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AGREEMENT FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES, <br />Page 2 of 4 pages <br />i. During the hours of 8:00 am through 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday, <br />the Animal Control Officer will respond to all animal services calls within <br />the Area of the City of Durham Located in Orange County, both <br />emergency and routine. <br />ii. All service calls responded to by the County on behalf of the City under <br />this agreement will be handled in accordance with the Animal Control <br />Ordinance and North Carolina general statutes pertinent to animals and <br />with policies generally applied by Orange County in the unincorporated <br />portions of Orange County. <br />iii. The County will receive incoming complaints and inquiries at the Center <br />during the hours noted in section (i) above. <br />iv. A quarterly report listing the number and types of calls handled within the <br />Area of the City of Durham Located in Orange County shall be prepared <br />by the County and forwarded to the City's Neighborhood Improvement <br />Services Department. <br />V. All County employees responding to service calls under this agreement <br />will receive training by the County pertaining to the Animal Control <br />Ordinance and North Carolina statutes pertinent to animals. <br />vi. The County agrees to provide an animal control vehicle and necessary <br />animal control equipment for the use in the Area of the City of Durham <br />Located in Orange County. <br />b. Emergency After Hour Call Services. The County will provide after hour on -call <br />field services for urgent or emergency situations involving animals (as described <br />below). <br />i. The County will provide after hour on -call services for all holidays <br />observed by County government, every day that is not a holiday from 5:00 <br />pm to 8:00 am and Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. <br />ii. A County Animal Control Officer will respond to service requests within <br />the Area of the City of Durham Located in Orange County by going to the <br />scene when necessary to protect and preserve the health and safety of the <br />public and the life and health of animals. <br />iii. Qualified county personnel shall, when necessary and proper in the <br />judgment of County personnel, provide first aid treatment and/or take <br />animals requiring care to veterinary facilities according to County policy. <br />When immediate veterinary care is not needed in the judgment of County <br />►2 <br />