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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. VLP <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 4, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: Animal Control/Shelter Study Committee Final Report <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Albert Kittrell-ext 2300 <br /> 1 . Orange County Animal Control/ <br /> Shelter Study Committee Final Report TELEPHONE NUMBER - <br /> Addendum to Final Report Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> 2 . Attachment I Protocol Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> 3 . Attachment II - Finding #4 Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> 4 . Attachment III - Brochure Durham - 688-7331 <br /> (Brochure under separate cover) <br /> PURPOSE: To receive and comment on the Animal Control/Shelter Study <br /> Committee Final Report. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Board appointed Animal Control/Shelter Study <br /> Committee met from December 1992 to May 1993 to study <br /> the operations of the Animal Control Division of the <br /> County Health Department and the County Animal Shelter <br /> managed by the Animal Protection Society. The study <br /> included a review of the County-initiated internal audit <br /> of the Shelter, Animal Control and Shelter Procedures, <br /> Animal Adoption Process, Animal Cruelty Investigations, <br /> Constraints when Enforcing Animal Control Laws, Shelter <br /> Standards, Financial Contributions to the Shelter, the <br /> Relationship between Animal Control and the Shelter, and <br /> other issues. <br /> Although the attached Final Report includes findings and <br /> recommendations, the Animal Control/Shelter Study <br /> Committee found "through the accomplishments of both the <br /> County Animal Control Division and the Animal <br /> Protection Society of Orange County, the County has an <br /> effective and exemplary program for animal control and <br /> the humane care and treatment of animals. Both <br /> organizations achieve their objectives, and operations <br /> are managed by dedicated and trained professional staff <br /> members. " <br />