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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 8, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5-~ <br />SUBJECT: Contract with the Town of Carrboro far Emergency Animal Rescue Services <br />(EARS) <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Contract <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jahn Link, County Manager, ext 2300 <br />Gwen Harvey, Assistant County <br />Manager, ext 2307 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To request BOCC approval for entering into a contract with the Town of Carrboro <br />to provide the Town with emergency animal rescue services beginning July 1, 2004. <br />BACKGROUND: On April 20, 2004, the BOCC authorized action steps for the transition of the <br />Orange County Shelter operations from the Animal Protection Society (APS) to the County <br />Manager effective July 1, 2004. The BOCC was informed at that time of several pending <br />contracts that would need to be negotiated and brought forward for approval consistent with the <br />agreed upon transition. <br />The attached contract has been developed and reviewed by the Town of Carrboro to provide for <br />the continuation of emergency animal rescue services to the Town as previously provided to the <br />Town through contract with the APS. <br />The Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) is a program that APS had provided under <br />contract to both Chapel Hill and Carrboro. EARS covered the response by on-call APS kennel <br />technicians to animal injuries, animal cruelty, animal rescue, animals in need of assistance, <br />rabies suspects in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, and all calls in the town limits of Chapel Hill and <br />Carrboro after hours -from 6:OOPM to 8:OOAM, Monday through Friday, and 24 hours on <br />Saturday and Sunday. Again, the proposed contract will continue this same level of service to <br />the Town of Carrboro. <br />The County employees who will provide the contract services will be either new hires or <br />transferred employees from APS as outlined under the transition plan for all Shelter employees <br />approved by the BOCC on May 18, 2004. <br />