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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 1, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~,. <br />_ SUBJECT: Public Safety Telecommunicators' Week <br />DEPARTMENT: Orange County Emergency PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Management Communications <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Proclamation <br />2) State Proclamation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Nick Waters, 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 April 13 through 19, 2003, as Public Safety <br />Telecommunicators' Week in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: Michael F. Easley, Governor of North Carolina, has proclaimed the week of <br />April 13 through 19, 2003, as Public Safety Telecommunicators' Week in North Carolina, in <br />recognition of the telecommunicators that work in emergency dispatch centers serving the <br />citizens of this state. Two national organizations also recognize and proclaim this week on <br />behalf of telecommunicators nationwide. Those organizations are the Association of Public <br />Safety Communications Officials and the National Emergency Numbers Association. <br />Telecommunicators in Orange County are active in both organizations, working toward <br />enhancing the quality of service that communications centers provide. <br />Orange County's communications center provides 9-1-1 service to all citizens in the County and <br />dispatches the appropriate emergency services and law enforcement in time of need. <br />Orange County's telecommunicators are among the highest trained in the state. <br />Telecommunicators provide a valuable service to the citizens and make Orange County a safer <br />place to live. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the <br />Proclamation and authorize the Chair to sign it. <br />