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Rev 06/25 <br /> <br />[Departmental Use Only] <br />TITLE Carrboro Animal Control <br />FY 2025-26 <br />TOWN OF CARRBORO ANIMAL CONTROL, ANIMAL PROTECTION AND <br />EMERGENCY AFTER HOUR ANIMAL SERVICES AGREEMENT <br />This Town of Carrboro Animal Control, & Protective Services, Emergency After Hour Animal <br />Services Service Agreement is entered into by and between Orange County, North Carolina <br />(“County”) and the Town of Carrboro, North Carolina (“Town”) as of the 1st day of July 2025. <br />WHEREAS, Orange County provides animal control and protection and emergency after <br />hours within Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town has a need for the services provided by Orange County through <br />its’ 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 animal control and protection, after <br />hour emergency animal control services through an agreement with 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 Chapter 10 of the Carrboro Town Code to hear any appeals for a “potentially dangerous dog” <br />determination pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 67-4.1 and any other appeals in the jurisdiction <br />of the Town of Carrboro under the Unified Animal Control Ordinance; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town of Carrboro desires to enter into an agreement with the County and <br />has appropriated funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year for the performance of animal control and <br />protection services, critical after hour emergency animal services within the Town of Carrboro in <br />accordance with the Town of Carrboro’s Animal Control Ordinance. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed based on the mutual promises contained herein and for <br />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 Animal Control Program. <br />a.The Town will designate the Orange County Animal Services Center as its <br />"Animal Control Program," <br />2