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Rev 7/21 <br /> <br />[Departmental Use Only] <br /> TITLE Hillsborough Animal Control <br /> FY 2021-22 <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH ANIMAL CONTROL ANIMAL PROTECTIONAND <br />EMERGENCY AFTER HOUR ANIMAL SERVICES AGREEMENT <br /> <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 1 st day of <br />July 2021. <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 20 21-2022 fiscal <br />year; and <br /> WHEREAS , the County desires to provide animal control, animal protection and <br />emergency animal calls services within the Town during the 20 21-2022 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 Co unty 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 Proced ures” to hear <br />any appea ls for a “potentially dangerous dog” determination pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 67 - <br />4.1. <br /> NOW THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency <br />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 />DocuSign Envelope ID: E3DC19DB-F493-49A8-923A-0CA4894D2F2A