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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 10, 2002 Action Agenda Item No. ..~ SUBJECT: Trustee Appointment to the South Oran a Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Carrboro Fire Chief Letter of Request INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick Waters, ext. 3030 Mike Tapp TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To appoint a Trustee to the South Orange Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board, for the South Orange Fire District. The Carrboro Fire Department, through a contract with the County, services the South Orange Fire District. BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statutes provide for certain benefits to be provided to firefighters. Rural fire districts serviced by an organized fire department may be eligible to receive funds to support the local firemen's relief fund. Insurance companies that provide fire and lightning insurance in North Carolina finance this program. The monies are distributed to the State Firemen's Association and local relief fund boards by the Department of Insurance. Local relief fund boards are eligible to receive one half of one percent of fire and lightning premiums collected for respective fire districts. In each fire district, afive-member board of trustees administers the relief fund. Two trustees are elected by the membership of the fire department; two trustees are appointed by the governing body recommended by the fire department, and one trustee is appointed by the Insurance Commissioner as recommended by the fire chief. The trustees may make disbursements of local relief fund monies for specified purposes including: safeguard firefighters in active service from financial loss caused by sickness or injury received in the performance of official duties, to support the dependents of firefighters who may lose their lives, to assist any destitute firefighter who has served for a period of at least five years and to provide insurance benefits for qualified firefighters. Mr. John Boone, a Commissioner appointee to the South Orange Relief Fund Board, is unable to continue to serve as a trustee to the South Orange Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board. The Carrboro Fire Chief is requesting that the Board of Commissioners appoint Carrboro Deputy Fire Chief Iby George to fill the vacant position on the board.