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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No X-A ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 6, 1996 SUBJECT: Fire Inspection Program Fees ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT County Manager/Emergency PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x Management ------------------------------- BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED YES NO x -------------------------------- ------------------------------- ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT 2/29/96 Staff Report Rod Visser, ext 2300 Current Fee Schedule Nick Waters/Mike Tapp ext 3030 TELEPHONE NUMBER Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PURPOSE: To receive a report on current fire inspection program fees and on proposed staff update of the program fee schedule. BACKGROUND: As a result of changes to the North Carolina Building Code in late 1991, Orange County in 1993 implemented a program of State mandated fire inspections of various categories of facilities . Before the program was implemented, the Board approved a schedule of inspection fees that was designed to recover the costs of the mandated inspection program. Recently, the Board of Commissioners directed the County Manager- to examine the question of whether the current schedule of fire inspection program fees is as fair as possible. Staff have accomplished a preliminary review of this question, as outlined in the attached report. RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report as information, and provide any necessary direction concerning the course of action proposed by staff to update the current fire inspection program fee schedule.