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Fire Districts - continued Cedar Grove Fire District $204,527 • The tax rate for this district is approved to remain at 7.36 cents for FY 2013 -14. • In FY 2012 -13, the department is in the process of working with the contractor and Orange County Planning Department on the addition to Station #2 to include a training room, kitchen and new office. The department has also installed additional dry hydrants, purchased equipment that is needed on their trucks for ISO, and plans to lower their insurance rating in the near future. • In FY 2013 -14, the department plans to complete the addition to Station #2; the department has been saving for the last few years for this additional with the hopes to have a large portion of the building paid for, continue to work on lowering the district's insurance rating, and continue to train firefighters for level I & II certifications. • Their Five -Year plan includes working on replacing a 1986 model brush truck and a 1985 squad truck, work towards setting aside funds to replace the engine at Station #2; their goal is to keep engines and tankers on a rotation that will not allow them to be more than 20 years old before replacing them, and add two part -time staff during peak daytime hours. Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District $281,144 • This is one of three new Fire Service Districts that replaces existing Fire Protection Districts. • The Town of Chapel Hill will provide fire protection for the new Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District. See map of the new Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District within this section of the document. • On February 27, 2013, the Chapel Hill Town Council voted unanimously to enter into a service agreement to extend the Town's current fire district into the affected neighborhoods for a period of 5 years with a 15.00 cent tax levy per one - hundred dollar valuation of real and personal property. • The tax rate for this district is approved at 15.00 cents for FY 2013 -14 Damascus Fire District $82,329 Southern Triangle Fire Service District $164,905 • The North Chatham Fire Department will continue to contract with Orange County to provide fire services to the citizens in both the Damascus Fire Protection District and the new Southern Triangle Fire Service District within Orange County. There will be a separate agreement for the Damascus Fire Protection District since a different NC General Statute provides the County authority to contract for Fire Protection. • See map of the new Southern Triangle Fire Service District within this section of the document; there are no changes to the Damascus Fire Protection District. • The tax rate for both the Damascus Fire Protection District and the new Southern Triangle Fire Service District is approved at 8.80 cents for FY 2013 -14. Efland Fire District $473,961 The tax rate for this district is approved to increase from 4.66 cents to 7.00 cents (an increase of 2.34 cents) for FY 2013 -14. The increase will be used to provide two (2) paid firefighters in the district during weekdays (this should improve their response times and improve the quality of service), and purchase apparatus to keep the equipment up to date. The increase will be balanced by the savings homeowners in the district will receive by their ISO rating improving from a7toa6. 0911