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061 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Ag nda <br /> Item No. L 1 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: FEBRUARY 16, 1988 <br /> SUBJECT: RECONSIDERATION OF ANIMAL LICENSING FEES <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S <br /> OFFICE,X501 <br /> NONE TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To discuss animal licensing fees. <br /> BACKGROUND: On October 5, 1987 the Board adopted differential licensing <br /> fees for dogs and cats as follows: <br /> Dogs: <br /> Spayed and neutered $5.00 <br /> Unspayed and unneutered $15. 00 <br /> Cats: <br /> Spayed and neutered $2 . 00 <br /> Unspayed and unneutered $10.00 <br /> During additional discussions of the Animal Control Ordinance <br /> on December 1, 1987, Commissioners Halkiotis proposed a fee <br /> schedule of $15.00 for each of the first three unneutered or <br /> unspayed animals in a household with the fee for remaining <br /> animals set at $5. 00 each with no limit. The proposal was <br /> referred to the Health Board for a recommendation. <br /> On January 28, 1988 the Board of Health discussed the proposal <br /> and recommended that the fee schedule remain as approved by <br /> the Board of Commissioners on October 5. <br />