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B. Hays County agrees to: <br /> 1. Designate a representative as the County's representative in all matters related to this Agreement; <br /> 2. Appoint a representative to the San Marcos'Animal Shelter Advisory Committee; <br /> 3. Pay San Marcos annually for the provision of animal shelter services for FY 25 and FY 26 in accordance <br /> with Exhibit VII. Costs payable to San Marcos include all expenses as outlined in Exhibit VII. This amount <br /> does not cover extraordinary animal services such as a case of animal cruelty involving two or more <br /> animals. Hays County will be required to cost-share,with San Marcos on a case by case basis,the <br /> expenses of any such animal-related case; <br /> 4. Fully comply with the policies and guidelines of the Shelter as they now exist and as they may be <br /> amended from time to time as well as any State law or agency rule governing the treatment of animals. <br /> Any noncompliance with the Shelter's Standard Operating Procedures (Exhibit 1) may result in <br /> termination of this Agreement; <br /> 5. Within 7 days of execution of this Agreement, Hays County will provide all Standard Operating <br /> Procedures (SOP's),general orders or other policies/guidelines governing Hays County animal control <br /> activities to the Director of Neighborhood Enhancement. <br /> 6. Within 2 months of the execution of this Agreement, amend Hays County Animal Control Ordinances <br /> to recognize that the County subjects itself to abide by the Shelter's (or other facility the County may <br /> utilize in the future) policies and requirements related to the following topics: animal stray hold periods; <br /> Trap, Neuter and Return program (TNR); microchipping required; spay/neuter requirements for <br /> impounded animals; <br /> 7. Hays County Animal Control Officers will be responsible for completing full intake procedures (Exhibit <br /> 11)for all impounded animals, including, but not limited to; entering the animal into the Shelter's <br /> database, providing intake vaccines and intake preventatives, uploading a clear photograph of each <br /> impounded animal into the Shelter's database, uploading any relevant documents and/or forms to the <br /> animal in the Shelter's database, placing the animal into a cage/kennel, affixing a kennel card top each <br /> impounded animal's cage/kennel, properly aging and sexing the animal, notifying vet services of any <br /> known injuries or illness for impounded animals, creating memos in the Shelter's database to inform <br /> staff of attempts to locate possible owners, owner contact information (if known), bite <br /> histories/circumstances, any behavior or aggression behaviors noticed, and any other pertinent <br /> information necessary for Shelter staff to know about. SMRAS will provide assistance when available; <br /> 8. For after-hours drop offs, Hays County will be responsible to complete all steps outlined in section <br /> B(7),with the exception of printing the kennel card. After hours drop-offs may be kenneled in the cage <br /> banks in the sallyport area. The Animal Control Officer must complete all steps of the intake process and <br /> fill out an after-hours intake form (Exhibit III) and affix it to the cage in sallyport. <br /> 9. Hays County will not drop off injured animals at the SMRAS after hours. <br /> 10. For safekeeping drop-offs(owner arrested or incapacitated) Hays County will provide all details in a <br /> memo, including, but not limited to; the circumstances/reason for the impoundment, all known owner <br /> contact information (name, home address, phone number(s), email address), next of kin if known, <br /> location (hospital orjail)of owner if known. In addition, Hays County will document any contact with <br /> the known owner, such as whether or not the owner has been advised that their animal is at the Shelter. <br /> When possible, Hays County will have the owner fill out and sign the Authorization for Third Party <br /> Release Form (Exhibit IV). <br /> 11. Hays County Animal Control Officers will be responsible to make all reasonable attempts to locate <br /> an impounded animal's owner and return the animal to the owner prior to bringing it to the Shelter. This <br /> includes, but is not limited to; scanning for microchips, checking for tags, contacting known owners <br />