2009-044 Animal Svc - Town of Carrboro for County Provision of Emergency After Hour Animal Services and for Pet License Fees Collection

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2. The County's assistance to the Town shall include emergency after hour animal as listed below: • Hours are from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. Monday through Friday and all holidays and weekends. • The County shall provide trained, qualified personnel to respond to emergency animal service calls 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. 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's Animal Services Center. Sick and injured animals will be handled according to Animal Services' operating policies:: • The County may, in its discretion, bear the cost of emergency care and sheltering 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's Animal Services' operating policy. • 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 Animal Services personnel. • The County shall make quarterly reports to the Town on the emergency after hour calls that required a response within the Town. These quarterly reports will list the date of the call, name of the caller, street location of animal, species of animal, animal ID#, and type of assistance rendered. These reports will be forwarded to the Town Police Department. • Where Town Police, and/or Town Animal Control 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 Town's animal control ordinance. The Town shall pay the County an annual sum of $6,000.00 for services provided pursuant to this Agreement for the 2009-010 fiscal year, as set forth herein. The County shall submit to the Town each quarter of the fiscal year an invoice in the amount of $1,500.00 for services rendered for the quarter just passed, and upon receipt of invoice for the after hour service the Town shall make prompt payment of the amount then due. Page 2 of 3