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4. Within a reasonable time following the receipt of a request for law en- forcement assistance, and in no event more than twenty-four hours later, the chief elected official of a requested party shall communicate to the members of the governing body of~the requested party the terms of the request for law enforcement assistance and his action upon the request. With respect to all rights and duties arising under this agreement, this provision~shall be deemed directory rather than mandatory and shall not be interpreted as a condition precedent to the furnishing of law enforcement assistance or to the legality of such assistance furnished. 5. At the next regular or special meeting of the governing body of a re- quested party following receipt of the request for law enforcement assistance, there shall be recorded in the minutes of that meeting a complete record of the request, the action taken, the names of all law enforcement officers and other personnel sent to the requesting party, and a description of any other law en- forcement assistance furnished. At the next regular or special meeting of the governing body of a requesting party following the making of the request for law enforcement assistance, there shall be recorded in the minutes of that meeting a complete record containing the same information required above as to the requested party. 6. While law.enforcement officers of a sending party are within the territory of a requesting party pursuant to a request for law enforcement assistance, such officers shall be under the command of the chief law enforcement official of the requesting party. With regard to other kinds of law enforcement, command, control, and supervision of personnel, equipment, supplies, and the like shall be in the appropriate official of the requesting party as designated by its chief elected official. In certain situations involving specialized equipment, services, or units with which officials of the requesting party may not be familiar, the chief elected official of the sending party may stipulate that detailed command, control, and supervision remain with an officer of the sending party, but in any event the chief elected official of the requesting party or his delegate shall have general power to direct and coordinate all activities taken to combat the existent emergency conditions. 7. The chief elected official of the sending party shall keep watch on con- ditions within his Jurisdiction while law enforcement assistance is being furnished to the r~questing party and if he deems it to be necessary he may recall part or all of the law enforcement assistance furnished. The decision to recall all or any part of the law enforcement assistance furnished shall be solely within the discretion of the chief elected official of the sending party, provided that in the case of Cabarrus County, this determination and recall shall be upon the advice of the sheriff. Recall shall be effected through communication with the chief elected official of the requesting party, who shall take immediate action in com- pliance with the recall request. 8. While law enforcement officers, other personnel, equipment, supplies, and other material of the sending party are under the control of the requesting party, the requesting party shall be responsible for feeding and housing such officers and other personnel and for properly maintaining and storing such equip- ment, supplies, and other material. 9. The requesting party shall reimburse the sending party for the cost to it of furnishing law enforcement assistance pursuant to this agreement. This cost shall be computed by the sending party and submitted on an invoice to the requesting party. Where total costs may not be immediately subject to computation, the sending party may send an invoice for part of the amount due and submit later invoices as