provisions of this Agreement as hereinafter set forth, and the power of the parties hereto authorized, in coordinating such emergency management and homeland security activities within Montgomery County.

7.

The agency, MCOEM, shall be supported financially by the political subdivisions entering into the countywide agreement. Jurisdictions entering into the countywide agreement will be required to contribute a per capita rate of $0.2 for each citizen within their respective jurisdiction. The Montgomery County Board of County Commissioners shall be requested to pay an equivalent per capita fee of $0.2 for each resident of Montgomery County. The Director shall prepare and submit for review and approval, a budget annually to the Montgomery County Board of County Commissioners.

a.

Nonmember political subdivisions within Montgomery County shall be subject to a fee for services rendered by MCOEM. Said fee will be itemized and based on actual personnel, travel, and equipment usage expenses.

8.

This agreement stands for a term not to exceed three (3) years and may be amended or altered at any time by a majority of the parties hereto.

a.

This agreement shall be in full force and effect when no less than a majority of the political subdivisions of Montgomery County and the County Commissioners of Montgomery County shall have subscribed to this agreement by adopting a like resolution or passing a like ordinance, and shall continue in full force and effect thereafter unless terminated by the Montgomery County Board of County Commissioners.

b.

This agreement may be terminated singularly by a city, village, or township at the end of any calendar year by action of its legislative authority and service of written notice thereof to the MCOEM executive committee not less than ninety (90) days prior to the end of said calendar year. However, any Political Subdivision that exercises a termination, shall organize an emergency management program under the provisions set-forth in ORC 5502.271, and shall be subject to paragraph 6.a above.

This agreement is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage by the Montgomery County Board of County Commissioners, and its adoption by the respective legislative bodies of the majority of the other political subdivisions.

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