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BERNADETTEPELISSIER, CHAIR <br />PAM HEMMINGER, DICE CHAIR <br />VALERIEP. FOUSHEE <br />ALICEM. GORDON <br />BARRYJACOBS <br />EARL MCKEE <br />STEVE YUHASZ <br />August 29, 2012 <br />Ms. Margaret Heath <br />Chapel Hill, N.C. <br />Dear Ms. Heath, <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />200 South Cameron Street <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Information Item <br />\fh <br />On behalf of the Orange County Board of Commissioners, I am responding to your <br />petition of August 14, 2012 in reference to concerns about the need for a stronger pet ID policy <br />at Orange County Animal Services. <br />Your original petition was forwarded to the Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) <br />after review by the ChairNice Chair /Manager. The ASAB reviewed your petition and submitted <br />a recommendation back to the Board of Commissioners as requested, stating that they note <br />that micro -chips and collars to all adoptable animals may become a priority for Animal Services <br />if sufficient funds become available. It also stated that, as is always the case, one of the <br />responsibilities of those involved with County Animal Services is to decide the best use of <br />available resources based on dynamic needs and priorities; and it is only by doing so that <br />Animal Services can continue to provide the very best service possible to the residents of <br />Orange County. <br />The role of the Animal Services Advisory Board, as with all of our advisory boards, is <br />to maintain awareness of their goals and objectives as those goals are related to the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners' adopted overall goals and objectives for Orange County. All <br />actions or recommendations of an advisory board shall be communicated to the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners, which the ASAB did. <br />This letter will be provided as an Information Item on the September 18, 2012 BOCC <br />agenda for public information. <br />Regards, <br />n <br />Bernadette Pelissier, Chair <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />CC: Board of Commissioners <br />Frank Clifton, County Manager <br />www.co.orange.nc.us <br />Protecting and preserving— People, Resources, Quality of Life <br />Orange County, North Carolina — You Count! <br />(919) 245 -2130 . FAX (919) 644 -0246 <br />