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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 8, 2004 <br />Action Age ~a <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Amateur Radio Week <br />DEPARTMENT: Orange County Emergency <br />Management <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Proclamation <br />2) State Proclamation <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Kent McKenzie, ext 3030 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To proclaim the week of June 20 through 27, 2004, as Amateur Radio Week in <br />Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: Michael F, Easley, Governor of North Carolina, has proclaimed the week of <br />June 20 through 27, 2004, as Amateur Radio Week in North Carolina, in recognition of the <br />licensed amateur radio operators who have demonstrated their value in public assistance by <br />providing emergency radio communications free of charge to the residents of this State, <br />Orange County Radio Amateurs provide critical communications to the residents of Orange <br />County and the State during times of emergency and have a workspace located at the 9-1-1 <br />Emergency Operations Center. <br />Orange County Radio Amateurs provide a valuable service to the residents and make Orange <br />County a safer place to live, <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None, <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the Proclamation <br />and authorize the Chair to sign it, <br />