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3 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Resolution to Extend the Contract for the Operation of the Orange County <br />Animal Shelter with the Animal Protection Society of Orange County, Inc. <br />June 17, 2003 <br />WHEREAS, the County of Orange has elected through its Animal Control <br />Ordinance to make sheltering services available in Orange County, and <br />WHEREAS, the County has contracted with the Animal Protection Society, Inc. <br />since 1979 for the operation of the County Animal Shelter located on Airport road <br />in Chapel Hill, and <br />WHEREAS, the County has contracted with the Humane Society of the United <br />States for an assessment of animal sheltering and animal control in the county, <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the results and recommendations of the Humane Society of the <br />United States' assessment conducted in March and April will not presented to the <br />BOCC and Board of the APS until late August/early September, and <br />WHEREAS, the recommendations may require negotiation between both parties <br />and may result in significant changes to the current contracting arrangements, <br />making it prudent to allow an extended timeframe, and <br />WHEREAS, the County determines that it is in the best interests of the animals <br />that require animal sheltering services and the residents of the county that such <br />service be uninterrupted, <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the contract between the County of <br />Orange and the Animal Protection Society of Orange County be renewed in its <br />present form at the same rate of monthly reimbursement for a period of six <br />months beginning July 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003 and as outlined in <br />the Contract Addendum. <br />Margaret Brown, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />