HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 12-12-2006-6cORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: December 12, 2006
Action Agenda
Item No. Co - C,
SUBJECT: Proclamation for Bill of Rights Day in Orange County
DEPARTMENT: BOCC
PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
- Proclamation Donna Baker, Clerk to the
Orange County Board of Commissioners
(919) 245-2130
Moses Carey, Jr., Chair, Orange County
Commissioners
(919) 929-8513
PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation to recognize December 15, 2006 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 Noon on December 15, 2006
at the Carrboro Century Center.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the attached
proclamation recognizing December 15, 2006 as Bill of Rights Day in Orange County.
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD'OF COMMISSIONERS
PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE
DECEMEER 15, 2006 AS
BILL OF RIGHTS DAY IN ORANGE COUNTY
WHEREAS, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, commonly known as the Bill of
Rights, were ratified on December 15, 1791; and
WHEREAS, the Bill of Rights protects every person of this nation from infringement of basic
human and civil rights; and
WHEREAS, those rights include freedom of religion, of speech, of press, and to peacefully
assemble; and
WHEREAS, the right to privacy within one's home;,free of searches and seizures in the absence
of probable cause or specific evidence of criminal behavior, should be upheld;
and
WHEREAS, Orange County is committed to the human rights of its citizens and to actions that
both protect and preserve those rights;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does
hereby proclaim December 15, 2006 as Bill of Rights Day in Orange County.
This the 12`h day of December 2006.
Moses Carey, Jr. -Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners