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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: May 2, 2019
Action Agenda
Item No. 4-b
SUBJECT: Proclamation Recognizing Daniel Aaron Toben
DEPARTMENT: BOCC
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Proclamation Donna Baker, Clerk to the Orange
County Board of Commissioners, 919-
245-2130
PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation recognizing Daniel Aaron Toben for his services to
Orange County.
BACKGROUND: Daniel Aaron Toben has been a leader in environmental restoration and
remediation in Orange County. Mr. Toben has made significant contributions to improve the
health and welfare of the residents of Orange County.
He has worked diligently, at times leading multiple groups, to improve the quality and natural
beauty of Orange County's roadsides, streams and forests.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with the item.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated
with this item.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve and authorize the
Chair to sign the Proclamation Recognizing Daniel Aaron Toben.
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING
DANIEL AARON TOBEN
WHEREAS, Orange County is committed to the health of its residents, both human and non-human; and
WHEREAS, trash and refuse discarded in the forests and streams and roadsides in Orange County pose a
health risk to those residents, and despoil the County's natural beauty; and
WHEREAS, the Mission of Orange County to provide services to its residents depends on the energy,
skills and dedication of all our employees and volunteers; and
WHEREAS, Daniel Aaron Toben, a lifelong resident of Orange County, has voluntarily spent thousands
of hours and thousands of dollars of his earned income over the past ten years cleaning up
trash and tires in some of the most neglected parts of Orange County; and
WHEREAS, Daniel Aaron Toben has led school groups and church groups on volunteer clean-up days
around Orange County; and
WHEREAS, Daniel Aaron Toben is voluntarily teaching classes about environmental restoration and
remediation to middle school and high school students across Orange County; and
WHEREAS, Daniel Aaron Toben has raised over $6,500 from concerned residents via online crowd-
funding sites to purchase trash bags, gloves, and others supplies needed to complete his
tasks for the benefit of Orange County;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Orange County Board of Commissioners recognizes the significant
contribution that Daniel Aaron Toben has made to improve the health and welfare of the
residents of Orange County and to its streams and forests, offers thanks to Daniel Toben for
his sacrifice of time and resources to improve the quality of life of the residents of Orange
County, and for the example that he sets for the students he teaches and leads in
environmental restoration and remediation across the County and encourages others to
likewise help keep Orange County the most beautiful county in North Carolina.
This the 2nd day of May 2019.
Penny Rich, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners