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<br /> <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ORANGE COUNTY HEREINAFTER THE COUNTY; <br />AND THE TOWN OF CARRBORO, HEREINAFTER THE TOWN: FOR <br />EMERGENCY ANIMAL RESCUE SERVICES. <br />WHEREAS, the Aldermen of the Town does appropriate funds for the 2004-2005 fiscal year <br />for the performance of Emergency Animal Rescue Services (EARS) in Carrboro; and <br />WHEREAS, the County having assumed direct operation of the Orange County Animal <br />Shelter in 2004-2005 has the capability and a shared interest in continuing to offer this <br />service through agreement to the Town: <br />WITNE SSETH <br />The County and the Town hereby agree as follows: <br />• The County's Emergency Animal Rescue Service, a function of the County's <br />operation of the Orange County Animal Shelter (hereafter "the Shelter"), will respond <br />to emergency calls as described below. <br />• All County employees responding to service calls under this agreement will <br />receive training pertaining to the Town's Animal Control Ordinance. <br />• The County agrees to provide an animal control vehicle and necessary animal control <br />equipment for the County's use in the Town in fulfillment of this agreement. <br />The County's assistance to the Town shall include Emergency Animal Rescue Services <br />(hereafter "EARS") as listed below: <br />• EARS hours are from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. Monday through Friday and all holidays <br />and weekends. <br />• The County shall provide trained, qualified personnel to respond to calls for EARS <br />within the Town by going to the scene when necessary to protect and preserve the <br />health and safety of the public and the life and health of animals. <br />Qualified personnel of the County shall, when necessary and proper in the judgment <br />of County personnel, provide first aid treatment and/or take animals requiring care to <br />veterinary facilities according to County policy. When immediate veterinary care is <br />not needed in the judgment of County personnel, an animal maybe taken to the <br />Shelter. Sick and injured animals will be handled according to the Shelter operating <br />policy. <br />