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Rev 06/25 <br /> <br /> <br />[Departmental Use Only] <br />TITLE Hillsborough Animal Control <br />FY 2025-26 <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH ANIMAL CONTROL ANIMAL PROTECTIONAND <br />EMERGENCY AFTER HOUR ANIMAL SERVICES AGREEMENT <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 1st day of <br />July 2025. <br />WHEREAS, the Town desires that the County provide animal control, animal protection <br />and emergency after hour calls services within the Town during the 2025-2026 fiscal year; and <br />WHEREAS, the County desires to provide animal control, animal protection and <br />emergency animal calls services within the Town during the 2025-2026 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 “Ordinance”) <br />within the jurisdictional limits of the Town; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town Board of Commissioners desires that the County 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 established <br />by Section 5 of “Animal Services Advisory Board Policies and Procedures” to hear any appeals <br />for a “potentially dangerous dog” determination pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 67- 4.1. <br /> <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 employed <br />by the County (“ACO”) to respond to emergency and routine animal service calls <br />within the Town. <br />17