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'r <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. $.- h <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 21, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Renewal Agreement -Town of Hillsborough Fire Inspections <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management <br />Fire Marshal <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1~ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Renewal Agreement <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Nick Waters or Mike Tapp <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - -ext. 3030 <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To consider renewing the existing agreement between Orange County and the Town of <br />Hillsborough, whereby County personnel perform state mandated fire inspections on behalf of <br />the Town. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />In November, 1993, Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough entered into an agreement <br />that provides for county fire inspections to conduct State mandated fire inspections of facilities in <br />the Town's jurisdiction that are subject to periodic inspection. The Town pays the County for <br />performance of those inspections against invoices prepared in accordance with the County's fee <br />schedule for fire inspection. <br />The Town has the ability to perform Level I Fire Inspections that are the majority of the <br />inspections in the Town. The approximate total number of Level I facilities is 355 (three <br />hundred fifty five) and the approximate combined total number of Level II and II facilities is 89 <br />(eighty-nine). The Town Inspector has achieved a probationary Level II certification, and <br />County Staff continues to work with the inspector in achieving permanent certification. The <br />State Building Code Council requires certain levels of experience in Level II inspections before <br />it will grant permanent Level II certification, so it is possible that the Town may continue to <br />require County assistance with these inspections for several more years. <br />The agreement with the Town is for the County to continue performing Level II and Level III <br />Fire Inspections, as well as retaining inspection authority for county owned facilities, schools, <br />Department of Social Services facilities, and continue participating in and approving building <br />plans, as part of the County's Plans Review process. This agreement has worked well over the <br />past few years. <br />