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0 i qla5 <br /> [Departmental Use Only] <br /> TITLE Chapel Hill Animal Control <br /> FY 2025-26 <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <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 /> Rev 06/25 <br />