HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 03-15-2005-5iORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: March 15, 2005
Action Agenda
Item No. 5 - ~
SUBJECT: Endorsement of Orange County's Hosting of Citizen Corps Council Conference
DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
None
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jack Ball, ext 3030
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To consider endorsing a request from the Governor's Office that Orange County
host a statewide conference for Citizen Corps Councils (CCC) and related volunteer programs
to be held in October 2005.
BACKGROUND: Orange County Emergency Management (OCEM) has been asked by the
Governor's Office to host a statewide conference for Citizen Corps Councils and related
volunteer programs in early October 2005. Orange County staff were asked to do this because
of the County's active and well managed Citizen Corps Council. The Governor's Office is
offering $62,000 from the 2004 Citizen Corps grant to the Ccunty to pay for the expenses. The
Citizen Corps Council is an oversight body for related programs such as Volunteers in Police
Service, Fire Corps, Neighborhood Watch, Medical Reserve Corps, and Community Emergency
Response Teams. Orange County has an active Citizen Carps Council with Medical Reserve
Carp program and Community Emergency Response Team Program,
This two day event will draw approximately 250 attendees to Orange County with approximately
100 persons staying overnight. The funding will be used to pay for facility rental, lunch, and
motel rooms for attendees, Staff are exploring the possibility of using the Friday Center for the
event, and will coordinate to ensure that Friday Center staff handle recyclable materials in an
appropriate manner (this has been a BOCC paint of emphasis for previous Friday Center-
hosted County events).
Governor's Office staff and North Carolina Emergency Management staff will provide 90 percent
of the organizational responsibility for this event, with Orange County Emergency Management
being the preliminary logistics coordinator, There will be minimal cost to the County for this
event, but positive impacts on both the County's image and local economy are anticipated.
The BOCC will be asked formally to accept the grant funding once the details are worked out.
Orange County Citizen Corps Council will be able to keep any remaining funding from this
effort.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The cast of the conference will be borne by the State of North Carolina.
There is the potential for any remaining funds left over from the approximate conference budget
of $62,000 to revert to the County's use for related purposes. There will be some incidental
cost to the County in terms of staff time involved to help organize the conference, but no out of
pocket expenditures related to hosting the conference. Some economic development benefit
should be realized related to hotels, restaurants, etc.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board endorse the County's
hosting of the October 2005 CCC Conference and authorize staff to carry out the necessary
administrative and logistical tasks associated with it.