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Preliminary Staff Report <br />Animal Shelter Operations <br />August 28, 2003 <br />Recent Improvements <br />• General Shelter Medicine and Health Care <br />• Disease Control and Sanitation <br />• Isolation, Incoming Animals, Vaccinations <br />• Ventilation <br />• General Repairs <br />Shelter Siting and <br />Construction <br />• Two Sites Under Active Consideration <br />. Chapel Hill Property <br />^ County Landfill Property <br />• Project Timeline <br />^ Must Vacate Current Site by December 31, 2006 <br />. Project Planning for New Shelter Should Begin January 2004 <br />Models of Organizational Arrangements <br />All 100 Counties in North Carolina Surveyed <br />62 Responded <br />Potential Model <br />• Assumptions <br />^ Continue present operational hours of the shelter <br />^ Must staff shelter 7 days a week to care for animals <br />^ Includes after hours response on limited basis <br />. Assumes limited reliance on volunteer staff <br />. Contracts for spaytneuter of adopted animals <br />Potential Budget <br />• Current Arrangement, APS Contract <br />^ Annual Contribution $428,818 <br />• County Administration <br />^ First Year Estimated Cost $1,108,038 <br />{Includes 19 positions and start-up equipment} <br />^ Second Year Estimated Cost $964,943 <br />Transition Models <br />1 ~ Model: Transfer APS Non Management and Establish Interim Management <br />. Timeline: 4-5 Months <br />2"d Model: Open Recruitment with Staff Hiring by Animal Services Director <br />. Timeline: 8-10 Months <br />