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animal Services — continued <br />Budget Highlights <br />The increase in Operations is due to an increase in the countywide Motor Pool surcharge, an <br />increase of $.03 /mile (to a total of $.08 /mile), to help offset future vehicle replacement costs and <br />an increase of $1,500 in Postage, due to both an increase in postage and increase in the <br />number of certified letters sent to owners for animal reclamations and /or Animal Control <br />notifications. <br />Animal Services: Animal Shelter Division <br />Major Services <br />Open Admissions Sheltering <br />o Provide shelter to stray, relinquished, quarantined, and confiscated animals as an <br />open- admission shelter pursuant to applicable regulations. <br />o Facilitate owner recovery and placement of animals. <br />o Euthanize stray, relinquished, quarantined, or confiscated animals as needed. <br />Lost Pet Recovery <br />o Perform microchip scanning and rabies tag searches to identify pet owners. <br />o Maintain a website for online searches of lost pets. <br />o Facilitate lost and found inquiries and lost pet searches. <br />Animal Placement <br />• Adopt medically and behaviorally sound animals from the Animal Services Center into <br />permanent homes. <br />• Transfer animals to placement partners for final re- homing. <br />Animal Health <br />• Address pet overpopulation by ensuring dogs and cats are sterilized prior to adoption <br />in a cost - effective manner. <br />• Manage infectious disease through health protocols and practices to ensure the <br />health of sheltered, reclaimed, and adopted animals. <br />FY 2013 -14 Outcomes <br />• Open Admissions Sheltering: Positively managed animal "flow- through" and initiated a cat <br />caging conversion to increase the enclosure sizes in the holding area. <br />• Lost Pet Recovery: Modified website to display lost and found pets not housed at the Animal <br />Services Center to facilitate recovery; increased the number of microchip clinics to four to <br />enhance identification and recovery of lost pets by their owners. <br />• Animal Placement: Maintained strong overall placement and "live release" rates; continued six <br />special events to promote pet adoption; continued to work closely with and build new <br />relationships with placement partner organizations: coordinate more effectively with volunteers to <br />provide quality customer service for adopters, support staff, and manage shelter workload. <br />56 <br />