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REPORT TO COUNCIL
FRpM; Bruce Taylor, AMCT, CMM DATE: June 1, t999
Town Clerk
REPORT NUMBER: CL 28/99
SUBJECT: Licence Fee Discount for pogs Implented With Microchip ldenti6cation
RECOMMENDATION:
That the draft by-law to implement a licence fee discount for dogs implented with microchip
identi6cation be fonvarded to Council for enactment.
ORIGIN:
Motion of the PAW Joint Animal Control Committee dated May 26, 1999
AUTHORITY:
Section 210.5 of the Municipal Act
FINANCIAL IMPLiCATIONS:
Approximately SI,000 in reduced revenue from r!og licence fas
BACKGROUND:
Please be advised that the PAW Joint Animal Control Committee passal the following motion at
its meeting of May 26, 1999:
Tdat Trensurcr'a Report 2-99 re: Licence Fee Di�count for pogs Tmplanted
With Microchip fdentificAtion be received; �nd
That, lo an effort to promote rcapon�ible dog owaenhip through pet
identifiation, the Towos of Aja:, Pfckering �nd Whitby olfer a S5.00 licence
fa di�couat for dogs implaated with microc6ip idmti(icalion.
Attached hereto is a wpy of PAW Treasurer's Report 2-99 respecting this matter and a draR by-
law to implement the motion. Plecse note that the draft by-law provides for this liance fee
discount to be impiemented on lanuary I, 2000.
At this point in time, it is diti'icult to detemune how much this will cost in reduced revenue fiom
dog liance fea, howover, I believe it ahould not be much moro than SI,000. For spayed or
neutered doge that are microchipped, the licence ia will be reduced from SI0.00 to 55.00, For
unspayed or unneutered doga that are microchipped, tho licence fce will be reduced from S20.00
to SI5.00,
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1. PAW Treasuror's Report 2-99
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Town Clerk
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ATTACHMEN7��TOREPORI'M�� 1��9
TREASURERS REPORT TO THE PICKERNr,. aiax. WHCfBY �OINT ANIMAL CONTROL
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TOWM OF wf.�<�o�nl�
�S MAY 1 8 1999 May 26,1999
��` CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Licence Fee Discount for pogs Implanted With Micrahip Idendficatlon
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Analysis;
That, in an effort to promote responslbte dog ownershlp through pet
Idendficadon, the Towns of Ajax, Pickering and Whitby offer a$5.00 Ilcence
fee dlscount for dogs implanted with microchip Idendficatlon.
Microchip implantatlon is a reladvely new method of pet idendficatian.
A tlny microchip abaut the size of a greln of rice fs painlessly (njected under
the loose skin between the animal's shoulder biades. Each mlcrahlp has a
unique I.D. number.
If the pet becames lost, the microchip I,D. numher can be read by a scanner
and the pet retumed to its rightful owner.
Most animai control centres across Canada are now equipped with microchip
scanners. Staff at the Pickering, Ajax, Whitby ]oint Animal Controi Centre
regularly scan all found pets for microchip identification.
Approximately one-thlnl of all dogs wlll get lost at least once In their IlfeUme.
The Towns of Ajax, Plckering and Whltby Incur cansidereble expense caring
for stray dogs.
Dog idendflcatlon systems such as municipal Wgging systems and private
microchip implantatlon systems make it possible to retum stray dogs to their
owners quickly and safely. The cost of caring for stray dogs fs signiflcantly
reduced.
The Towns of Ajax, Pickering and Whitby each have their own dog qg
Idendflcatlon system. By law dog owners are requlred to annually reglster
thelr pets with the munlcipallty in which they reside. A small Iicence fee is
charged to offset the cost of adminlstering the Idendflcadon system and to
def�ay animal control operatlng costs.
Mlcrochip implanqtlon is offered at the majo�ity af local veterinary cllnla.
It Is Intended to complement; as opposed to repiace, the municipal tagging
systems. A stray dog that has lost Its tag and collar can sdll be retumed to
Its rightful owner if it has been mlcrochipped. GetUng lost dogs home qulckly
and safely saves the municipalides consider�ble expense In caring for the
animats.
A number af munlclpalides In the greater Tor�nto area now offer a �icence
fee discount as an Incendve to have dogs microchipped, It Is recommended
that the Towns of Ajax, Plckering and Whitby do Iikewlse beglnning next
year. Eftecdve Januarylst, 2000 It is recommended the Towns otfer a;5,00
Iicence fee discount for dogs that are microchipped, A sampte by-law Is
attached,
, • ATTACHMENTtI__L_TOREPORTN=.c ?6/f9
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�asurer's Report. Item 2•99 (Contl
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E�cisdng Policv:
Refer to Malysis
Flnancial Consideratlons
Whatever Impact the Iicence fee discount has on dog tag revenues will be
more than offset by reduced animal control operadng costs.
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. . ' A7TACHMENTq? TOREPORTN « zt�99
' 28 � TFIE CORPORAT[ON OF TRE TOWN OF PICKERING
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Being e by-law to emend By-lew Number 4423/94
(Dog & Cat Bylew) respating dog (icences.
WHE[tEAS the Council of the Corporetion of the Town of Pickering enacted By-law �umber
4427/94 on May 3, 1994 to provide for the licen�ing, registration and regulation of dogs, for the
detertnination of the compensation to be ailowed for impounding, distraining and detaining of
dog9 and cats for the establishment of e cat identification system; and
WF�REAS in a motion passed on May 26, 1999, the Pickering, Ajax and Whitby Joint Mimal
Control Committee has recommended that this bylaw be amended to provide for a licence fee
discount for dogs implanted with microchip identiflcation;
NOW 'fk�REEORE THE COUNCIL OF Tt� CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF
PICKERING F�REBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
I. Subsection 4 af Section 2 of Bylaw Number 4423/94 is revoked in its entirety and ►he
foilowing is substituted therefore:
2. (4) The fee payeble for a dog licence shall be payable at the lime of ihe issuing
of the licence and in �he case of,
(a) a spayed or neutered dog that hes been implanted with microchip
identiflcetion, the fa shall be 55.00;
(b) a spayed or neutered dog that has not becn implanted with
microchip identiflcation, the &e shall 6e S 10.00;
(c) a dog that has not been spayed or neutered but has been implented
with microchip identification, the fee shall be S I5.00;
(d) any other dog, the ke shall be 520.00.
2. This bylaw sheil come into force end take effect on lanuary I, 2000.
BY-LAW read a 6rst, second and third time and finally passed this 2I st day of June, 1999.
Wayne Arthurs, Mayor
Bmce Taylor, Clerk