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(2)    Methods for determining priorities for various capital projects.

(3)    Ways and means of reconciling and balancing needed capital
expenditures for succeeding years with future borrowings and revenues
of the county.

(4)    The effect of such borrowings on the credit standing of the
county and the county's debt limit.

(5)    The adequacy of the present debt limit provisions relating to
the county's capacity to borrow, from the standpoint of providing needed
funds and at the same time protection of the county's debt structure, and
what changes may be safely made in such debt limit provisions including
formulas by which the limit be determined.

(6)    The extent to which the financial requirements of the county
are duplicated in other Maryland counties, with a view to proposals for
revision of shared tax receipts which may be expected to gain support
from other parts of the state.

(7)    Fiscal relations between the county and other incorporated
communities and special taxing areas.

(8)    Possible methods to provide other or additional revenue for the
county.

(9)    Recommendation for legislation on the federal, state, or county
level on any matter relating to this study.

(10)    Matters which the county executive may from time to time
request.

(c) The chief administrative officer shall make available to the
committee whatever facilities and services of the county as may be neces-
sary for it to perform its function.

Section 8. Subsection (f) of Section 85-1, Chapter 85, title "Fire
Departments" of the Montgomery County Code 1965, is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

85-1. Minimum standards for fire departments. ***

(f) Inspections. A six-man committee shall make the necessary
inspections to assure compliance with these standard. The committee
shall be composed of five members appointed by the county fire board
from its own members and one member appointed by the county executive.
At least three members of this committee shall be in attendance and certify
to such inspections. Committee members shall not be eligible for inspection
of their own department. Such inspections shall be made at least annually
and a written report made to the county fire board. In the event of failure
to pass such inspection, the department shall be notified in writing and
given such time as deemed necessary by the inspection committee to
correct the noted discrepancies.

Section 9. Section 85-2, Chapter 85, title "Fire Departments" of the
Montgomery County Code 1965, is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

85-2. Notice of compliance with section 85-1.

The county fire board shall make known, in writing, to the county
executive the names of the several fire companies satisfying the standards
for fire departments in the county, as established by section 85-1 of this