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Beni 11 r;cF 99 San-Lee Humane Society, Inc.. I P. 0. Box 1829 Sanford, N.C. 27330 • March 17, 1983 Lee County Board of Commissioners P. 0. Box 987 Sanford, N.C. 27330 Honorable Commissioners: The San-Lee Humane Society wishes to thank you for your cooperation and your concern in allowing us to work with you and the city in the adoption of animals from the present pound facility. We are presently working out the final details for implement- ing this program and would request your assistance in overcoming a few minor difficulties. Please consider these requests individually and bear with us as we are attempting to overcome these problems before they occur and make the operation as Dimple as possible. (1) We feel that the present system for collecting money for either an adopted animal or a retrieved pet is awkward. While the city has a base charge of $10.00, the county has a base charge of $10.00 + $2.00 per day. This is not unreasonable, but the two fees should be the same. Moreover, Tommy Fallin is allowed to collect the fees at the facility and remit them to the city offices, while Blue Cameron must send potential adopters to the county office to pay while he waits for them at the Central Carolina Technical College facility. This policy is both cumbersome and ineffective. We would request that the city and county adopt equal charges and that we be allowed to collect them at the facility and remit to either the county or city as the situation dictates. Our planned schedule of both evening and Saturday hours would of course, necessitate the change. (2) Due to our controlled adoption policy, it will be necessary for those animals adopted on the fifth day to become the sole property of the San-Lee Humane Society. This is so we may insure that the new owners follow through with their agreement to fully immunize, spay, or neuter their animal. (3) We would further request that you grant us office space in the old hospital- county office building. This for our desk, file and phone. (4) We would also like for you to consider placing a rider on your liability insurance policy for our workers in the pound. This to be at the sole expense • of the San-Lee Humane Society. We have been advised that this would be more effective than a separate policy.