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station, they are considered to have a rating of 10 or be uninsured. The insurance district only <br /> goes six miles out. <br /> Commissioner McKee said that the six-mile limit is totally arbitrary that someone chose. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that she does not want equity issues within Eno and <br /> Caldwell and she said that one way to resolve this is to have fire district contracts. <br /> Commissioner Gordon asked the Chapel Hill Fire Chief Dan Jones about his point of <br /> view on contracting. <br /> Dan Jones said that areas could be sp <br /> lit into two contract areas —one rural and one <br /> municipal —and this is how rural areas can be dealt with. <br /> Discussion ensued about how this would work: <br /> Frank Clifton said that staff can bring this back to the Board of County Commissioners <br /> for official action in order to speed this process up. <br /> Commissioner Hemminger asked if the Board agreed to follow through with a work <br /> group and possible contracts. <br /> The Board agreed by consensus. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that the first order of business for the work group should be <br /> the 1,000+ homes that have seen their insurance rates go up considerably. <br /> Commissioner Gordon reiterated the importance of addressing the equity issues. <br /> Michael Talbert said that there are other options that the work group can look at and the <br /> staff will bring back the best available option. <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz suggested looking at fire service districts in some selected areas <br /> where a different tax rate could be provided within the same fire protection district. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to <br /> adjourn the meeting at 10:00 PM. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> Bernadette Pelissier, Chair <br /> Donna S. Baker, CMC <br /> Clerk to the Board � <br />