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ORANGE COUNTY <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT AND AGREEMENT <br />THIS AMENDMENT, agreed to this 23d of.lune, 2004, between Orange County and North Chatham <br />Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.. <br />W ITNESSETH: <br />WHEREAS, Orange County (County) and North Chatham Volunteer Fire Department (Department) <br />entered into an agreement on July 28, 1992, whereby Department provides fire protection to persons <br />and property in the Southern Triangle and Damascus Fire Districts; and <br />WHEREAS, County and Department wish to continue this agreement at the current level of service; and <br />WHEREAS, increasing costs of providing the current level of service to the two fire districts necessitate <br />a modification to the annual appropriation stipulated in the existing agreement; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and premises herein contained, the <br />parties agree that the CONTRACT AND AGREEMENT dated July 2, 1992, is amended as follows: <br />The second sentence in paragraph 1 is amended to read: "The amount levied annually shall be <br />based on a tax rate approved by the Board of Commissioners following review of the needs <br />projected in the budget estimate submitted to the County by the Board of Directors of the Fire <br />Department, and shall be sufficient to provide an appropriation to Fire Department of One <br />Hundred Thirty Four Thousand dollars ($134,000) less the amount equal to all payments <br />received by Fire Department from any municipality pursuant to N.C. General Statute 160A-31.1, <br />160A-37,2, and 160A-49.2 (proportionate share of debt service) and N.C, General Statute 160A- <br />37.1 and 160A-49.1 (contract between municipality and rural fire department for fire protection <br />service)." <br />2. All other terms and conditions of the original agreement shall remain in force,. <br />Executed this the 23d day of June, 2004. <br />FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ORANGE <br />COUNTY <br />Barry .lacobs, Chair <br />FOR AND ON BEHALF OF NORTH <br />CHATHAM <br />VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT <br />H. Scott Beasley, President <br />Board of Directors <br />This instrument has been pre-audited in the manner required by the Local Government Budget and <br />Fiscal Control Act. <br />Kenneth T. Chavious <br />Finance Director <br />