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O Orange County Animal Services 501 W. Franklin St, Suite 106, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (919) 968-2287 Animal Control Robert A. Marotto, Animal Shelter PO Box 8181 Director 1081 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd 304 Revere Rd Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Hillsborough, NC 27278 (919) 967-7.383 (919)245-2075 June 23, 2006 To: John Link, County Manager Gwen Harvey, Assistant County Manager From: Bob Marotto, Director, Animal Services Department Re: Proposed Interiar Carrboro Aniarat Services Agreement We are seeking the approval of your Office and the Board of County Commissioners to proceed to discuss the attached Proposed Interim Animal Services Agreement with representatives of the Town of Carrboro so as to enter into a formal agreement for the delivery of select animal services pending their approval. The proposed Agreement is for the period June 19°i, 2006, to October ls`, 2006, and $7,420 is the estimated charge for the select animal services that our department would deliver during that period. As you are aware, the Town of Carrboro asked that we provide select animal services until they decide on what basis they will provide such services in the future. The Town's consideration of various options as well as request that we provide some select services on an interim basis is prompted by the reassignment of their former Animal Confrol Officer to oilier duties in the Carrboro Police Department. One option that the Town is considering, on the basis of prior discussion, is whether these services can be provided on an on-going basis by contracting with the Orange County's Animal Services Department, as done currently by the Town of Chapel Hill. The scope of service in the attached proposed Agreement has been developed through discussions with representatives of the Town of Carrboro. What should be stressed is that this is not an agreement for full service. Rather, interim services provided through our Animal Confrol Division would only consist of what might be termed select essential or critical services that we would provide dwing the weekday business hours of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. These responsibilities would include possible rabies exposures; the declaration of biting and aggressive dogs as a danger to the public; and field services for animals that are injured. Other services provided during weekday business hours would remain the responsibility of the Town of Carrboro during this interim time period. These responsibilities would include responses to nuisance complaints and code enforcement, and the impoundment and transportation of'stray and surrendered animals.. They would also continue to be responsible for receiving complaints from Carrboro residents during this interim period.