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~~ ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 19, 2001 <br />Action Age da <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Agreement Renewal -Town of Hillsborough Fire Inspections __ <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Nick Waters, ext 3030 <br />Agreement Mike Ta , ext 3030 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-$181 <br />Chapel Hill 968501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider modifying and renewing the existing agreement between Orange <br />County and the Town of Hillsborough, whereby County personnel perform certain mandated fire <br />inspections on behalf of the Town. <br />BACKGROUND: In November 1993, Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough entered <br />into an agreement that provides for County fire inspectors to conduct State-mandated fire <br />inspections of facilities in the Town's jurisdiction that are subject to periodic inspection. The <br />Town pays the county for performance of those inspections against invoices prepared in <br />accordance with the County's fee schedule for fire inspections. <br />The agreement began with the County performing all the Town's inspections. During the past <br />three years, the number of inspections the County performs on the Town's behalf has dropped <br />due to the Town's inspector receiving state certification. Under the proposed contract renewal, <br />the County staff will perform only Level Three inspections, which number about 32 annually in <br />the Town's jurisdiction. The Town's fire inspector is certi5ed to perfom~ Level One and Level <br />Two fire inspections that comprise the vast majority of the inspections within the Town. Within <br />the Town's jurisdiction, the total number of Level One facilities exceeds 350 and the <br />approximate total number of Level Two facilities is 70. <br />The Town inspector currently holds a probationary Level Three certification which means that <br />the town can conduct Level Three inspections uhder the direction of County staff. The Town <br />inspector should receive Level Three certification during the coming year which would enable <br />the Town to take the inspection program over during 2002-2003 fiscal year. <br />