Agenda - 04-28-2005- - Laserfiche WebLink

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On March 31, 2005, County staff presented its Six Month Progress Report (July 2004 - December 2004) on Animal Shelter operations. The report, provided as an informational tool, acknowledged the following outcomes: • The charge of the Animal Shelter Operations Task Force has been fulfilled - Recommend Organizational Structure and Provide Operational Guidance • Given the outstanding commitment of the County management team, a seamless transition of Shelter operation from APS to the County took effect on July 1, 2004 • The Shelter has on-board an experienced, motivated and t7exible staff of trained professionals • Accountability, transparency, and responsiveness to the public have improved • Relations with community stakeholders, including APS, have stabilized and/or improved • The County is developing the requisite internal knowledge and inventory of operating and financial assumptions on which to evaluate future budget projections A copy of the organizational summary and two of the supplemental attachments are included for your review and reference, The other attachment, the Orange County Animal Shelter "Transition Operations Procedure Manual", is a lengthy document and can be found on the Orange County Animal Shelter web page of Orange County government web site under the heading "Operations Manual". A hard copy is also available upon request, County staff is currently analyzing budget projections for animal services provided under contract to the Towns of Chapel Hill (Animal Control and Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS)) and Carrboro (EARS) and will be conveying that information to the Towns for their budget development purposes shortly. The BOCC has not finalized its appointments to the Animal Services Advisory Board, A status report from the Clerk's Office on the potential make-up of the Board is also attached. Aftachment 2-A-4a -Orange County Animal Shelter Six-Month Progress Report Organizational Summary Attachment 2-A-46 -Animal Services Advisory Board Potential Make-Up 5) Durham Tech Satellite Campus Update The closing for the property for the Orange County Campus of Durham Technical Community College was completed and filed with the Register of Deeds Office on April 15, 2005, as scheduled. The Waterstone project was subsequently sold to the Stratford Group, an experienced community developer with several active projects in the United States, one of which includes Alexander Place next to Brier Creek in Raleigh.