2001 Emergency Svc - Town of Hillsborough fire safety inspections

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NORTH CAROLINA ORANGE COUNTY This AGREEMENT, made and entered into this the 19th day of June, 2001, by and between Orange County (hereinafter referred to as "County") and the Town of Hillsborough (hereinafter referred to as "Town"), to provide for periodic fire safety inspections of facilities within Town's jurisdiction as mandated by the State of North Carolina pursuant to the authority contained in Article 128 of Chapter 153A and Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes. WHEREAS, an agreement was made and entered into as of the l't day of November, 1993, by and between the County and the Town, whereby the County performed State mandated fire inspections of facilities within the jurisdiction of the Town, and WHEREAS, the Town has assumed the duties of performing fire inspections through its Fire Inspector of the Level One and Level Two facilities within the jurisdiction of the Town, and requires assistance and training for Level Three fire safety inspections, which is for approximately 32 (thirty-two) facilities, NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual terms and agreements hereinafter set forth, the County and the Town do agree as follows: 1. County will carry out, or cause to be carried out, within Town's jurisdiction the minimum schedule of inspections required to be performed by local governments pursuant to Section 107, Volume V of the North Carolina Fire Prevention Code, for Level Three subject facilities. The Town's Level One and Level Two certified inspector shall perform inspections for Level One and Level Two facilities only. 2. Appropriate officials of the County and Town shall continue to work together to produce a schedule that identifies buildings, structures, and premises which are of priority for inspections within Town's jurisdiction. 3. County Fire Marshal will submit within five working days of the end of each month a copy of each fire safety inspection performed within Town's jurisdiction during that month to the Town's Code Enforcement Officer. 4. County Finance Office will invoice Town monthly for all inspections performed by the County during the prior month. Town will reimburse County for cost of all inspections performed by County, except as provided below, within ten working days of invoice in accordance with the current fee schedule adopted by the Board of County Commissioners. Source of payment and method for billing for inspections under this agreement shall be at Town's discretion and shall, in no way, be or become a responsibility of County. 5. County will inspect all public school facilities within County's and Town's jurisdictions and all facilities owned by County or licensed by the Department of Social Services as care facilities within Town's jurisdiction. County shall not invoice Town for such inspections. The County will perform plans review in conjunction with the Orange County Planning Department, and the Town inspector will participate all levels of plans review and corresponding inspections where a Certificate of Occgpancy is issued. This shall include review of any changes made to plans after the issuance of a building permit and the issuance of a Certificate of OccLipancy. A minimum of Level Two certification is required for