(A) The city is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the township for the establishment of the Butler/Wilmington Fire Protection Territory ("Territory").
(B) The boundaries of the Territory shall be the boundaries of the township, inclusive of the City of Butler.
(C) The city shall be the provider unit as defined in IC 36-8-19-3. The city and the township shall each be a participating unit as defined in IC 36-8-19-2.
(D) The contents of the agreement to establish the Territory, including an agreement to impose a uniform tax rate upon all the taxable property within the Territory for fire protection is attached to Ordinance 1521 as Attachment A and incorporated herein by reference.
(E) There is hereby established the Butler/Wilmington Fire Protection Territory Fund from which all expenses of operating and maintaining the fire protection services within the Territory, including repairs, fees, salaries, depreciation on all depreciable assets, rents, supplies, contingencies, and all other expenses lawfully incurred within the Territory shall be paid.
(F) There is hereby established the Butler/Wilmington Fire Protection Territory Equipment Replacement Fund to be used to purchase fire protection equipment, including housing, that will be used to serve the Territory, such fund to be funded by the imposition of a uniform tax rate upon all the taxable property within the Territory.
(G) All line items under various account numbers are hereby transferred to the Butler/Wilmington Fire Protection Territory when the Territory takes effect.
(H) The balance of Fund numbers 426 and 271 will be transferred to the Butler/Wilmington Fire Protection Territory Equipment Replacement Fund by July 1, 2010.
(Ord. 1521, passed 1-18-10)