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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. ■111-F <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 21, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: Proposal to Fund an Animal Control Officer Position <br /> DEPARTMENT: HEALTH PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> HEALTH DIRECTOR'S OFFICE X2411 <br /> 1. Proposal to Fund Animal Control <br /> Position, Fig. 1-7. TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 96"8-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham- - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To reconsider the Manager's recommendation to approve an additional Animal <br /> Control Officer Position; from increases in animal control fees and to consider a <br /> Board of Health recommendation to fund the position. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The Animal Control shelter Study Committee discussed constraints faced by Animal <br /> Control officers while enforcing the Animal Control Ordinance. Lack of personnel <br /> and equipment was cited as an impediment to effective enforcement. The Committee <br /> recommended that the Health Director and the County Manager resolve this <br /> constraint. <br /> The demand for animal control services has increased steadily since the last <br /> Animal Control officer was added in FY89-90. Total service activities are <br /> expected to rise to 48,535 for FY93-94, over 39, 174 in FY90-91, the first full <br /> year of the new ACO. The difference equals the workload of one ACO. <br /> The increase has occurred largely in the enforcement/911 category. These <br /> activities occur, for the most part, at night when officers are on call. The <br /> ACO's are compensated with time and one-half off for all time spent actually <br /> responding to calls. The amount of compensatory time given effectively reduces <br /> the day time staff resources by 25 percent of one position. <br />