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Rev 06/25 <br />[Departmental Use Only] <br />TITLE Chapel Hill Animal Control <br />FY 2025-26 <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br /> <br />TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL ANIMAL CONTROL, ANIMAL PROTECTION <br />AND EMERGENCY AFTER HOUR ANIMAL SERVICE AGREEMENT <br />This Animal Control, Protective Services, Emergency After Hour Animal Services Service <br />Agreement is entered into by and between Orange County, North Carolina (“County”) and <br />the Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina (“Town”) as of the 1st day of July 2025. <br />WHEREAS, Orange County provides animal control and emergency after hours <br />services within Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town has a need for the services provided by Orange County through its’ <br />Animal Services Department; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County operates a fully staffed Animal Services Department that <br />has the capacity, capability and a shared interest in offering after hour emergency animal control <br />services through an agreement with the Town; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town of Chapel Hill desires to enter into an agreement with the County <br />and has appropriated funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year for the performance of critical after <br />hour emergency animal services within the Town of Chapel Hill in accordance with the Town of <br />Chapel Hill’s Animal Control Ordinance. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed based on the mutual promises contained herein and <br />for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby <br />acknowledged by and between the County and the Town as follows: <br />WITNESSETH <br />1. Designation of Office of Animal Control. <br />a. The Town will designate the Orange County Animal Services Center as its <br />"Office of Animal Control," (OAC). <br />b. The County is authorized to appoint an Animal Control Officer (ACO) to <br />respond to emergency and routine animal service calls within the Town. <br />2. Scope of Services. <br />a. Animal Control and Protective Services. The ACO shall provide animal <br />control and protective services to the Town during the hours of 8:00 am <br />through 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday, responding to calls within the Town <br />on both a routine and emergency basis. <br />i. All service calls responded to on behalf of the Town under this agreement <br />will be handled in accordance with the Town’s Animal Control Ordinance <br />10