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<br />~~/f 9/~s/'~ <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />This AGREEMENT, made and. entered into this the 15th day of September, 1998, by and between Orange <br />County (hereinafter referred to as "County") and the Town of Hillsborough (hereinafter referred to as <br />"Town"), to provide for periodic fire safety inspections of facilities within Town's jurisdiction as mandated <br />by the State of North Carolina pursuant to the authority contained in Article 128 of Chapter 153A and <br />Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes. <br />WHEREAS, an agreement was made and entered into as of the 1st day of November, 1993, by and <br />between the County and the Town, whereby the County performed State mandated fire inspections of <br />facilities within the jurisdiction of the Town, and - - <br />WHEREAS, the Town is ready to assume the duties of performing fire inspections of the Level One <br />facilities within its jurisdiction, and <br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of the County and the Town to-continue an agreement for the provision-of <br />required fire safety inspections by County employees of facilities within the jurisdiction of the Town, that -- <br />require Level Two and Level Three fire safety inspections, <br />NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual terms and agreements hereinafter set forth, the <br />County and the Town do agree as follows: <br />1. County will carry out, or cause to be carried out, within Town's jurisdiction the minimum schedule <br />of inspections required to be performed by local governments pursuant to Section 107, Volume V of the <br />North Cazolina Fire Prevention .Code, for Level Two and Level Three subject facilities. The Town Level <br />One Certified Inspector will perform inspections for Level One subject facilities. <br />2. Appropriate officials of the County and Town shall continue to work together to produce a <br />schedule that identifies buildings, structures, and premises which aze of priority for inspections within <br />Town's jurisdiction. <br />3. County Fire Mazshal will submit within five working days of the end of each month a copy of each <br />fire safety inspection performed within Town's jurisdiction during that month to the Town's Code <br />Enforcement Officer. During joint inspections conducted during training of Town staff, a copy of <br />inspection reports will be submitted to Town staff at the conclusion of each joint inspection. <br />4. County Finance Office will invoice Town monthly for all inspections performed by the County <br />during the prior month. Town will reimburse County for cost of all inspections performed by County, <br />except as provided below, within ten working days of invoice in accordance with the current fee schedule <br />adopted by the Board of County Commissioners. Source of payment and method for billing for inspections <br />under this agreement shall be at Town's discretion and shall, in no way, be or become a responsibility of <br />County. <br />5. County will inspect all public school facilities within County's and Town's jurisdictions and all <br />facilities owned by County or licensed by the Department of Social Services as caze facilities within <br />Town's jurisdiction. County shall not invoice Town for such inspections. The County will perform plans <br />review in conjunction with the Orange County Planning Department, until the Town Inspector obtains the <br />