TITLE
Title
APPROVE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE NC DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES AND GUILFORD COUNTY FOR THE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FOREST LANDS IN GUILFORD COUNTY
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
J. Leslie Bell (Jamey Walker)
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BACKGROUND
Background
The NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services historically enters into an annual agreement with Guilford County to provide for active forest protection, development, reforestation, management and improvement in forested lands in Guilford County. The agreement attached herein is for FY25/26 for the period July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The agreement with Guilford County provides for the State to maintain a legally appointed and equipped Forest Service office to support the aforementioned efforts and is funded jointly via a 60% (state portion) - 40% (Guilford County portion) funding split.
The Planning & Development Department's Division of Guilford Soil and Water District's approved FY25/26 budget includes the County's 40% funding responsibility ($119,008). Additionally, with the State's 60% share ($178,514), a FY25/26 total cooperative appropriation of $297,522 is allocated for Forestry Service efforts in Guilford County. The Guilford County Forestry Service office is located at the County's Cooperative Extension Building (Agricultural Building) at 3309 Burlington Road, Greensboro. This agreement allows the State to pay assigned staff in accordance with the existing State salary administration policy.
For its part, the State is contracted to provide/fund the following:
- One (1) County/Area Ranger assigned for the purposes of controlling forest fires; for detecting and extinguishing fires that break out; for investigating the origin of forest, woodland, and field fires; for enforcing the State's forest fire laws; for taking such preventive measures, educational and otherwise, to prevent forest fires; for developing and improving the forests through reforestation, promotion, and ...
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