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i 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 14 , 1996 SUBJECT: Orange County-Town of Hillsborough Fire Service Collaboration ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT Emergency Management/ PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x County Manager ------------------------------- BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED YES NO x -------------------------------- ------------------------------- ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT 5/9/96 Issues Paper Nick Waters, ext 3030 2/29/96 Hillsborough Town Manager Memo Rod Visser, ext 2300 4/21/95 Hillsborough Town Manager Memo TELEPHONE NUMBER Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PURPOSE: To consider policy decisions on two issues related to fire prevention and protection involving Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough. BACKGROUND: At a March 13, 1996 work session involving the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners, elected officials discussed future direction on two policy issues : first, the question of how long the County should continue to contract with the Town to perform the State-mandated fire inspection program on the Town' s behalf; and second, to consider a proposal from the Town and the Orange Rural Fire Department that the County contribute funds to pay for a portion of the costs of hiring three full-time firefighters to serve with the Orange Rural/Town of Hillsborough fire department . The accompanying paper and memos provide background and possible courses of action oft these two policy matters. RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board of Commissioners 1) agree to extend the fire inspection contract between the County and the Town through June 30, ' 1997, with the understanding that the Town would then undertake fire inspections within its own jurisdiction - the County would then consider a possible new, limited agreement to provide continuing technical support on Level III fire inspections; and 2) consider whether to allocate any additional funds to the Orange Rural Fire Department - if so, to consider making that allocation a one-time capital contribution based on proportional value of County owned property to the entire assessed property value of the entire fire district .