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[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 lst 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 /> 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 /> Rev 06/25 <br />