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• <br /> Cover Letter for the Animal Control Ordinance <br /> Page 3 <br /> 5. Fines to Be Ear-Marked for Animal Control. <br /> Preliminary discussions have taken place with the City Controller's Office, <br /> to begin a "separate revenue account" which would be ear-marked for <br /> the receipt of animal control fines. Since the Ordinance Violations Bureau <br /> is the proper agency of the City to receive all such fine payments of$ 50.00 or <br /> less, the violators would be held more accountable by offsetting, <br /> through the payment of their fines, the cost of animal control, <br /> currently paid by the City as a budgeted item. In this way, responsible <br /> animal owners would benefit financially. Hopefully with more effective <br /> regulations and improved enforcement procedures, a better check and balance will <br /> result. Irresponsible pet owners will no longer be tolerated in our <br /> City, and they must learn to become responsible. <br /> I request that this proposed ordinance be sent to the Health and Pubic Safety <br /> Committee and the Residential Neighborhoods Committee, for a joint Committee <br /> review and recommendation. I plan to have experts in the area to testify before the <br /> Committees and address any questions that you may have. I look forward to <br /> hearing your comments on this proposed ordinance. I sincerely believe that it is <br /> long overdue, and is in the best interests of the City and its pet owners who call <br /> South Bend their home. Thank you. <br /> S�rely, <br /> Thomas Zakr ski / <br /> Sixth District Council Member <br /> Attachment <br />