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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 8, 2011 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />that will allow the City of South Bend to better serve its 101,168 residents based on the <br />2010 Census as well as its estimated 25,575 canine residents and estimated 28,853 feline <br />residents not including feral cats. She stated that unfortunately they are euthanizing over <br />2,500 animals a year and have 19 kennels. She stated that everybody can build a shelter <br />to make money or build a building to try to make money, it’s not always about money, <br />and it’s about bringing down the euthanasia rate. She stated that she wants to become a <br />model city for animal welfare and to balance safety in our neighborhoods they are <br />Animal Care and Control along with the human treatment of animals. To ensure our <br />neighborhoods are safe places to live and play, to ensure pet owners take care of their <br />animals. To make sure that abuse, neglect, fighting and abandonment are not tolerated by <br />us or our residents. She stated that they want to provide a safe haven for all animals. She <br />stated that they want to improve access to low cost spay neuter resources, both public and <br />private. Increase the live transfer rate to other rescue group. Establish a community <br />where pets and all animals are valued and respected and their importance is interwoven <br />into the fabric of our community. She quoted Charles Darwin “The love for all living <br />creatures is the noblest attribute of man.” She reiterated approximately a little over <br />101,000 resident of the City of South Bend and their per capita rate is $5.00 per person. <br />The Human Society is $6.67 based on their annual report. The cost for handle per animal <br />that comes into the shelter right now is $125.00 per animal. The Human Society’s is <br />$200.00 per animal. She stated that based upon the Crow Horvath Report that was <br />presented tonight, by the Mayor; there are approximately 191,000 differences every year. <br />That will pay off a new facility in ten years and this facility is needed for the residents of <br />the City of South Bend human, canine and feline. She stated that they have proven <br />themselves to provide the level of service that the community expects, it has been 15 <br />years, she stated that the Chamber’s are full of supporters tonight who have sat here for a <br />very long time and the Council is aware of all the e-mail’s, some clearly not from South <br />Bend, but the majority were from South Bend and St. Joseph County in support and <br />worked well with many organizations. She asked for the Council’s favorable support of <br />this Resolution tonight. <br /> <br />Mayor Luecke advised that they believe that there is room for two Animal Care and <br />Control facilities but a need for two Animal Care and Control facilities in terms of <br />accessibility, in terms of care for the animals, in terms of improved adoption rates and <br />fewer animals euthanized. He highlighted some points from the Crow Horwath report <br />that is a simple budgetary analysis that shows the current cost of operation and the <br />expected operation cost with the new facility and then compares with the proposal by <br />transporting animals to the Human Society. He stated that Exhibit A shows <br />approximately $63,000 in revenue during the year and that is everything from licenses to <br />pet reclaim fees to pet adoptions and other fees that go into that $63,000 revenue. <br />Budgeted Operating Expenses are approximately $524,000 and noted that the first two <br />lines are the largest expenses and they are salaries and wages and benefits for the <br />employees and have 8 ½ full-time employees for Animal Care and Control. He stated <br />that when you net out the annual cost of operation is approximately $461,000 for the <br />current facility. Exhibit B then looks at operations for the new facility. The base line is <br />approximately $63,000 in revenue and believe that because of the new space there would <br />be the opportunity for more adoption and hold animals longer for more opportunity for <br />reclaims of those animals as well and also more opportunity for donation. So they have <br />estimated a 15 % increase in revenue and can see that under Estimated Revenue Increases <br />and bring the total estimated revenue to approximately $69,000. The show budgeted <br />operating expenses the same for the current facility and that is because now they believe <br />that it is a much more efficient facility that the utility cost would be equal to or less than <br />the current facility and obviously the maintenance cost would be much less with a brand <br />new facility than with the existing structure. So when you net out the revenue from the <br />operating expenses you come to a net cost of about $455,000 per year for the new <br />facility. Then as they looked at the cost of transporting animals to the Human Society <br />and he wanted to clear of the assumptions that he would be making in this that the staff at <br />SBACC and he believes that they would still need to maintain the existing facility for <br />animals in between times when they are able to transport them. So they are not off- <br />loading that expense of the existing facility. He stated that they would still need 7 ½ full <br />time employees to run the operation, and that is the five (5) animal control officers, who <br />receive phone calls, dispatch the care, and send out notices and all the paperwork <br /> 27 <br /> <br />
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