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NORTH CAROLINA <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />This AGREEMENT, made and entered into this the 19th da~of_June. 2001, by and between Orange <br />County (hereinafter referred to as "County") and the Town of Hillsborough (hereinafter referred to as <br />"Town"), to provide for periodic fire safety inspections of facilities within Town's jurisdiction as <br />mandated by the State of North Cazolina pursuant to the authority contained in Article 128 of Chapter <br />1 S3A and Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes. <br />WHEREAS, an agreement was made and entered into as of the 1s` day of November, 1993, by and <br />between the County and the Town, whereby the County performed State mandated fire inspections of <br />facilities within the jurisdiction of the Town, and <br />WHEREAS, the Town has assumed the duties of performing fire inspections through its Fire Inspector <br />of the Level One and Level Two facilities within the jurisdiction of the Town, and requires assistance <br />and training for Level Three fire safety inspections, which is for approximately 32 (thirty-two) <br />facilities, <br />NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual terms and agreements hereinafter set forth, <br />the County and the Town do agree as follows: <br />1. County will carry out, or cause to be carried out, within Town's jurisdiction the minimum schedule <br />of inspections required to be performed by local governments pursuant to Section 107, Volume V of <br />the North Carolina Fire Prevention Code, far Level Three subject facilities. The Town's Level One <br />and Level Two certified inspector shall perform inspections for Level One and Level Two facilities <br />only. <br />2. Appropriate officials of the County and Town shall continue to work together to produce a <br />schedule that identifies buildings, structures, and premises which are of priority for inspections within <br />Town's jurisdiction. <br />3. County Fire Marshal will submit within five working days of the end of each month a copy of each <br />fire safety inspection performed within Town's jurisdiction during that month to the Town's Code <br />Enforcement Officer. <br />4. County Finance Office will invoice Town monthly for all inspections performed by the County <br />during the prior month. Town will reimburse County far cost of all inspections performed by County, <br />except as provided below, within ten working days of invoice in accordance with the current fee <br />schedule adopted by the Board of County Commissioners. Source of payment and method for billing <br />for inspections under this agreement shall be at Town's discretion and shall, in no way, be or become a <br />responsibility of County. <br />5. County will inspect all public school facilities within County's and Town's jurisdictions and all <br />facilities owned by County or licensed by the Department of Social Services as raze facilities within <br />Town's jurisdiction. County shall not invoice Town for such inspections. The Coun,r will perform <br />lans review in con'unction with the Oran a Coun Plaruun D artment and the Town ins ector <br />w' 1 aztici ate all evels of laps review and comes ondin ins ections where a Certificate of <br />ccu arc is issued. This shall 'nclude review of an chan es made to laps after the issuance of a <br />buildin ermit and the issuance of a Certificate of Occu anc A minimum of Level Two certification <br />