Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
aea' eeva�a <br />n e <br />Orange County Animal Services <br />1601 Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br />919 - 942 -PETS (7387) <br />X TirC�7 <br />To: Frank Clifton, County Manager <br />From: Bob Marotto, Director of Animal Services <br />Date: January 19, 2010 <br />The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) created The Community Spay <br />Neuter Fund in FY0708 on the basis of a $20 increase in the pet registration fee <br />(or pet tax) for intact (or reproductive) dogs and cats in Orange County. As can <br />be seen from the attached memorandum requesting its creation, the purpose of <br />the fund is to promote spay and neuter of animal companions and thereby <br />reduce the number of animals euthanized as a result of pet overpopulation. <br />Since the creation of this fund, Animal Services staff has worked with the Animal <br />Services Advisory Board (ASAB) to begin to establish a proactive and cost - <br />effective program for spay and neuter in Orange County. During calendar year <br />2009 there were several significant developments in this area: <br />More than 200 dogs and cats were spayed and neutered through Orange <br />County's $20 Fix, a program based upon a partnership with AnimalKind <br />The attached chart shows the program achievements for this <br />"breakthrough" year; <br />Effective collaboration with the Department of Social Services (DSS) to <br />promote spay and neuter services for their clientele continued during <br />these extraordinarily challenging economic times. Ninety -two (92) of the <br />residents who had their dogs and cats sterilized through the $20 Fix <br />Program were DSS clients; <br />The BOCC authorized the transfer of $20,000 from the Community Spay <br />Neuter Fund in order to outfit the in -house sterilization suite at the <br />County's new Animal Services Center. In -house spay/ neuter started in <br />mid - December 2009, and as of mid - January 2010, all adoptable surgeries <br />