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MONTICELLO Office of the Oits' Administr. t, : 250 East Broadway Monticello, MN 55362-9245 Phone: (612) 295-2711 Metro: (612) 333-5739 MEMO TO: FROM: DATE: RE: City Clerks, City Administrators, ~d~Town Clerks Rick Wolfsteller, City Administr~tor~/~ March 27, 1996 Animal impound agreements The city Council recently reviewed the operating expenditures and revenues for the past four years at our animal control shelter. During the review, it was noted that the last increase for daily impound charges occurred in 1991 when the rates were increased from $7.25 per day to $8 effective August 1, 1991. While the cost of our operation and personnel costs associated with the housing and cleaning of the facility have increased annually, the Council chose to keep the current fee for those services at $8 for as long as possible but -now must increase the fee to $9 per day effective April 1, 1996. In regard to our current charge for disposal of unclaimed animals, the fee for this service will also be increasing to $27 from the present $25 amount that has been in effect since July 1, 1992. Again, our disposal costs have increased continually since the last increase, and the Council is now faced with no choice but increasing the amount to an appropriate level to cover our expenditures. This charge will also be effective April 1, 1996, for any animal unclaimed which the City must dispose of either through euthanization, adoption by a private agency, or through the Humane Society, etc. Our billing system will remain unchanged, and you will continue to be sent monthly statements for the services rendered by the City. Should you have any questions regarding our shelter hours or have any comments or suggestions on how we can operate our facility better, please feel free to give me a call or contact our Animal Control Officer, Patty Salzwedel.