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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. S- k ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 15, 1998 SUBJECT: Reappointment of County Animal Cruelty Investigator and Appointment of a Second Animal .Cruelty Investigator DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) ATTACHMENT(S): Correspondence from APS INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert T. Kittrell, Assistant County Manager TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - -ext. 2300 Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider reappointing the County Animal Cruelty Investigator and appointing an additional Animal Cruelty Investigator. BACKGROUND: At the September 6 1994 Commissioners meeting, the Boazd appointed an Orange County Animal Protection Society staff person to serve as the County Animal Cruelty Investigator. The appointment was mad under the provisions of North Cazolina General Statutes 19A. The animal cruelty investigator was appointed to serve without any compensation or other employee benefits for aone-yeaz term subject to removal for cause by the commissioners. On October 2, 1995, the Board reappointed an APS staff person as the County Animal Cruelty Investigator for a second term. One September 17, 1996, the Board reappointed Amanda Graham, APS Associate Director, for her third term and an additional County Animal Cruelty investigator, John Martenis, an APS staff person, to his first term. In September 1997, the Boazd reappointed Amanda Graham for her fourth term as the County Animal Cruelty Investigator and the appointment of Sandy Christiansen, and APS staff person, as the second animal cruelty investigator to replace John Martenis. North Cazolina General Statutes 19A does authorize the Board to appoint one or more animal cruelty investigators. The second animal cruelty investigator would be appointed under the same conditions as the first investigator, no compensation and a term of one yeaz. The APS requests the reappointment of Amanda Graham for her fifth term as the County Animal Cruelty investigator and the appointment of Lorri Mitchell, APS staff person as the second animal cruelty investigator to replace Sandy Christiansen.