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I <br />This amended Interlocal Agreement (Attachment 2) would be effective until midnight December <br />31, 2016, with an automatic renewal for three additional five (5) year terms. There is a one <br />hundred and eighty (180) day grace period upon expiration for renewal or cancellation. Changes <br />from the existing agreement are highlighted in yellow. <br />The Town of Hillsborough is in agreement with the contract extension and amendment. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The County's Inspection division collects permit fees directly from the <br />permit applicant for all projects within Hillsborough's jurisdiction for receipt into the General <br />Fund. Orange County school impact fees within the Town of Hillsborough are also assessed <br />and collected by the Inspections division. Permit revenues within the Town are approximately <br />30% of the Inspection division's revenue or approximately $250,000. Current project permitting <br />and field inspection requests within the Town's jurisdiction amount to 35% of the division's total <br />activity, or on average 24 inspection requests per day and 1,200 individual permits per year. <br />The division's current procedures actively work toward a goal of eight inspections per day per <br />inspector to allow for concise inspections and a high standard of customer service. Accordingly <br />the North Carolina Department of Insurance uses a level of service (LOS) standard of eight <br />inspections per day, per Inspector to maintain the Insurance Services Office (ISO) rating. <br />Accounting for number of working days per year (250) and factoring in annual leave and sick <br />leave, the field inspections and permitting activities within the Hillsborough jurisdiction require <br />three full time field Inspectors, one third of a full time Property Development Specialist, one half <br />of a full time commercial Plans Reviewer, one third of a full time residential Plans Reviewer, and <br />one third of a full time Property Development Technician at the front counter. <br />Due to the close proximity of Hillsborough to the base office, the County can efficiently recoup <br />the costs for service. The division's customer service aspect for future businesses, as part of <br />pre - development meetings conducted jointly with Hillsborough staff, is an incentive to economic <br />development. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board approve the Interlocal <br />Agreement contained in Attachment 2 and authorize execution of the Agreement. <br />