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JAN 17 1977
Mayor and Council January 13th, 1977

L.D. Pollock
City Administrator

1. Revised Dog Licence Fees

Council will recall that I submitted a Report to Council in December
recommending an increase in the licence fee for unneutered male dogs

to $24.00, this would make it the same as our present licence for unspayed
females. This recommendation was based on maitaining uniform rates with
Coquitlam and Port Moody as the other two Councils were considering

similar action.

Siace our last discussions, Coquitlam has concluded their By-law for the
above change, however, Port Moody has had further discussions and they
intend to go part way and establish a fee of $15.00 for both unspayed
female and unneutered male dogs.

L have discussed this question further with the Chairman of the Environmental
Protection Committee and we have communicated with Mr. Homes of the S.P.C.A..
Mr. Homes advises that the criginal intention of this change in rates was to
tie in with the new Spay & Neuter Clinic and to encourage dog owners to have
their animals spayed or neutered. His original suggestion to many of the
municipalities was to tie the licences into the spaying or neutering fee.

For exampie, the fee for spaying a female dog is $25.00 and he had suggested
that this be set as the licence fee for an unspayed female. With regard to
male dogs, the neutering fee is $15.00 and he had suggested a fee of $15.00
for the licence in this case. When the above suggestion was put before many
Councils, they felt that there should be no discrimination between the male
or female dog owners and that everyone should pay the same fee. Therefore,
some municipalities used uniform rates for both male and female dogs. Some
municipalities, however, did stick with the differential fee.

Some of the rates presently in effect for unspayed female and unneutered male
dogs are as follows: Coquitlam, $24. - $24.; Burnaby, $25. - $25.; City of
Vancouver, $20. ~ $20.; Port Moody (not yet in effect) $15. - 315.. The
municipalities with differential rates are: MNelta, $25. — $15.3; North
Vancouver District, $20. ~ $10.3; North Vancouver City, $20. ~ $15.3; West

Vancouver, $20. — $10..

In view of the foregoing and the fact that Port Moody will not be consistent
with the uniform rates that we were attempting to establish, we feel that the
Port Coquitlam rate for unneutered male dogs should be increased to $15. rather
than $24. as originally recommended.

2. Appointment of Insurance Broker

We have been using the services of Hugh and McKinnon as Insurance Brokers for
the City. They are well underway to putting together the 1977 requirements

for the City and will be getting tenders on the various risks for the City's
insurance coverage, as requested by the Council last year. JI would recommend
th.t we reconfirm the appointment of Hugh and McKinnon as our Broker for the

year 1977.