ADOPTED - JULY 28, 1998

Agenda Item No. 28

Introduced by the Law and Courts and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION AMENDING THE ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE

RESOLUTION #98-179

WHEREAS, the Animal Control Department picks up and houses in the County's animal shelter thousands of animals every year; and

WHEREAS, the majority of these animals have not been sterilized and therefore have the potential to adding to the County's animal control problem; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Animal Control Officer, area veterinarians, the Capital Area Humane Society and other professionals in animal care and control, recommend amending Article VI, Section 4, of the Ingham County Animal Control Ordinance adopted on September 18, 1972, as amended, to make sterilization mandatory after an animal's third redemption from the animal shelter.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Article VI, Animal Shelter and Impoundment Section 4, of the Ingham County Animal Control Ordinance be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows:

Section 4. An owner may redeem a dog or other animal from the animal shelter by executing a sworn statement of ownership furnishing a license and tag as required by this Ordinance and State law, and paying the following fees:

(a) A boarding fee of $5.00 per day commencing the date following the day of impoundment.

(b) A fee of $10.00 for vaccination, unless the owner can show proof of vaccination within the last year.

(c) An animal pick-up fee of $15.00 for the first pick-up of a surgically sterilized animal and $30.00 for an unsterilized animal; $30.00 for the second pick-up of a surgically sterilized animal and $60.00 for an unsterilized animal; $60.00 for the third pick-up of a surgically sterilized animal and $60.00 for each pick-up thereafter. For the third pick-up of an unsterilized animal the fee shall be $120.00 plus the prepayment of sterilization surgery to the veterinarian of the choice of the animal owner. THE STERILIZATION SHALL BE PERFORMED WITHIN TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS OF THE DATE OF THE ANIMAL'S THIRD REDEMPTION OR AT THE TIME THE ANIMAL TURNS SIX (6) MONTHS OF AGE, UNLESS THE

ADOPTED - JULY 28, 1998

Agenda Item No. 28

RESOLUTION #98-179

ANIMAL'S OWNER ELECTS TO HAVE THE ANIMAL EUTHANIZED IN LIEU OF STERILIZATION. IF THE OWNER FAILS TO HAVE THE ANIMAL EITHER STERILIZED OR EUTHANIZED WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME PERIOD AFTER THE THIRD REDEMPTION HE/SHE SHALL TURN THE ANIMAL AND TITLE THERETO OVER TO THE INGHAM COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER.

On the first and second pick-up of an unsterilized animal, a refund equal to the difference in fees between the sterilized and unsterilized animals shall be given to the animal's owner if the owner submits proof to the animal shelter that the animal has been sterilized within ten (10) working days from the date of the animal's pick-up from the animal shelter. If an animal is picked up at times other than the normal working hours, an extra fee of $10.00 shall be charged. When an animal is picked up for the third time, regardless of whether surgically sterilized or unsterilized, the Animal Control Officer shall request the Prosecuting Attorney to prosecute the owner for violations of this Ordinance and Act No. 339, Public Acts of 1919, as amended.

(d) If a dog owner is unable to prove that the dog has a current license and a valid certificate of rabies vaccination, the owner shall, in addition to the fees set forth above, pay the fees established for licensing and rabies vaccination.

(e) The fees set forth in this section may be changed from time to time by the Board of Commissioners.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the remainder of the Ingham County Animal Control Ordinance and the fees of the Ingham County Animal Control Department, as amended, shall remain unchanged.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk is hereby directed to take all required action to have this Ordinance Amendment published, as required by State Statute.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Ordinance Amendment shall become effective on the date in which it is published by the County Clerk as directed above.

LAW & COURTS: Yeas: Bernero, Stid, Smiley, Pratt, Hunting, Goulet

Nays: None Absent: Schafer Approved 7/16/98

FINANCE: Yeas: Goulet, Keefe, Grebner, Czarnecki, Bernero, Schafer

Nays: None Absent: McDonald Approved 7/22/98