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Home My WebLink About2014-421 DEAPR - NC Forest Service for Forest Service Contract $71,374 al)t4- q 9--,1 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services $ 178,436 Total Cooperative Appropriation $ 107,062 60% State $ 71,374 40% County AGREEMENT FOR THE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FOREST LAND IN ORANGE COUNTY,NORTH CAROLINA THIS AGREEMENT, made under authority of "An act to authorize Counties to cooperate with State in Forest Protection, Reforestation and promotion of Forest Management,"Article 75 of Chapter 106,G.S. 106-895 through G.S. 106-910,by Session Laws 2011-145,s. 13.25(p),effective July 1,2011, and also under authority of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (hereinafter Called the Department),party of the first part, and the Board of Commissioners of ORANGE COUNTY in the State of North Carolina(hereinafter called the Board),parry of the second part, witnesseth: That WHEREAS the said Board, recognizing the need for active forest protection, development, reforestation, management and improvement in ORANGE COUNTY, has accepted the offer of the Department for cooperation in accomplishing this object: Now THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the said parties contract and agree to maintain a legally appointed and equipped Forest Ranger organization in said county at the joint cost of the State and County, insofar as the joint funds will permit, as follows: Part 1. THE DEPARTMENT AGREES: 1. To select employ and a pp oint after consultation with the Board, a County Forester or County Forest Ranger for the purposes of controlling forest fires in said County; for detecting and extinguishing fires that break out; for investigating the origin of forest, woodland and field fires; for enforcing State forest fire laws; for taking such preventative measures, educational and otherwise, as shall seem necessary to prevent forest fires; for developing and improving the forests through reforestation promotion and practice of Forest Management practices; and for protection from insects and diseases. 2. To furnish to each Forester or Forest Ranger so employed a badge of office, stationery and report forms, instructional posters for use in the County, leaflets for distributing to landowners and others; to purchase necessary equipment, communication systems, and other Forestry improvements deemed necessary insofar as the joint funds will permit. 3. To pay the Forester or Forest Ranger for all official services rendered, at a fair rate of pay. Rates of pay are to be established by the Department in accord with existing State salary schedules. 4. To direct supervise, instruct,and inspect, through its agents,the work and conduct of the Forester or Forest Ranger,to discipline and, when necessary, discharge such Forester or Forest Ranger. 5. To submit to the Board of Commissioners monthly (or at other mutually satisfactory intervals) an itemized statement of all monies to be paid by the County and those paid by the Department for proper conduct of the work within said County. 6. To make available annually from State, Federal, and other funds allotted to it, the sum of ONE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND AND SIXTY TWO DOLLARS ($107,062) as its share of an annual budget of$175,186 for carrying the work in said County. Part 11. THE BOARD AGREES: 1. To pay to the Department 40% of the total cost of the Forester or Forest Ranger salaries and expenses and of other proper expenditures made in connection with the over-all Forestry program in said County, upon receipt and consequent approval of the periodic statements submitted by the Department. 2. To appropriate annually the sum of SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR DOLLARS ($71,374) which sum shall be available for expenditure under the terms of this Agreement, and shall represent the County's share of the annual budget. Part 111. IT IS EXPRESSLY AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD BY BOTH PARTIES: 1. That this Agreement becomes effective July 1, 2014. 2. That the annual appropriations as set forth above may be revised by mutual agreement between the Department and the Board, based on the amount of annual appropriation desirable for the proper conduct of the Forestry work, such revision to become effective at the beginning of a given Fiscal Year. Any unused balance of County funds remaining at the end of a Fiscal Year shall revert to said County unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by both parties. 3. That the Board reimburses the Department as provided in Part 11, Item 1,by forwarding a county voucher drawn in favor of the Department for the amount of the County's share of expenditures as set forth in the Department's periodic statement to the Board. That such payments be made by the Board within thirty days following receipt of the Department's billing. 4. That title to all improvements and equipment purchased and/or constructed in connection with this agreement will rest with the Department; such materials or their equivalent will remain in the County as long as this agreement is in effect, or as long as they are needed by the Department for the proper conduct of the work therein. 5. That the Forester or Forest Ranger periodically or at the request of the Board, shall present to the Board statements of the work being done within the County, so that said Board may be fully informed at the times regarding the Forestry finances and activities within the County. %e IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the said parties do hereunto aff nam seals upon the date herein below specified. 17 For the Board of County Commissioners of ORANGE COUNTY: al. Cats '% Date Chairman to Provisions for the payment of the monies fall ue unde reement have been made by appropriation duly made or by bonds or notes duly authorized, as required by the "County Fiscal Control Act." Date County Finance Officer For the North Carolina Department of Agricul I e Con teices: Date' ' I , JC Signature N. David Smith, Chief Deputy Commissioner • . ��uLrv� fG 'Wo of c�2 1• '•1 fA w F North Carolina Department of Agriculture SERVICE and Consumer Services N C EMD N.C. Forest Service Steven W.Troxler Scott Bissette Commissioner Assistant Commissioner 3314 NC 86 South Hillsborough, NC 27278 Telephone: (919) 732-8105 August 5, 2014 D-11 FA Coop Unit Budget-Orange County David Stancil Environment and Resource Conservation PO Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Mr. Stancil; Attached are five (5) copies of Orange County's agreement with the North Carolina Forest Service for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014. Please have the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and the County Finance Officer sign ALL five (5) copies of the attached agreements and return two (2) signed copies to the North Carolina Forest Service at the above address. This year's budget is $178,436; with the State paying $107,062 and the County share being $71,374 If there are any questions concerning this request, please feel free to contact County Ranger Christian Hirni or myself. cerely, Jo n P. Howard District Forester JPH:pra cc: Chris Hirni, Orange County Ranger 110 Boone Square, Suite 12 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Phone: (919) 732-8152 1616 Mail Service Center,Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1616 Phone:(919)857-4801 •FAX:(919)857-4802•www.ncforestservice.gov An Equal Opportunity Employer FOREST SERVICE North Carolina Department of Agriculture N C and Consumer Services Steve Troxler N.C. Forest Service Scott Bissette Commissioner Assistant Commissioner N. David Smith Chief Deputy Commissioner July 23, 2014 D1 1 - FA County - Orange Agreement ORANGE COUNTY FINANCE OFFICE P.O. Box 8181 HILLSBOROUGH NC 27278-2846 Dear Sir: Your County's copy of the agreement with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is enclosed. This is the basis for our cooperation for the FY 2014-2015. The original has been retained for our Department records, and the third copy has been sent to our District Office. I am confident that our excellent cooperative relations of the past will continue through the new fiscal year,which should see continued improvement in our State's Forestry Program. Your County's cooperative efforts are proof of the increasing interest in the Forestry Program. Please contact your County Ranger, the local District Forester, or this office if there are any questions about the Cooperative Program. ncerel L N. David Smith Chief Deputy Commissioner Enclosure cc: District 11 1616 Mail service Center,Raleigh North Carolina 27699-1616 Phone: (919)857-4801 ■FAX:(919)857-4802■www.dfr.state.nc.us/ An Equal Opportunity Employer