HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2016-011 Resolution Re-Naming the Central Orange County Senior Center for Jerry M. Passmore RES-2016-01 I
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION RE-NAMING THE CENTRAL ORANGE SENIOR
CENTER FOR JERRY M. PASSMORE
WHEREAS, Jerry Passmore provided executive oversight of the merger of the Chapel
Hill Council on Aging with the Orange County Council on Aging into a
unified county-wide system; and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Passmore proposed, in coordination with the County Council on
Aging, the Orange County ordinance establishing the first County
Department on Aging; and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Passmore promoted the development of public-private partnerships in
serving older adults, by involving the entire community; and,
WHEREAS, Jerry Passmore provided executive oversight to the BOCC appointed
senior planning committees that led to the construction and opening of the
Robert and Pearl Seymour Center and the Central Orange Senior Center•,
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners
does hereby recognize Jerry M. Passmore for his visionary planning and
establishing and coordinating needed senior services in Orange County by
re-naming the Central Orange Senior Center to the Jerry M. Passmore
Center.
This the sixteenth day of February 2016.
Earl McKee, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners
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