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~ach~ `~ `~ 24 i`` ' ~'` s a Orange County Anima Services 1601. Eubanks Road, Chapel Hili., NC 27516 91.9-942-PETS (7387) MEMO To: Frank Clifton, County Manager From: Bab Marotto, 6ireetor of Animal Services Date, January 19, 201.0 Re: Community Spay Neuter Fund Update The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) created The Community Spay Neuter Fund in 1=Y0708 on the basis of a $20 increase in the pet registration fee (or pet tax) for intact (or reproductive} dogs and cats in Orange County:.. As earl be seem from the attached memorandum requesting its creation, the purpose of the fund is to promote- spay and neuter of animal companions and thereby reduce the number of animals euthanized as a result of pet overpopulation. Since the creation of this fund; ..Animal. Services staff has. worked with the Animal Services Advisory Board (ASABj to begin to establish a proactive and cost- effective program for spay and neuter in Orange County. During. calendar year 2009 there were several significant developments in this. area: • More than 200 dogs and cats were spayed and neutered through Orange County's $20 Fix, a program based upon a partnership with AnimalKind The attached chart shows the program achievements. for this "breakthrough" year; • Effective collaboration with the Department of Social Services (DSS) to promote spay and neuter services for their clientele continued during these extraordinarily challenging. economic. times.. Ninety-two t92) of the residents who had their dogs. and cats sterilized thro-ugh the $20 Fix. Program were DSS clients;: • The BOCC authorized the transfer of $20,(}00 from: the Community Spay Neuter Fund. in order to outfit the in-house sterilization suite at the County's riewAnimal Services Center. In-house spay/ neuter started in mid-December2009, and as ofmid-January 2010, :all adaptable surgeries: