ACTION REQUESTED:
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Request from the City Manager to APPROVE an Intergovernmental Agreement between the CITY of PEORIA and the COUNTY of PEORIA for Full Service Animal Control Services at a rate of $2.10 per capita from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 and $2.20 per capita from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.
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BACKGROUND: Since May 1, 2010, the County of Peoria has provided animal control services to the City of Peoria through Peoria County Animal Protective Services (PCAPS). As part of the Agreement between the City and the County, the County will provide a number of services over and above state law:
Public Safety
* Require rabies vaccination and registration (state law)
* Quarantine biting animals (state law)
* Require animal bites to be reported (state law)
* Make determination of dangerous animals (state law)
* Prohibit animals at large
* Impound animals for attacking or intimidating people or other animals
* Impound animals for damaging property
* Investigate inhumane treatment of animals
* Investigate animal cruelty
Nuisance Abatement
* Require animals to have a collar and tag
* Prohibit abandonment of owned animals
* Confine female dogs and cats in heat
* Impound animals that cause unsanitary, dangerous, or offensive conditions
* Impound animals that chase vehicles
* Provide multiple pet license program
Animal Welfare
* Animal Welfare Reimburse livestock owners if animal (i.e. dog) kills livestock (state law)
* Provide spay and neuter education
* Provide public education on appropriate animal care
* Vaccinate animals to prevent disease
* Impound loose, stray, or abandoned animals
* Quarantine sick animals
Animal Shelter
* Offer animal adoption (state law)
* Microchip animals being adopted or redeemed to owner (state law)
* Euthanize unredeemed, unadopted, or unplaced animals (state law)
* Impound and redeem loose animals to owner
* Terminate and autopsy wild animals that bite
* Spay and neuter animals being adopted
* Euthanize diseased...
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