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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
APRIL 21, 1987
The Iredrll County Board of Commissioners met in Adjourned Regular Session on Tuesday, April
21, 1987, 7:30 p.m., Agricultural Center Conference Rooms 1 and 2, Statesville, NC. Present for the
meeting were:
Larry S. Hedrick, Chairman
Alice M. Stewart, Vice Chairman
Jessie S. Crosswhite
Frances L. Murdock
Samucl L. Ostwalt
Staff present: J. 4ayne Deal, County Manager
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
Lois Troutman, Tax Supervisor
Bill Furches, Finance Officer
CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Hedrick
INVOCATION: By Chairman Hedrick
PRESENTATION OF SPECIAL RESOLUTION: MOTION from Chairman Hedrick to adopt the following special
resolution:
NATIONAL VICTIM RIGHTS WEEK
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, criminal violence preys on millions of Americans every year; and
WHEREAS, victims of crime and their families and friends often suffer grave financial, physi-
cal, and ;sychological losses; and
11HEREAS, special victim groups such as racial minority victims, victims of hate crimes, elderly
victims, child victims, surviving relatives of homicide victims, victimsof drunk driving, sexual
assault victims, differently-abied victims, spouse abuse victims, catastrophic physical injury
victims, and burglary victims are often underserved in many of our communities; and
WHEREAS, all victims share a common bond of suffering and survival; and
WHEREAS, all citizens of the United States deserve to be treated with dignity, compassion, and
justice in times of distress; and
WHEREAS, heretofore such treatment has not been afforded to all victims, witnesses, and their
loved -ones or survivors; and
WHEREAS, thousands of our fellow citizens, in their work and their volunteer activities, are
devoting themselves to bringing a full measure of dignity, compassion, and justice to those of our
friends, relatives, and neighbors who fall victim to crime;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Iredell County Board of Commissioners do hereby proclaim the week of April
2i; through May 2, 1987, as
VICTIM RIGHTS WEEK
and urge all citizens and institutions, public and private, to support the establishment and
enforcement of victim rights and services in Iredell County through participation in local and state
activities commemorating those rights.
IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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Chairman
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
LAW DAY: MOTION from Chairman Hedrick to adopt the following special proclamation for Law Day
in Iredell County:
LAW DAY PROCLAMATION