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ORANGE COUNTY <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />3 <br />AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT AND AGREEMENT <br />THIS AMENDMENT, agreed to this date of June, 1999, between Orange County and North Chatham Volunteer Fire <br />Department, Inc. <br />WITNESSETH: <br />WHEREAS, Orange County (County) and North Chatham Volunteer Fire Department (Department) entered into an <br />agreement on July 28, 1992, whereby Department provides fire protection to persons and property in the Southern Triangle <br />and Damascus Fire Districts; and <br />WHEREAS, County and Department wish to continue this agreement at the current level of service; and <br />WHEREAS, increasing costs of providing the current level of service to the two fire districts necessitate a modification to the <br />annual appropriation stipulated in the existing agreement; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and premises herein contained, the parties agree that the <br />CONTRACT AND AGREEMENT dated July 2, 1992, is amended as follows: <br />1. The second sentence in paragraph 1 is amended to read: "The amount levied annually shall be based on a tax rate <br />approved by the Board of Commissioners following review of the needs projected in the budget estimate submitted <br />to the County by the Board of Directors of the Fire Department, and shall be sufficient to provide an appropriation <br />to Fire Department of Eighty Thousand dollars ($80,000) less the amount equal to all payments received by Fire <br />Department from any municipality pursuant to N.C. General Statute 160A -31.1, 160A -37.2, and 160A49.2 <br />(proportionate share of debt service) and N.C. General Statute 160A -37.1 and 160!49.1 (contract between <br />municipality and rural fire department for fire protection service)." <br />2. All other terms and conditions of the original agreement shall remain in force. <br />Executed this the 30' day of June, 1999. <br />FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ORANGE COUNTY <br />Alice M. Gordon, Chair <br />FOR AND ON BEHALF OF NORTH CHATHAM <br />VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT <br />Phil Poythress, Chair <br />This instrument has been pre - audited in the manner required by the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. <br />Kenneth T. Chavious <br />Finance Director <br />