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171 emergeocy involving the health and safety of the people or their property, to announce all requirements for architectural and engineering services; and WHEREAS, said Act further states said architectural and engineering services shall be procured from firms qualified to provide such service on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification for the type of professional services without regard to the fee other than unit price information at this stage; and thereafter to negotiate a contract for architectural or engineering services at a fair and reasonable fee with the best qualified firm; and WHEREAS, in the event that a contract cannot be negotiated with the best qualified firm, negotiations with the firm shall be terminated and initiated with the next best qualified firm; and WHEREAS, said Model Code for Procurement of Architectural and Engineering Services provides for an exemption which allows the Board of Commissioners to designate a county official to negotiate and execute Contracts when the estimated professional fee shall be in an amount less than $30,000.00; and WHEREAS, the staff of Cabarrus County has reco~u~ended that the Board of Co~unissioners authorize such exemption and perntit the County Manager to negotiate and execute contracts for architectural and engineering services when said project amount is less than $30,000.00: and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners now desires to adopt provisions of said Act and to further exempt projects of $30,000 or less and thereby allowing and authorizing the County Manager to ~egotiate and execute contracts of architectural and engineering services when the estimated professional fee is in an amount of less than $30,000.00 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Cabarrus County Board of Co~unissioners as follows: 1. That the Cabarrus County Board of Com~%issioners does hereby adopt as the policy of Cabarrus County the provisions of The Act to provide A Model Code for Procurement of Architectural and Engineering Services by State and Local Governments as adopted and ratified by the North Carolina General ~$e~oly in 1987 as House Bill 277. 2. That for those proposed projects where the estimated professional fee for architectural and engineering services is in an amount of less than $30,000.00 the County Manager is hereby authorized, as provided in said model code and act to negotiate and execute any such contracts on behalf of Cabarrus County. 3. That this Resolution shall take effect upon passage. Adopted this 20z" day of August 2001. ATTESTED BY: /s/ Frankie F. Bonds /s/ Arne Fennel ~RNE FENNEL, CHAIRMAN . CABARRUS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FRANKIE F. BONDS, CLERK TO THE BOARD NEW BUSINESS Mr. Mike Downs, Development Services Director, presented a proposed Resolution to abolish the Poplar Tent Fire Tax District effective June 30, 2002. Due to annexations by the cities of Concord and Kannapolis, there are no longer any parcels within the tax district that are not located within the corporate limits of either Concord or Kannapolis. No fire tax was levied in the district for Fiscal Year 2001-02. Meetings will be scheduled with the fire department, the North Carolina Department of Insurance and the State Fire Marshal's office to work out the future of the department. There was brief discussion regardinq the status of the Poplar Tent Volunteer Fire Department as a non-profit corporatioo, the disposition of the department's assets and the structure of current fire prevention services in Cabarrus County. At 7:05 p.m., Chairman Fennel opened the public hearing concerning the proposed dissolution of the Poplar Tent Fire Tax District and asked if anyone wished to speak regarding the proposal. The Notice of the Public Hearing was published in THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER ICabarrus Neighbors) on August 5 and 12, 2001.