HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 12-07-2009 - 3aORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: December 7, 2009
SUBJECT: Proclamation for Bill of Rights Day in Orange County
DEPARTMENT: BOCC
ATTACHMENT(S):
— Proclamation
Action Agenda
Item No.
PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Valerie Foushee, Chair, Orange County
Commissioners, 245 -2130
PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation to recognize December 15, 2009 as Bill of Rights Day
in Orange County.
BACKGROUND: The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, commonly know as the Bill
of Rights, were ratified on December 15, 1791.
The Bill of Rights protects every person of this nation providing freedom of speech, freedom of
the press, and freedom of the people to peacefully assemble.
The amendments also grant the right to privacy within one's home, free of searches and
seizures in the absence of probable cause.
Local governments will participate in a Bill of Rights ceremony at 12:00 Noon on December 15,
2009 in Chapel Hill and Commissioners are invited to attend and participate.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the attached
proclamation recognizing December 15, 2009 as Bill of Rights Day in Orange County and
authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation.
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROCLAMATION
DECEMBER 15, 2009
Whereas, the necessary states ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the United
States Constitution, on December 15, 1791; and
Wbereag, the Bill of Rights protects every person of this state and nation from the infringement
of basic human and civil rights; and
Vbereag, the freedoms of speech and association and the right to due process and equal
protection of the law, as embodied in the Bill of Rights, are a model for democratic institutions
and laws all over the world; and
Wbereag, the people of North Carolina stood strong in withholding ratification of the
Constitution until the Bill of Rights was added to ensure their inalienable rights; and
Wbereao, the Orange County Board of Commissioners demonstrated its commitment to
"upholding the civil rights and civil liberties of all persons in Orange County and their free
exercise and enjoyment of any and all rights and privileges secured by our constitutions and laws
of the United States, the State of North Carolina, and Orange County," in a May 20, 2003
approved resolution entitled "A Resolution Regarding the Protection of Civil Rights and Civil
Liberties "; and
Wbereag, the Orange County Board of Commissioners reaffirmed the protections of all its
residents by passing "A Resolution Opposing the Use of Local Law Enforcement to Enforce
Civil Immigration Law and Policy" on January 23, 2007;
Aft, Therefore 38e .3t Re%olbeb that we the Orange County Board of Commissioners do hereby
proclaim December 15, 2009 as "BILL OF RIGHTS DAY" in Orange County and commend
this observance to all people.
This, the 7a' day of December 2009
Valerie Foushee, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners