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<br /> <br />Orange County Animal Services <br />501 W. Franklin St, Suite 106, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (919) 968-2287 <br /> <br />Animal Control <br />PO Box 8181 <br />304 Revere Rd <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />(919) 245-2075 <br /> <br />Robert A. Marotto, <br />Director <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Animal Shelter <br />1081 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br />(919) 967-7383 <br />Monthly Report <br />Orange County Animal Services <br />August 2006 <br /> <br /> <br />Departmental Highlights <br /> <br />1. The County has reviewed several proposals responding to the RFP for the design and <br />engineering of the new Animal Services Facility, and interviews are scheduled for the <br />second week in September. It is expected that a recommendation will be made to the Board <br />of Commissioners as soon as possible upon completion of the interviews. <br /> <br /> The County Clerk’s Office continues to accept applications for members of the Animal <br />Services Facility Design Committee to assist with the design of the new facility. <br />Appointments to this committee will be approved by the Board of County Commissioners, <br />which will provide a charge to the Committee. It is expected that the Committee will be <br />composed of two County Commissioners, representatives of the Animal Services Advisory <br />Board, and members of the general public. <br /> <br /> In relation to the design of a new facility, the Board has asked for a presentation on <br />sheltering practices and philosophies at an upcoming Commissioner’s meeting. It is <br />expected that, with a greater understanding of practices and goals obtained from this <br />presentation, the Board will be shaping their charge to the Design Committee in the <br />interests of providing an Animal Services facility that will serve the community and <br />animals for years to come. <br /> <br /> <br />2. At the end of August, there had been fourteen (14) positive rabies tests—one (1) skunk, one <br />(1) fox, two (2) bats and ten (10) raccoons. Eleven (11) of these involved definite <br />exposures; however in three (3) cases tests were conducted to be “safe rather than sorry”— <br />insofar as initially it was not possible to rule out an exposure but it was ultimately <br />determined that there were no exposures in these three cases. In 2005, there were twenty- <br />three (23) positive rabies tests in the County. All but five of those involved raccoons; the <br />remainder included positive tests for two foxes, a bat, a beaver and a dog. <br /> <br />Due to concerns about people and animals waiting in lines in hot weather, we did not <br />schedule any regular rabies clinics for the month of August. However, we did obtain the <br />kind assistance of Hillsborough Veterinary Clinic, which held a rabies clinic at their facility