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CONSENT AGENDA #: 4 (g)
PREPARED BY: RALPH TESCHNER FINANCE DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: CONSIDER DOG IMPOUNDENT FEE STRUCTURE
DATE: MARCH 21, 1994
INTRODUCTION:
BACKGROUND:
DISCUSSION:
The purpose for this agenda item is for the City Council to review the
City's established fee structure associated with boarding fees and
redemption charges for dogs that are picked up by animal patrol.
During the Council's annual review of the City's fee schedule on January
3, 1994, discussion came up regarding if such animal control fees are
adequate and in line with what other communities charge. As a result of
this discussion, Council directed staff to prepare a comparative city
survey.
Attached to your agenda report is an excerpt on impoundment fees taken
from the most recent Association of Metropolitan Municipalities
Municipal License and Permit Survey conducted by the AMM in June of
1993. In the majority of cases the impoundment fee consists of two parts;
a fine and a daily boarding fee. The highlighted amounts in yellow
represent the fine according to 1st, 2nd and 3rd offense with the boarding
fee in blue.
Outlined below is a summary for each of those charges:
MUNICIPALITY
Inver Grove Heights
Prior Lake
Wayzata
Orono
St. Louis Park
Newport
Hopkins
Deephaven
Minnetonka
Osseo
Watertown
Bayport
Jordan
Eden Prairie
Coon Rapids
Shorewood
FINE (lst/2nd/3rd offense)
10/25/50
10/251100
15/35/-
20/30/40
20/30/60
30/40/50
25/35/45
25/50/75
25/50/75
25/50/75
25/50/75
25/50/-
35/50/-
25/50/100
30/50/100
50,100/-
4629 Dakota St. S.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372-1714 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245
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BOARDING FEE mY
BOARDING FEE
Savage
Eagan
Shakopee
Mounds View
Prior Lake
Bloomington
Eden Prairie
South St. Paul
$3.50
$4.00
$5.00
$6.00
$7.50
$8.00
$8.00
$8.80
Blaine
Fridley
St. Paul Park
Brooklyn Center
Maple Grove
Minneapolis
New Hope
St. Anthony
Crystal
$9.00
$9.00
$9.00
$10.00
$10.00
$10.00
$11.00
$15.00
$16.00
The typical fine falls within the $25/50/75 range as indicated above. It
appears that Prior Lake's 1st and 2nd offense fines are a little on the light
side comparatively speaking and would support an increase to the $25/50
tier while leaving the third offense at $100.00.
With respect to the daily boarding fee, our charge of $7.50 is very close to
the overall average. However, it could be increased to $10.00 in an effort
to recover a greater portion of our $700.oo/month service contract cost
with Robert McAllister.
Our current 1994 budget cost for animal control is $8,830 with projected
offsetting fines/fees revenue of $3,000. The above referenced proposed
increases should generate approximately an additional $2,400 which
would increase our cost recovery from 33% to nearly 60% of expenses.
Overall, it is important that the fees are set at a reasonable amount to
encourage the owner to recover his pet as opposed to creating a financial
obligation whereby the animal remains unclaimed and thereby must be
destroyed.
ALTERNATIVES:
The following alternatives are available to the City Council:
1. Approve an increase in the 1 st/2nd offense tier from $10/25
to $25.00/$50.00 plus a license charge for those unlicensed
pickups and increase the daily boarding fee from $7.50 to
$10.00 per day.
2. ReaffIrm the current fee structure as is.
3. Approve a different fine/fee amount as agreed upon per
Council consensus.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff would recommend that the Council approve Alternative #1 and
incorporate these changes into the City of Prior Lake 1994 Fee Schedule
effective immediately.
ACTION REQUIRED: A motion as part of the consent agenda to approve an increase in the 1st
offense fine to $25.00, an increase in the 2nd offense fine to $50.00 and
increase the daily boarding fee to $10.00.
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IMPOUNDMENT FEE
CITIES 0 . 2,500 Prior Lake BOARD
FEE,REDEMPTION 10,15,25,100
Spring Pali( 15.00 Robbinsdale 10 FIRST
Watertown 1,2,3 :25,50,75 Savage 4.00
Woodland NlA PICKUP;3.50/DAY
Shakopee 1 0-51DA Y
CITIES 2,500 . 10,000 . Stillwater 25.00
West St. Paul 351DAY
Arden HiDs CITIES OVER 20,000
Bayport 1STI25;2ND 50
Circle Pines 10.00
Dayton 20EA Apple Valley 20.00
Deephaven 1,2,3 25,50,75.00 Blaine 1ST.DY20;9
Falcon Heights A.ENGTH TIME THERAFTER
Independence Bloomington 10+8 DAY
Jordan 1STI35;2ND 50 Brooklyn Center 1 ST.DAY/25;AFT
Lauderdale NA 10/DAY
Mahtomedi NlA Brooklyn Pali( 15.00
Mendata Heights NlA Bumsville NlA
Mound CITY HAS Coon Rapids 1,2,3,4;
DETAIL 30,50,100,200
Newport NlA 1,2,3;30,40,50 Cottage Grove 251PICKUP
Orono 1,2,3:20,30,40 Crystal 26 AN.BD 1610Y
Osseo 1,2,3;25,50,75 Eagan 41DY OVER
Rosemount LOCAl VET POUND CHARGES
Shorewood 1,2,50.00,100.00 Eden Prairie 2511ST.YRI
150 EA AD 5O,2ND;1oo 3RD + 8IDAY
Spring Lake Pali( Edina 30 1ST;55 2ND
St. Anthony 50+ 151DAY Fridley 9IDAY
St. Francis NONE Golden Valley 30/10/DY HELD
St. Paul Pali( 91DY Inver Grove Heights 1,2,3;10,25,50
\yayzata 1ST 15,35 EA Maple Grove 1ST/15,BD.FEE
ADD. 101DY;2ND 25.00
Maplewood
CITIES 10,000 . 20,000 MiMeapolis 251PICKUP;101
DAY
Anoka 15.00 Minnetonka 1,2,3;25,50,75IYR
Cha"1>lin 1,2,3 THEREAF 100
New Brighton 10.00
OFFENSE,15,30,60IDA Y New Hope 20+ 11/DY
Chanhassen 2O.00;WITHIN 6 R~hfield NONE
MOS REPEAT 40.00 Roseville NONE
Columbia Heights HUMANE SOC. Shoreview 25.00
Hastings 25.00 South St. Paul 8.80/DAY
Hopkins 1,2,3;25,35,45 St. Louis Pali( 1,2,3:20,30,60
Mounds View 10.00+6IBOARD White Bear Lake NONE
North St. Paul 3010;200 Woodbury 25.00
Oakdale NON L1C
1,2;30,70;LIC 30,60
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