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C <br />3 <br />WHEREAS, County levies and collects the taxes and is <br />responsible for appropriating said funds for the use of the <br />citizens in the Damascus and Southern Triangle Fire Districts; and <br />WHEREAS, County desires to establish a renewable contract <br />to enable Fire Department to make long -range plans; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants <br />and premises herein contained, the parties hereto contract and <br />agree as follows: <br />1. Each fiscal year, the County will cause to be levied <br />a special tax not exceeding 15 cents ($0.15) per one hundred <br />dollar valuation of all real and personal property subject to <br />taxation in the Damascus and Southern Triangle Fire Districts <br />unless otherwise limited by law and /or a vote of the people; and <br />will collect said tax as a part of the ad valorem tax collections <br />of the County. The amount levied annually shall be based on a tax <br />rate approved by the Board of County Commissioners following <br />review of the needs projected in the budget estimate submitted to <br />the County by the Board of Directors of the Fire Department and <br />shall be sufficient -to provide an appropriation to Fire <br />Department of Fifty Thousand and No /100 Dollars ($50,000.00) less <br />the amount equal to all payments received by Fire Department from <br />any municipality pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. 160A -31.1, 160A -37.2 <br />and 160A -49.2 (proportionate share of debt service) and N.C. Gen. <br />Stat. 160A -37.1 and 160A -49.1 (contract between munici - pality and <br />rural fire department for fire protection service). <br />