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f. <br /> [Departmental Use Only] <br /> TITLE Chapel Hill Animal Control <br /> FY 2014-15 <br /> TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL ANIMAL CONTROL, ANIMAL PROTECTIVE <br /> SERVICES, EMERGENCY AFTER HOUR ANIMAL SERVICES AND <br /> COLLECTION OF LICENSE FEES SERVICE AGREEMENT FY 2014 - 2015 <br /> This Town of Chapel Animal Control, Animal Protective Services, Emergency After Hour <br /> Animal Services and Collection of License Fees Service Agreement is entered into by and <br /> between Orange County, North Carolina ("County") and the Town of Chapel Hill, North <br /> Carolina ("Town") as of the 1 st day of July 2014. <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County provides animal control, animal protective services, <br /> emergency after hours and 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 has, and hereby does, designate the Orange County Animal <br /> Services Director to be responsible for determining when a dog located within the Town is a <br /> "potentially dangerous dog" pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 67.4.1; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Town has, and hereby does, designate the Appeals Committee <br /> established by Section 5 of "Animal Services Advisory Board Policies and Procedures" to <br /> hear any appeals for a "potentially dangerous dog" determination pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. <br /> § 67-4.1; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Town of Chapel Hill desires to enter into an agreement with the County <br /> and has appropriated funds for the 2014-2015 fiscal year for the performance of critical after <br /> hour emergency animal services and animal license fee collection within the Town of Chapel <br /> Hill in accordance with the Town of Chapel Hill's Animal Control Ordinance. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed based on the mutual promises contained herein and <br /> for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby <br /> acknowledged by and between the County and the Town as follows: <br /> WITNESSETH <br /> 1. Designation of Office of Animal Control. <br /> a. The Town will designate the Orange County Animal Services Center as its <br /> "Office of Animal Control," (OAC). <br /> 1 <br />