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Approval of Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 25BCC092 Appropriating Durham County Fire and Rescue (DCFR) Fund Fund Balance of $1,109,661, for the Purpose of Paying the City of Durham for the Completion of Fire Station 18, as Agreed Under the June 25, 2018 Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Durham.
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Date of BOCC Meeting: June 9, 2025
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to Approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 25BCC092 Appropriating Durham County Fire and Rescue (DCFR) Fund fund balance of $1,109,661, for the purpose of paying the City of Durham for the completion of Fire Station 18, as agreed under the June 25, 2018 Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Durham.
On June 25, 2018, the Board approved an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the City of Durham for the provision of consolidated fire, rescue and first responder services in the southern part of Durham County. Under this agreement, the County transferred personnel and equipment to the City of Durham Fire Department, whereby the City of Durham Fire Department assumes responsibility for Fire, Rescue and first responder services for all parcels outside the City Limits within in the Southern Fire and Rescue Districts 81 and 83. The IGA included provisions for the joint development and cost share for two new co-located facilities to be built: Station 18 was to replace Station 83 on Seaton Road which is now complete, and Station 19 is replace Station 81 on Old Page Road, which is currently in the design phase.
As part of the agreement, the County agreed to reimburse the City in the amount of 18% of the City’s portion of construction cost of the new station 18. This percentage was based on the percentage of parcels within district 83 that are outside the City Limits compared to the number of overall parcels within the district. This agenda item is a request to the Board to appropriate this DCFR payment of $1,109,661 for payment to the City.
There was also an EMS portion of this Station that was funded directly by the County through a Capital Project (Station #18 Co-location Project (4330DC002) approved by the Board of Commissioners on Sept. 13, 2021). The DCFR District payment amount is based only on the fire portion (without the EMS portion) of the building.
Alignment with Strategic Plan: This item aligns with Durham County Strategic Goal: Safe and Resilient Community
Resource Persons: Mark Lockhart, Emergency Services Director, Keith Lane, Budget & Management Services Director, Peri Manns, ASLA LEED GA, Deputy Director, James Faress, P.E. Senior Project Manager: Engineering & Environmental Services
County Manager’s Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board authorize the County Manager to approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 25BCC092 Appropriating Durham County Fire and Rescue (DCFR) Fund fund balance of $1,109,661, for the purpose of paying the City of Durham for the completion of Fire Station 18, as agreed under the June 25, 2018 Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Durham.
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County Manager: ____________________________