introduce this <br /> legislation with the next Congress , and local support will assist this effort; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Orange County Board of Commissioners is in support of such a legislative change , <br /> NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> supports the bipartisan legislation to reclassify 944 telecommunicators from " Office and <br /> Administrative Support" to "Protective Service Occupations " in the Office of Management and <br /> Budget ' s Standard Occupational Classification ( SOC) catalog . <br /> Adopted this 4th day of April, 2023 . <br /> Jaydezettadtedford, Ch44 <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> G� Ln <br /> Laura Jens n, lerk <br /> Board of County Commissioners <br />