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2 <br />• Spaying and neutering a total of 327 cats and dogs on the basis of the partnership between <br />Animal Services and AnimalKind; <br />• Spaying and neutering 303 dogs and cats belonging to clients of Orange County’s Department <br />of Social Service (DSS) on a “no pay” basis; <br />• Helping to reducing the number of animals admitted to Orange County’s Animal Services <br />Center to fewer than 3000 in 2016 as well as 2015. <br />. <br />Animal Services is again also working with Spay Neuter Assistance Program of North Carolina to <br />offer four or more Spay Neuter Days each year. Up to 30 cats and dogs from county households <br />receiving public assistance can be spayed or neutered at each of these events. The first of these <br />events is being held on February 28 in conjunction with Spay Neuter Day USA. <br /> <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The resolution has no financial impact. Events and outreach done in <br />conjunction with the February 28 Spay Neuter Day involve appropriated funds in the County’s <br />Community Spay and Neuter Fund. The FY1718 operating budget for the Community Spay and <br />Neuter Fund is $64,600 and there is a fund balance of approximately $25,943.76. These funds <br />primarily come from the $20 differential cost for licenses for a reproductive cat or dog versus a <br />spayed or neutered cat or dog, combined with reimbursement from the North Carolina Spay Neuter <br />Reimbursement Program, and significant donations from the public. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends the Board adopt the proposed resolution and <br />authorize the Chair to sign the resolution.