HomeMy WebLinkAboutWeekend Animal Control Pick-up Dead Animals INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
City of Palm Desert
TO: CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: FRANK ALLEN , DIRECTOR OF CODE COMPLIANCE
SUBJECT: WEEKEND ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICE TO
PICK UP DEAD ANIMALS - FOLLOW UP
DATE : JANUARY 25 , 1990
I . DISCUSSION:
A citizen sent a letter to the City voicing a concern dead
animals were left along streets and highways over the
weekends . The department notified the citizen that it was
the Animal Control ' s policy not to respond to dead animal
calls on the weekends because it was not considered a
priority . The only weekend response is to dog bites and
injured animals .
I contacted the Animal Control Center in Indio and was
informed that a total of 3-5 dead animal calls were received
a month for the weekends .
The Riverside County Animal Control Department , if the City
Council desires , will respond to dead animal calls on the
weekends , at a cost of $39 per man hour and $ . 42 per mile .
The cost for this extended service for a year based on 5
calls per month would be $3 , 150 .
II . RECOMMENDATION:
I do not recommend providing weekend services to pick up
dead animals because of the low number of calls received
per month .
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- CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
42.44.
APPROVED ._-D
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