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NORTH CAROLINA ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL AND PROTECTION SERVICES AGREEMENT This Animal Control and Protection Services Agreement is entered into by and between Orange County, North Carolina, (hereinafter the "County"); and the Town of Hillsborough, North Carolina (hereinafter the "Town") as of the 1St day of July 2009. WHEREAS, the Town desires that the County provide animal control and emergency after hour calls services within the Town during the 2009-2010 fiscal year; and WHEREAS, the County desires to provide animal control and emergency animal calls services within the Town during the 2009-2010 fiscal year; and WHEREAS, the Town Board of Commissioners has previously adopted a resolution authorizing the County to enforce the County's "Animal Control Ordinance" (the "Ordinance") within the jurisdictional limits of the Town; and WHEREAS, the Town Board of Commissioners desires that the County continue to enforce the County's Ordinance within the jurisdictional limits of the Town; and WHEREAS, the Town has, and hereby does, designate the Orange County Animal Services Director to be responsible for determining when a dog located within the Town is a "potentially dangerous dog" pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 67.4.1; and WHEREAS, the Town has, and hereby does, designate the Appeals Committee established by Section 5 of the "Rules of Procedure Governing the Organization and Operation of the Orange County Animal Services Advisory Board" to hear any appeals for a "potentially dangerous dog" determination pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 67-4.1. NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows: Designation of Office of Animal Control. (i) The Town shall and hereby does designate Orange County's Animal Services Center as its "Office of Animal Control," (hereafter"the OAC"). (ii) The County will designate and schedule one (1) Animal Control Officer employed by the County (hereafter the "ACO") to respond to emergency and routine animal service calls within the Town.