AGREEMENT FOR THE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FOREST LAND IN BLADEN 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," (Section 113-59 of the general Statutes of North Carolina - 1943), and also under authority of another Section of the General Statutes, namely Section 113-54, by the North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources (hereinafter Called the Department), party of the first part, and the Board of Commissioners of Pender County in the State of North Carolina (hereinafter called the Board), party of the second part, witnesseth:

That WHEREAS the said Board, recognizing the need for active forest protection, development, reforestation, management and improvement in Bladen 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:

I. THE DEPARTMENT AGREES:

l. To select, employ and appoint, 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 eighty-three thousand, two hundred fifty-three dollars ($178,253.00), as it share of an annual budget of $283,253.00 for carrying the work in said County.

Part II. 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 one hundred five thousand dollars ($ 105,000.00) 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 III. IT IS EXPRESSLY AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD BY BOTH PARTIES:

1. That this Agreement becomes effective July 1, 2005.

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 reimburse the Department as provided in Part II, Item l, 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.

N.C. DEPARTMENT OF CRIME CONTROL AND PUBLIC SAFETY GOVERNOR'S CRIME COMMISSION 1201 FRONT STREET, SUITE 200 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27609

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE GRANT AWARD SPECIAL CONDITIONS

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County of Bladen

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1. The recipient agrees to comply with the financial and administrative requirements set forth in the current edition of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Financial Guide and the current edition of Governor's Crime Commission Grant Award Packet.

2. The recipient assures and certifies that it has the legal authority to apply for federal assistance and the institutional, managerial, and financial capability (including funds sufficient to pay any required non-federal share of the project cost) to ensure proper planning, management, and completion of the project described in this application.

3. The recipient agrees to establish safeguards to prohibit employees from using their positions for a purpose that constitutes or presents the appearance of personal or organizational conflict of interest, or personal gain.

4. or representative, access to and the right to examine all paper or electronic records related to the financial assistance.

The recipient agrees to give the Governor's Crime Commission the General Accounting Office, through any authorized