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REPORT APR 1 1974

TO: Mayor and Council DATE: March 27, 1974

FROM: Health Committee

The Health Committee met on Tuesday, March 26, 1974. Present were Chairman
Alderman Traboulay, Co-chairman Alderman Thompson, Mr. Jack Holmes and

Mr. John Van Der Hoeven from the S.P.C.A., Alderman P.F, Ranger and L.D.
Poltock, City Administrator.

The meeting was called to meet Mr. Jack Holmes who has taken over as the
Director of the S.P.C.A. from Mr. Bob Hosegood. The Committee discussed
several items relative to the S.P.C.A. operation in Port Coquitlam.

1. Staggered hours for dog patrol - The Committee discussed the possi-
bility of incorporating additional men or extending hours of operation to
permit the S.P.C.A. inspectors to patrol the City after 5 o'clock in the
evening or early in the morning. Mr. Holmes advised that with the present
staff he was unable to provide complete coverage and still look after pound
operation and service to public.

Mr. Holmes advised that Port Moody is still employing an extra man working in-
dependently in the Port Moody area and that this has been fairly successful.
Problems mainly occur during the period from mid April to September.

After a discussion it was deemed that it would be an advantage to have a trial
period with an extra man and a leased vehicle to patrol the City during this
period for more effective dog control. The Committee therefore recommends
that we ask the S.P.C.A. to arrange to hire an additional man for six months
from approximately mid April through to September to provide increased patrols
and that the patrols be arranged by the S.P.C.A. to cover hours outside of the
regular 9 to 5 day worked by the regular S.P.C.A. staff. It 7+ estimated that
the cost of the man plus a vehicle would be in the neighbourhovoc of $7,000.
for 1974.

2. Violation fees ~ The Committee discussed the violation noted fees which

are presently $20.00 for an unlicenced dog and $10.00 for a licenced dog. The
Committee feels that the fee for an unlicenced dog should be increased to $25.00
in an effort to encourage more people to purchase licences. The Committee would
therefore recommend to Council that a by-law amendment be prepared for this
increase in fees.

3. Use of incinerator - Council asked the Committee to investigate the
possibility of offering our incinerator for use by adjacent municipalities for
a fee. The S.P.C.A. representatives pointed out that this was not practical

as all of the adjacent municipalities have their own ineinerating facilities and
there is at prescnt some reciprocal use of these facilities,

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