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(ii) The County shall provide trained, qualified personnel to respond to calls for after hour service within the Town by going to the scene when necessary to protect and preserve the health and safety of the public and the life and health of animals. (iii) Qualified personnel of the County shall, when necessary and proper in the judgment of County personnel, provide first aid treatment and/or take animals requiring care to veterinary facilities according to County policy. When immediate veterinary care is not needed in the judgment of County personnel, an animal may be taken to the County' Animal Services Center. Sick and injured animals will be handled according to the Shelter operating policy. (iv) The County may, in its discretion, bear the cost of emergency care and shelter costs for animals that do not appear to have an owner or keeper, or where the owner or keeper can be identified, charge the owner or keeper with the cost of emergency care and shelter costs of the animals consistent with the County operating policy. (v) County employees or their designees shall attempt to contact at a time which is reasonable under the circumstances in each situation, the owner or custodian of each animal involved in an emergency requiring the assistance of the County Animal Services Center. . (vi) Where Town Public Safety and/or Town officers are also on the scene of an animal-related emergency, the County personnel shall cooperate with Town personnel in matters involving safety of persons and/or enforcement of the County's animal control ordinance, and/or North Carolina General Statutes pertaining to animals. 3. Upon receipt of invoice for the services of Animal Control and Emergency After Hour Calls, the Town shall make one payment on July 1St of each year to the County in the amount of Nineteen Thousand Four Hundred and Twenty One Dollars and 00/100 ($19,421.00). 4. This Agreement shall be in effect for the period beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, subject to annual renewal as negotiated and agreed upon by both parties in writing. 5. Either party may terminate this Agreement for any reason by providing the other party 30 days written notice of intention to terminate the Agreement. 6. The Town will indemnify and hold the County harmless for any and all claims, demands or actions whatsoever arising from the County's provision of services under this Agreement unless the same results from the intentional or negligent conduct of the County. It is the intent of this Section 6 that the Town indemnify the County to the fullest extent permitted by law. In witness whereof, the parties hereunto cause this agreement to be executed in their respective names to become effective on the date hereinabove written.