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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 17, 2003 Action Agenda Item No. ~_ SUBJECT: Resolution to Extend Current Contract with APS for Operation of the Animal Shelter DEPARTMENT: Health PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No ATTACHMENT(S): Resolution Contract Extension Addendum Status Report on Interim Improvement INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosemary Summers, ext 2411 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider adoption of a resolution to extend the current contract with the Animal Protection Society (APS) for operating the Orange County Animal Shelter. BACKGROUND: Orange County has contracted with the Animal Protection Society (APS) since 1979 for operation of the County Animal Shelter located on Airport Road in Chapel Hill. The Board of Commissioners has contracted with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to assess the operation of the animal shelter. Documentation was mailed to the HSUS in March and the site visit team conducted atwo-day site visit in April of 2003. The final report is expected to be presented to a joint meeting of the Board of Commissioners, the Board of Health, and the APS Board in late August/early September. It is expected that there will be a number of recommendations that may require further discussion on the part of the Boards involved and may affect some of the provisions in the current operating contract between the County and the APS for the operation of the Orange County Animal Shelter. Therefore, the Orange County Board of Health is recommending that an extension to the current contract be approved pending the receipt of the HSUS final report and the subsequent discussions regarding the implementation of recommendations contained in the report. The Board of Health reviewed the proposed contract extension (attached with changes/ additions in bold) at its regular May meeting. The extension is for the period July 1, 2003 - December 31, 2003 and holds the funding for that period at the same level as for the current fiscal year ($214, 409) for the six month period). The only content change, aside from the time extension, is to provide for the mutual determination of improvement measures at the shelter that can be implemented prior to receiving the final HSUS report. The extension also proposes to leave in place the current contract provisions. The contract extension will allow for the continued operation of the animal shelter and provide a reasonable time period in which the recommendations from the HSUS assessment can be considered.