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TOWN OF CARRBORO EMERGENCY AFTER HOUR ANIMAL SERVICES AND <br /> LICENSE FEE COLLECTION AGREEMENT <br /> THIS AGREEMENT, entered into by and between Orange County, North Carolina a body <br /> politic and corporate organized under the laws of the State of North Carolina, (the "County"), <br /> through it Animal Services Department ("Department") and the Town of Carrboro, North <br /> Carolina (the "Town"), as of the 1St day of July 2010. <br /> WITNESSETH <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County provides emergency after hours animal control 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 Carrboro desires to enter into an agreement with the <br /> County and has appropriated funds for the 2010-2011 fiscal year for the performance of <br /> critical after hour emergency animal services and animal license fee collection within the <br /> Town of Carrboro in accordance with the Town of Carrboro's Animal Control Ordinance. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed based on the mutual promises contained herein <br /> and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby <br /> acknowledged by and between the County and the Town to the following: <br /> 1. Term. The term of this Agreement shall be from July 1,2010 through June 30, 2011. <br /> 2. Scope of Services. <br /> a. Emergency After Hours Calls. The County shall provide staff to respond to <br /> emergency after hour calls as described below: <br /> i. Emergency after hours calls are from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. Monday <br /> through Friday and all holidays and weekends; <br /> ii. The County shall provide trained, qualified personnel to respond to <br /> after hours emergency animal service calls within the Town by going to <br /> the scene when necessary to protect and preserve the health and safety <br /> of the 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 <br /> policy. When immediate veterinary care is not needed in the judgment <br /> of County personnel, an animal may be taken to the Animal Services <br /> Page 1 of 4 <br />