HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 12-13-2011 - 4cORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: December 13, 2011
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Action Agen a
Item No.
SUBJECT: Proclamation for Bill of Ri hts Day in Orange County
DEPARTMENT: BOCC
PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/Nj No
ATTACHMENT(S):
- Proclamation
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernadette Pelissier, Chair, Orange
County Board of Commissioners,
245-2130
PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation to recognize December 15, 2011 as Bill of Rights Day
in Orange County.
BACKGROUND: The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, commonly known 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,
2011 in Chapel Hill and Board members. are invited to attend and participate.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the attached
proclamation recognizing December 15, 2011 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
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DECEMBER 15, 2011
~Tjereas, the necessary states ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the United States
Constitution, on December 15, 1791; and
~ljerea~, the Bill of Rights protects every person of this state and nation from the infringement of basic
human and civil rights; and
~Tjerea~, 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
~ljereag, 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
~hereag, 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
~ljereag, 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;
,~.um, ~Tjerefore ~e ~1t ~tegulbeb that we the Orange County Board of Commissioners do hereby
proclaim December 15, 2011 as "BILL OF RIGHTS DAY" in Orange County and commend this
observance to all people.
This, the 13`t' day of December 2011.
Bernadette Pelissier, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners