HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 12-10-2002-8iORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: December 10, 2002
Action Agenda
Item No. - `
SUBJECT: Trustee Appointments to the Cedar Grove Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board
DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
Cedar Grove Fire Chief Letter of
Request
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nick Waters, ext. 3030
Mike Tapp
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To appoint two trustees to the Cedar Grove Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board for
the Cedar Grove Fire District. The Cedar Grove Fire Department, through a contract with the
County, services the Cedar Grove Fire District.
BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statutes provide for certain benefits to be provided to
firefighters. Rural fire districts serviced by an organized fire department may be eligible to
receive funds to support the local firemen's relief fund. Insurance companies that provide fire
and lightning insurance in North Carolina finance this program. The monies are distributed to
the State Firemen's Association and local relief fund boards by the Department of Insurance.
Local relief fund boards are eligible to receive one half of one percent of fire and lightning
premiums collected for respective fire districts.
In each fire district, afve-member board of trustees administers the relief fund. Two trustees
are elected by the membership of the fire department; two trustees are appointed by the
governing body recommended by the fire department, and one trustee is appointed by the
Insurance Commissioner as recommended by the fire chief. The trustees may make
disbursements of local relief fund monies for specified purposes including: safeguard firefighters
in active service from financial loss caused by sickness or injury received in the performance of
official duties, to support the dependents of firefighters who may lose their lives, to assist any
destitute firefighter who has served for a period of at least five years and to provide insurance
benefits for qualified firefighters.
The Cedar Grove Volunteer Fire Department is establishing its local relief fund board and
requests that the BOCC appoint Mr. James Horner and Ms. Jane Sparks to serve as
Commissioner appointees to the Cedar Grove Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: These appointments will not create any financial impact on the County,
as the Cedar Grove Relief Fund Board administers the relief fund.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board appoint Mr. James
Horner and Ms. Jane Spark to the Cedar Grove Firemen's Local Relief Fund Board.
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Mike Tapp,
The Cedar Crove Fire Department would like the ®range County Commissioners to
appoint the following people to our relief fund board. They are, James Homer of 3804 Lees
Chape! Rd and Jane Sparks of 7601 Wilkerson Rd. If you could get this added to the agenda for
the Dec. meeting would be a great help. I would like to get our Relief Fund board started by the
beginning of the year.
Thanks agai
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Chief Bill Cole