Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 3, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Moratorium on Executions <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />9/28/99 Letter from PFADP <br />Proposed Resolution <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. - C. <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />County Manager, ext 2300 <br />Pt-ADP Background Materials TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />968 -4501 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />Mebane <br />336- 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a resolution endorsing a moratorium on executions. <br />BACKGROUND: Stephen Dear, Executive Director of People of Faith Against the Death <br />Penalty, has written a letter to the Board of Commissioners requesting that they adopt a <br />proposed resolution that would endorse a moratorium on executions in North Carolina. <br />Additional background materials provided by the organization are attached. County staff have <br />developed a resolution for Board adoption. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None on Orange County financial operations. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the attached <br />resolution. <br />