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Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Division recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Adopt Resolution 143-2013 in recognition of World Rabies Day on September 28, 2013;
2) Authorize Animal Services to provide free rabies inoculations and waive the one-year license fees for spayed/neutered dogs on September 28, 2013;
3) Authorize an amnesty period of September 28, 2013 through November 30, 2013 to waive late and never-licensed penalty fees for spayed or neutered dogs;
4) Authorize a reduction to the one-year licensing fee for spayed or neutered dogs from $20 to $10 beginning September 29, 2013 and continuing through the remainder of the amnesty period to encourage licensing;
5) Accept a donation from Sacramento Valley Veterinary Medical Association of rabies vaccines to provide free rabies inoculations on World Rabies Day 2013;
6) Accept a donation from People for Animal Welfare in El Dorado County in the amount of $500 for the purchase of 100 microchips; and
7) Authorize Animal Services to implant the microchips and waive the County microchip fee for dogs on September 28, 2013.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost
The revenue not received on September 28, 2013 due to the proposed free licensing and microchipping is estimated to be $240. The rabies vaccinations are being donated by the Sacramento Valley Veterinary Medical Association and the microchips will be purchased with the donated funds from People for Animal Welfare in El Dorado County ("PAWED"). The revenue not received for waived late and never-licensed penalty fees during the proposed amnesty period of September 28, 2013, through November 30, 2013 is estimated to be $2,480. However, in Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2014-2015, it is anticipated that an estimated additional $1,740 in regular licensing fees will be received for these late and never- licensed dogs.
Background
Rabies is a complex and deadly virus, which can and does infect human beings, wildlife, and do...
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