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• - - •' <br />Januaty 19,2010 <br />Page 2 <br />will be done in -house (and more cost- effectively, as part of the <br />department's FY0910 budget); <br />The County's Financial Services Department created a Special Revenue <br />Fund (attached) for Community Spay Neuter Program in order to establish <br />the basis for the effective long -term budgeting needed to manage pet <br />overpopulation in the decade. <br />Activities for the whole of FY0910 are not limited to completing and presenting a <br />strategic plan for managing pet overpopulation to the BOCC. Other activities <br />include: <br />• Requesting that the BOCC again resolve (as it has for the last two years) <br />that Feb. 23, 2010 is Spay (& Neuter) Day in Orange County; <br />• Organizing the sterilization of cats belonging to some DSS clients around <br />the theme of "Beat the Heat" in conjunction with Spay (& Neuter) Day; <br />• Promoting spay and neuter and making qualified residents aware of <br />Orange County's $20 Fix; <br />• Developing an agreement with Pet Overpopulation Patrol, North Carolina, <br />a mobile spay /neuter suite, to provide low -cost spay and neuter to Orange <br />County residents and for special events, e.g., Spay (& Neuter) Day. <br />Going forward, staff expects to report out annually on the Community Spay <br />Neuter Fund for each fiscal year. Nevertheless, it seemed appropriate and <br />beneficial to do so at this time as the BOCC prepares to receive and review <br />Managing Pet Overpopulation: A Strategic Plan for Orange County, North <br />Carolina. <br />Cc: Gwendolyn Harvey, Assistant County Manager <br />Jean Austen, JD, Chair, Animal Services Advisory Board <br />Attachments: 3 <br />