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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 7, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. -"~ <br />SUBJECT: Contract Renewal w/Town of Chapel Hill for County Provision of Animal Control <br />and Emergency Animal Rescue Services (EARS) <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Contract <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gwen Harvey, Assistant County <br />Manager, ext 2307 <br />Joe Pulcinella, Shelter Director, <br />933-3373 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To request approval for contract renewal to provide the Town of Chapel Hill with animal control <br />and emergency animal rescue services July 1, 2005 -June 30, 2006. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The proposed contract renewal has been developed and reviewed with the Town of Chapel Hill <br />to provide for the continuation of animal control services and emergency animal rescue services <br />by the County to the Town during FY2006. There is no change in the level of service. <br />An Animal Control Officer is housed at the Shelter whose principal responsibilities are the <br />enforcement of the Town's animal control ordinance within the Town limits, including the <br />response to animal control emergencies within the Town that occur Monday-Friday between <br />8:OOAM and 6:OOPM. <br />The Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) is a program originated by the Animal <br />Protection Society of Orange County to meet specific needs of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. EARS <br />workers respond to animal injuries, animal cruelty, animal rescue, animals in need of <br />assistance, rabies suspects in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, and all calls in the Town limits of <br />Chapel Hill and Carrboro after hours -from 6:OOPM to 8:OOAM, Monday through Friday, and 24 <br />hours on Saturday and Sunday, <br />