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O~W\ STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ) COUNTY OF LEE ) CONTRACT FOR INSPECTION SERVICES THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 5?0 day of alt 2002, by and between the County of Lee, one of the one hundred counties of the State of 14orth Carolina and a body both politic and corporate, hereinafter referred to as "County", and the City of Sanford, a municipal corporation chartered by the State of North Carolina, hereinafter referred to as "City"; WITNESSETH: THAT WHEREAS, the County desires for the City to provide inspection services for County by and through its Community Development Department housed in the Federal Building located at 226 Carthage Street, Sanford, N.C.; and WHEREAS, the City has agreed to provide such services for the County; and WHEREAS, by action of the Lee County Board of Commissioners and the Sanford City Council, the parties hereto have reached an agreement concerning the provision of building inspection services to the County; NOW, THEREFORE, for and in the consideration of the payment hereinafter mentioned, the mutual promises herein contained and the mutual benefits to result therefrom, and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 160A and Chapter 153A of the North Carolina General Statutes, the County and City agree as follows: TERM. The tens of this agreement shall begin September 1, 2002 and end June 30, 2003, and shall be renewed automatically thereafter for additional one (1) year terms if the parties agree upon a budget for said department and make appropriations in keeping with the agreed upon division of funding. If the parties cannot agree or do not appropriate funding on an agreed upon basis, then the contract shall be extended for a period of six (6) months and the County shall pay compensation to the City on the same basis that it paid for that period in the preceding fiscal year adjusted for inflation in accordance with the January Consumer Price Index for the South region as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Southeastern Regional Office for the category of all urban consumers, all items group. On or about April 1, City will provide County with a budget estimate for the coming fiscal year for the Building Inspection Department and a proposed division of funding. 2. SERVICES. The City agrees to provide the County comprehensive inspection services including administration of the North Carolina Building Code and any ancillary services promulgated by the City Manager in concert with the County Manger. City will provide day- to-day management of all department operations by the Community Development Director under the direction of the City Manager. Any person having a complaint concerning inspection services may direct it to the County Manager. County agrees to follow departmental protocol for all citizen complaints. 3. AUTHORIZATION. County agrees that the City of Sanford Community Development employees shall be authorized to enforce all building inspection regulations in the County in