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• <br /> 4-Uniforms (-$1,821.00)-Available funds will be used in a more circumspect <br /> manner, and in the case of Animal Shelter staff, uniform items themselves will be <br /> more limited than in past years. <br /> S-3 Proposal (Provide a brief description of the service change) <br /> Service Reductions-combined S-3 through S-6 <br /> S-3 Fiscal Impact (This number should correspond to the amount included <br /> on the department's budget request excel spreadsheet) <br /> $12,750.00 <br /> S-3 Description — Describe, in detail, the service delivery impact of the <br /> proposed reduction/change. <br /> 1-Microchips (-$10,000.00)-As a reliable form of permanent identification, <br /> microchips will no longer be provided as part of an animal adoption. No data is <br /> known to us about the affects of such a change on animal recoveries (or even <br /> euthanasia) but experience indicates that in some instances microchips are the <br /> difference in whethQr an animal is recovered by an owner or a custodian. Note <br /> that revenues presently associated with microchips will continue to be collected <br /> but under the category of adoption itself since the overall adoption fee does not <br /> ( <br /> cover the full costs of care associated with adopted animals, and that staff will <br /> recommend adding elective microchipping for a separate fee. <br /> 2-Educational Activities (-$2,100.00)-We will discontinue programs such as <br /> elementary classroom education that we have historically provided in Orange <br /> County and Carrboro-Chapel Hill schools. More generally, all internal program <br /> and volunteer resources will be aligned to the greatest extent possible with <br /> outreach and special events insofar as these are integral to the recovery or <br /> placement of sheltered animals and assurance of compliance with the County's <br /> Animal Control Ordinance. <br /> 3-Goods sold and miscellaneous services (-$650.00)-We will no longer sell <br /> leashes to customers but only collars insofar as the latter are required for <br /> identification tags. In addition, the grooming and bathing of adopted animals will <br /> no longer be done for adopters on a paid basis. (Note that the latter affects only <br /> our small, miscellaneous revenue line item.) <br /> 79 <br />