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1 <br />• <br />ORANGE COIINTY <br />BOARD OF COMMI38IONER3 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~(V,4 <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 3, 1990 <br />SIIBJECT: Animal Control Penalties <br />------------------------------- ---------------------------------- <br />DEPARTMENT: Health-Animal -Control PIIBLIC HEARING YEB: NO: X <br />------------------------------- ---------------------------------- <br />ATTACHMENT(8): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Health Department policy for TELEPHONE NIIMBER- <br />collection of unpaid Animal Control Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br />civil penalties. Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br />Mebane - 227-2031 <br />Durham - 688-7331 ERT. 2076 <br />---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />PIIRPOSE: <br />To request authority from the Board to bring civil suits on behalf of the County <br />for unpaid Animal Control penalties. <br />• <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Since the implementation of the 1988 Animal Control Ordinance, approximately sixty <br />civil penalties remain unpaid. The ordinance states that civil action may be <br />commenced to recover the cost of the penalty. At the July 26, 1990 meeting, the <br />Board of Health adopted a policy for the collection of unpaid Animal Control civil <br />penalties (see attachment.) <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): <br />To grant authority to the Animal Control Director to pursue civil action to <br />recover the costs of unpaid Animal Control civil penalties and to make periodic reports <br />to the Board regarding collection actions taken. <br />