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22 1 possibility of a 10 cent rate. He said he respects Mayor Kleinschmidt, but he does not agree 2 with him. 3 He said this has already been through the Chapel Hill Town Council twice with no 4 solution and he will not object to sending it back for a third time. However, he asked that it be 5 sent it back with a 5 year contract and if Chapel Hill opts out in one or two years to pursue 6 annexation, that is the Town's prerogative, but it is not the Board of County Commissioners'job 7 to propose or advocate for annexation for any town in this county. He said the issue of 8 contracts is a separate issue, except for the three service districts. 9 Chair Jacobs said it is 10:15pm and he said he asked that they defer items 7-c and 8-a. 10 11 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Rich to 12 defer Items 7-c and 8-a. 13 14 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 15 16 Commissioner Gordon asked Mr. Brinson to have a more detailed report when he brings 17 item 8-a back. 18 19 The Board returned to item 7-b, and Commissioner Rich said that the goal is to help 20 folks out, but to say there is no other solution to get insurance is unfair because the people 21 could ask to be annexed and the problem would go away. 22 Commissioner Rich asked where the idea of 5 year contracts came from. 23 Michael Talbert said the original contracts back to 1992 were for 5 years with 1 year 24 option out and the Fire Chief's Association asked for a long term agreement on a 5 year 25 contract. 26 Chair Jacobs asked how many fire departments had those contracts with the county. 27 Michael Talbert said there are 12, 10 rural and 2 towns. 28 Commissioner Rich said it is important to engage Chapel Hill one more time and there is 29 time to squeeze it in. She asked if there has been any attempt to talk to the state insurance 30 companies to ask why this is being done. 31 Michael Talbert said it is state law if your home is located more than 6 road miles from 32 the station in your fire district that provides your service, you are considered to have a class 10 33 rating or be un-insured. He said under 6 miles gives a rating called 9-s, which allows 34 insurance, but at the highest rate. He said this was caused by technology like MapQuest and 35 GIS that allows the insurance companies to get exact mileage. 36 Commissioner Rich said the properties are less than 6 miles from Chapel Hill and 37 Micheal Talbert said Chapel Hill is not the insurance provider or fire district. 38 Commissioner Rich said this is the point, why would the insurance company not be 39 engaged in the discussion. 40 Michael Talbert said this was an issue for the State Legislature to fix. 41 Frank Clifton said this is not the first item like this Orange County has had. He said one 42 of the fire departments built a new station in another location to expand and cover some of the 43 lost area and then some fire departments have entered into agreements to provide services 44 outside the district. He said there were at one time, 1100 homes countywide that were 6 miles 45 beyond the stations and were losing insurance coverage. He said the Board has worked 46 several years to overcome these. 47 Commissioner Dorosin said he endorsed Chair Jacobs' plan and he thinks that these 48 people should be annexed. He said he also understands that the residents have been in the 49 ETJ for 20 years and Chapel Hill had a long time to annex them but didn't . He said the 50 Mayor's point about ETJ being a planning tool to allow growth has been commonly used by a lot