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Services Center. Sick and injured animals will be handled according to <br /> the Shelter operating policy. <br /> iv. The County may, in its discretion, bear the cost of emergency care and <br /> shelter costs for animals that do not appear to have an owner or keeper, <br /> or where the owner or keeper can be identified, charge the owner or <br /> keeper with the cost of emergency care and shelter costs of the animals <br /> consistent with the County operating policy. <br /> V. County employees or their designees shall attempt to contact at a time <br /> which is reasonable under the circumstances in each situation, the <br /> owner or custodian of each animal involved in an emergency requiring <br /> the assistance of the County Animal Services Center. <br /> vi. Where Town Public Safety and/or Town officers are also on the scene <br /> of an animal-related emergency, the County personnel shall cooperate <br /> with Town personnel in matters involving safety of persons and/or <br /> enforcement of the County's animal control ordinance, and/or North <br /> Carolina General Statutes pertaining to animals. <br /> vii. Subject to further guidelines as determined between the parties and <br /> provided in "Guidelines for Emergency After Hours Calls" which are <br /> attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference. <br /> 3. Term. The Term of this Agreement shall be for the period beginning July 1, 2015 and <br /> ending June 30, 2016. <br /> 4. Compensation. The Town shall compensate the County in the amount of Forty-Nine <br /> Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($49,775.00) for the services provided <br /> in this Agreement. <br /> a. The County shall invoice the Town for Animal Control and Protective Services <br /> and Emergency After Hour Calls Services on July 1, 2015, or shortly thereafter; <br /> b. The Town shall within thirty (30) days thereafter pay the County, in one lump <br /> sum, a payment in the amount of Forty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy- <br /> Five Dollars ($49,775.00). <br /> 5. Termination. Either party may terminate this Agreement for any reason by providing the <br /> other party sixty(60) days written notice of intention to terminate the Agreement. <br /> 6. The Town will indemnify and hold the County harmless for any and all claims, demands <br /> or actions whatsoever arising from the County's provision of services under this <br /> Agreement unless the same results from the intentional or negligent conduct of the <br /> County. It is the intent of this Section 6 that the Town indemnify the County to the fullest <br /> extent permitted by law. <br /> 7. Entire Agreement. The County and the Town agree to be bound by the terms of this <br /> Agreement, and further agree that it constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the <br />