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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 21, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ - A <br />SUBJECT: Possible Options for the Future Operation of the Orange County Animal Shelter <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Attachment A -APS Letter dated <br />September 13, 2003 <br />Attachment B -County Staff Report on <br />APS Budget Request <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Link, County Manager, ext. 2300 <br />Gwen Harvey, Assistant County <br />Manager, ext. 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To present information and possible options for the interim operation of the Animal <br />Shelter while transition to a longer term governance structure is considered and implemented. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />APS FUNDING REQUEST <br />The current contract extension with Animal Protection Society (APS) calls for both parties to <br />provide written notice of intent to renew no later than 15 days prior to the end of each month. <br />At the September 16th meeting of the Board of Commissioners, representatives of the APS <br />Board of Directors appeared in support of their September 13 proposal to the BOCC in which <br />they requested additional funding in the monthly amount of $10,636 (inclusive of the Emergency <br />Animal Rescue Service known as EARS) as a condition for continuing to operate the Shelter for <br />the period October 1, 2003 through January 31,2004. (Attachment A) <br />APS stated in its proposal that it was willing to operate the Orange County Animal Shelter <br />(OCAS) from October 1, 2003 through January 31, 2004, effective October 1, 2003, provided <br />that the County met a set of conditions including "full" compensation for the costs of Shelter <br />operations and a County decision related to the future role of the APS in managing and <br />operating the Shelter no later than January 31, 2004. <br />APS stated further: "If Orange County is unwilling to provide full funding for the Orange County <br />Animal Shelter (OCAS) starting on October 1,.2003: The APS is willing to continue subsidizing <br />management and operation of the OCAS under the current contract extension from October 1, <br />2003 through December 31, 2003 (provision of after-hours EARS services to Orange County <br />would be terminated on September 30, 2003). During this period the APS will cooperate fully <br />with Orange County in effecting an orderly transition of the responsibility for management and <br />