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DocuSign Envelope ID: A932A796-8986-4806-BAE2-2961 1 D92E35E <br />[Departmental Use Only] <br />TITLE Hillsborough Animal Control <br />FY 2018 -19 <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH ANIMAL CONTROL ANIMAL PROTECTIONAND <br />EMERGENCY AFTER HOUR ANIMAL SERVICES AGREEMENT <br />This Town of Hillsborough Animal Control, Animal Protection and Emergency After Hour <br />Animal Services Agreement is entered into by and between Orange County, North Carolina, <br />(hereinafter the "County ") by and through its Animal Services Department ( "Department ") <br />and the Town of Hillsborough, North Carolina (hereinafter the "Town ") as of the I5t day of <br />July 2018. <br />WHEREAS, the Town desires that the County provide animal control, animal <br />protection and emergency after hour calls services within the Town during the 2018 -2019 <br />fiscal year; and <br />WHEREAS, the County desires to provide animal control, animal protection and <br />emergency animal calls services within the Town during the 2018 -2019 fiscal year; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town Board of Commissioners has previously adopted a resolution <br />authorizing the County to enforce the Orange County Animal Control Ordinance (the <br />"Ordinance ") within the jurisdictional limits of the Town; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town Board of Commissioners desires that the County continue to <br />enforce the County's Ordinance within the jurisdictional limits of the Town; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town has, and hereby does, designate the Orange County Animal <br />Services Director to be responsible for determining when a dog located within the Town is a <br />"potentially dangerous dog" pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 67.4.1; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town has, and hereby does, designate the Appeals Committee <br />established by Section 5 of "Animal Services Advisory Board Policies and Procedures" to <br />hear any appeals for a "potentially dangerous dog" determination pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. <br />& 67 -4.1. <br />NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration the receipt and <br />sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows: <br />1. Designation of Office of Animal Control. <br />a. The Town shall and hereby does designate Orange County's Animal Services <br />Department as its "Office of Animal Control," ( "Office "). <br />b. The County will designate and schedule one (1) Animal Control Officer <br />employed by the County ( "ACO ") to respond to emergency and routine animal <br />service calls within the Town. <br />