HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 09-18-2012 - 5j ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: September 18, 2012
Action Agenda
Item No. 5-j
SUBJECT: Trustee Appointment to the Central Orange Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board
DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Orange Rural Fire Chief Letter of Request David Sykes, 919-245-6125
F.R. Montes de Oca, 919-245-6140
PURPOSE: To appoint a Trustee to the Central Orange Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board.
BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 58 provides 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. All insurance companies that
write fire insurance premiums in North Carolina finance this program. The monies are
distributed to the State Firemen's Association and local relief fund boards by the North Carolina
Department of Insurance in accordance with N.C. General Statute 58-84-25. Local relief fund
boards are eligible to receive monies derived from fire insurance premiums collected for
respective fire districts.
In each fire district, a five member board of trustees administers the relief fund in accordance
with General Statute 58-84-35. Two trustees are elected by the membership of the fire
department, two trustees are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners upon
recommendation by the fire department, and one trustee is appointed by the North Carolina
Insurance Commissioner upon a recommendation by the fire chief. The trustees may make
disbursements of local relief fund monies for specified purposes including the following:
• to 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
provide insurance benefits for qualified firefighters.
A member of the Central Orange Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board of Trustees can no longer
serve, leaving vacant one of the positions appointed by the Board of Commissioners. Orange
Rural Fire Chief Jeff Cabe has requested in the attached letter that the Board of Commissioners
appoint Mr. Jim Fuller to fill the vacant position on the Central Orange Firemen's Local Relief
Fund Board. Mr. Fuller resides in the fire district.
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FINANCIAL IMPACT: The appointment will have no financial impact on the County, as the
Central Orange Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board administers the relief fund.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board appoint Mr. Jim Fuller to
the Central Orange Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board.
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Orange Rural Fire Department
P.O. Box 1511 • Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-732-7911 • www.orfd.org
Orange County Board of County Commissioners
200 South Cameron Street
PO Box 8181
Hillsborough,NC 27278
August 24, 2012
To Whom It May Concern:
On behalf of the Orange Rural Fire Department, we request you approve the change of
one of our Trustees on our Firefighter's Relief Fund Board that was appointed by the
County Commissioners. Mr. Chandler Cates will be going off of the Firefighter's Relief
Fund Board and we wish to replace that person with Mr. Jim Fuller of 105 Lafayette
Drive in Hillsborough,NC.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
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Fire Chief
Orange Rural Fire Department Board