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3 <br />DRAFT <br />EVANS & ASSOCIATES CONSULTING GROUP INC <br />FEE AGREEMENT <br />AGREEMENT, dated , 20 between Orange County (hereinafter "the County") and Evans & <br />Associates Consulting Group Ina (hereinafter "Evans & Associates" or "Independent Consultants".) <br />Now, therefore, the parties hereto agree as follows: <br />l SERVICE^S. The Cow~ty shall employ Evans & Associates as an hndependent Contractor, and as <br />Independent Consultants shall serve the Cotmty upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. <br />Z. TERM AND EXTENSION. The employment of Evans & Associates herewtder shall continence on <br />2006. All of the terms and conditions of this Agreement applicable thereto shall continue in <br />frill force and effect on a month-to-month basis. This Agreement is cancelable by either party upon thirty (.30) <br />days written notice, <br />3. DUTIES. During the period or periods of employment hereunder, Evans & Associates shall serve the <br />County and shall perform Business Personal Property Audits, provide instruction, and consulting services <br />related to business per°sonal property issues required or requested in connection with the County. Within the <br />limitations hereinabove provided, the hidependent Consultants will render such other advisory services in <br />connection with the Tax Department of the County as maybe requested from time to time by the Tax <br />Administrator of the Cotmty, without fin~ther compensation other than that for which provision is made in this <br />Agreement. <br />4° TIME REQUIREMENTS,. Evans & Associates shall devote time, energy, and skill to the duties ofhis <br />employment hereunder and shall periodically, or at any time upon the request of the County, submit data as to <br />the time performed. <br />5. COMPENSATION. The County shall pay to Evans & Associates for their services on an average hourly <br />basis as noted in Schedule-A. Non-local accounts have a $200 travel surcharge, Such stuns shall be paid upon <br />satisfactory completion of each audit and are based upon an hourly fee. Non-local accomits are defined as those <br />accounts in which t9ie audit takes place outside the state of North Carolina and beyond a 50 mile radius of the <br />Comity. The non-local "premium" shall be used to offset additional traveling expenses. <br />Evans & Associates shall fully assist the County in defense of all discoveries made under this agr°eement <br />at no additional cost to the Cotmty except that the total man hours provided shall not exceed forty (40) hours on <br />any one appeal. The appeals process includes; informal appeals, Board of Equalization and Review, and higher <br />level appeals. The cost to the County for assistance exceeding forty hours, on any one appeal, shall be based on <br />a rate of $55.00 per hour. Defense of discoveries shall include personal appearances at meetings with taxpayers <br />or their representatives; providing testimony and evidence at all hear°ings at all appeal levels. It is understood <br />and agreed that audit services constitute an examination of data and materials contained in the taxpayer''s reports <br />or statements. The information obtained in an audit maybe used by the County Assessor in forming an opinion <br />of value as required in his duties outlined in N C.G.S. 105-312, <br />