HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 12-10-2002-5aORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: December 10, 2002 Action Agenda
Item No. _
SUBJECT: Resolution of A reciation for W. Jake Wicker
DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners
ATTACHMENT(S):
PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Buck Tredway, ext. 2126
Resolution
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To consider adopting a resolution of appreciation for W. Jake Wicker for his
dedication to the citizens of Orange County and North Carolina through his service to the
Institute of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill, and designating Friday, December 13, 2002, as
Jake Wicker Day in Orange County.
BACKGROUND: W. Jake Wicker has served as a faculty member and administrator at the
Institute of Government for 47 years, authoring more than 300 articles, bulletins, monographs
and special studies, and helping to educate countless local government officials in the workings
of local government in North Carolina.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt a resolution of
appreciation commending W. Jake Wicke u hori a the Chair to sign the reso utiolnl on behalf of
Orange County and North Carolina, and a
the Board.
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION FOR W. JAKE WICKER
WHEREAS, for 47 years, W. Jake Wicker has served the people of North Carolina as a
faculty member and administrator at UNC-Chapel Hill's Institute of Government; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Wicker has given of his time and energy as a dedicated public servant,
gifted mediator and invaluable resource, sharing with local government officials his vast
expertise in the areas of municipal and county administration, city-county consolidation,
public purchasing, water and sewer services, and solid waste administration; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Wicker is Gladys Hall Coates Professor Emeritus of Public Law and
Government and Assistant Director Emeritus of the Institute of Government; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Wicker is the author of over 300 articles, bulletins, monographs and
special studies, and he co-edited the publications Municipal Government in North
Carolina, 2nd Edition and County Government in North Carolina, 4th Edition; and
WHEREAS, over the years, Mr. Wicker taught countless county and city managers,
department directors, police chiefs, planners, fire marshals, city council members, county
commissioners, and other officials about how local government works as director of the
Institute of Government's Municipal and County Administration program; and
WHEREAS, in October of this year, the Institute of Government officially named its
new $300,000, 162-person, 3,000-square-foot auditorium classroom in honor of Jake
Wicker; and
WHEREAS, at the naming ceremony, Mr. Wicker also was presented the Order of the
Long Leaf Pine, North Carolina's highest honor for service to an organization; and
WHEREAS, through his selfless devotion to the Institute of Government and thousands
of local government administrators and staff members, W. Jake Wicker has distinguished
himself as a true public steward and an example to all the citizens of Orange County and
North Carolina.
NOW THEREFORE, we, the members of the Orange County Board of Commissioners,
do hereby designate Friday, December 13, 2002, as Jake Wicker Day in Orange County
to express our appreciation to W. Jake Wicker. for his dedication to the citizens he has
graced with his patience, humility and professionalism, and congratulate him for nearly a
half-century of devotion to the understanding of local government in North Carolina.
This the tenth day of December, 2002
Margaret W. Brown, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners