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3 <br />TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL ANIMAL CONTROL, PROTECTION SERVICES, <br />EMERGENCY AFTER HOUR ANIMAL SERVICES AND COLLECTION OF <br />LICENSE FEES SERVICE AGREEMENT <br />This Animal Control, Protective Services, Emergency After Hour Animal Services and <br />Collection of License Fees Service Agreement is entered into by and between Orange <br />County, North Carolina ( "County ") and the Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina ( "Town ") <br />as of the 1St day of July 2010. <br />WHEREAS, Orange County provides animal control, emergency after hours and <br />animal tax license collection services within Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town has a need for the services provided by Orange County <br />through its' Animal Services Department; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County operates a fully staffed Animal Services <br />Department that has the capacity, capability and a shared interest in offering after hour <br />emergency animal control and animal license collection fee services through an agreement <br />with the Town; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town of Chapel Hill desires to enter into an agreement with the County <br />and has appropriated funds for the 2010 -2011 fiscal year for the performance of critical after <br />hour emergency animal services and animal license fee collection within the Town of Chapel <br />Hill in accordance with the Town of Chapel Hill's Animal Control Ordinance. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed based on the mutual promises contained herein and for <br />other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby <br />acknowledged by and between the County and the Town as follows: <br />WITNESSETH <br />1. Designation of Office of Animal Control. <br />a. The Town will designate the Orange County Animal Services Center as its <br />"Office of Animal Control," ( "Office "). <br />b. The County is authorized to appoint an Animal Control Officer ( "ACO ") to <br />respond to emergency and routine animal service calls within the Town. <br />2. Scope of Services. <br />a. Animal Control and Protective Services. The ACO shall provide animal <br />control and protective services to the Town during the hours of 8:00 am <br />through 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. <br />During the hours of 8:00 am through 5:00 pm, Monday through <br />Friday the Animal Control Officer will respond to all animal services <br />calls within the Town, both emergency and routine. <br />