Increasing the license fee for dogs in Manteca that are not spayed or neutered to $100 a year is part of a municipal strategy to reduce the amount of unwanted pets.
It is one of the few fees adopted by the City Council Tuesday that exceeded the cost of providing a specific service.
Police Chief Dave Bricker said it is keeping in line with other municipalities that are following Humane Society suggestions to set fees for unfixed dogs at a level that it would encourage people to have their animals neutered or spayed. The idea is to reduce the unwanted dog population. There were 339 dogs put to sleep in Manteca in 2007 because no one wanted them.
The annual registration fee for dogs that aren’t fixed is going from $15 annually to $100 a year.
The one-year license for dogs that are spayed or neutered is going from $5 to $20 to cover city costs. Since paperwork accounts for much of the cost of issuing a license, the council adopted a two-year license for $30 and a three-year license for $40. Three years is the same length of time a rabies vaccine is good.
The fees – which haven’t been adjusted for 10 years – were increased so the general fund could recover costs where legally possible.
Other dog and cat related fee increases approved are as follows:
•Cat adoption fee from $10 to $20.
•Cat adoption spay/neuter deposit (that is returned if the surgery is performed) goes from $30 to $75.
•Dog adoption fee from $10 to $20.
•Dog adoption spay/neuter deposit (that is returned if the surgery is performed) goes from $40 to $75.
•Redemption fees for cats, goats, rabbits, birds, and other small animals goes from $10 plus $2 a day on the first impound to $20 plus $2 a day, jumps from $15 on the second impound plus $2 per day to $30 plus $2 a day, and then on three or more impounds from $20 plus $2 a day to $40 plus $2 a day.
•Redemption fees for dogs from $20 plus $3 a day on the first impound to $40 plus $10 a day, jumps from $30 on the second impound plus $10 per day to $60 plus $10 a day, and then on three or more impounds from $40 plus $10 a day to $80 plus $10 a day. Unregistered dogs and out-of-town dogs have an additional fee added at redemption that will go from $10 to $20.
•Lost tag replacement will go from 50 cents to $10.
•The cost of surrendering a live dog at the shelter will go from $20 to $25.
•The cost of surrendering a live dog that is picked up from the owner will go from $42 to $75.
•Deceased dog pickup will go from $22 to $50. Deceased dogs received at shelter will go from no charge to $25.
•Live cats and other small animals received at shelter will go from $10 to $25.
•Live cats and small animals picked up from owner will go from $25 to $50.
•Deceased cats and other small animals that are picked up will go from $15 to $50.
•Deceased cats and other small animals that are received at the shelter will go from no charge to $25.
•Identification chips will go from $10 to $20.
It is one of the few fees adopted by the City Council Tuesday that exceeded the cost of providing a specific service.
Police Chief Dave Bricker said it is keeping in line with other municipalities that are following Humane Society suggestions to set fees for unfixed dogs at a level that it would encourage people to have their animals neutered or spayed. The idea is to reduce the unwanted dog population. There were 339 dogs put to sleep in Manteca in 2007 because no one wanted them.
The annual registration fee for dogs that aren’t fixed is going from $15 annually to $100 a year.
The one-year license for dogs that are spayed or neutered is going from $5 to $20 to cover city costs. Since paperwork accounts for much of the cost of issuing a license, the council adopted a two-year license for $30 and a three-year license for $40. Three years is the same length of time a rabies vaccine is good.
The fees – which haven’t been adjusted for 10 years – were increased so the general fund could recover costs where legally possible.
Other dog and cat related fee increases approved are as follows:
•Cat adoption fee from $10 to $20.
•Cat adoption spay/neuter deposit (that is returned if the surgery is performed) goes from $30 to $75.
•Dog adoption fee from $10 to $20.
•Dog adoption spay/neuter deposit (that is returned if the surgery is performed) goes from $40 to $75.
•Redemption fees for cats, goats, rabbits, birds, and other small animals goes from $10 plus $2 a day on the first impound to $20 plus $2 a day, jumps from $15 on the second impound plus $2 per day to $30 plus $2 a day, and then on three or more impounds from $20 plus $2 a day to $40 plus $2 a day.
•Redemption fees for dogs from $20 plus $3 a day on the first impound to $40 plus $10 a day, jumps from $30 on the second impound plus $10 per day to $60 plus $10 a day, and then on three or more impounds from $40 plus $10 a day to $80 plus $10 a day. Unregistered dogs and out-of-town dogs have an additional fee added at redemption that will go from $10 to $20.
•Lost tag replacement will go from 50 cents to $10.
•The cost of surrendering a live dog at the shelter will go from $20 to $25.
•The cost of surrendering a live dog that is picked up from the owner will go from $42 to $75.
•Deceased dog pickup will go from $22 to $50. Deceased dogs received at shelter will go from no charge to $25.
•Live cats and other small animals received at shelter will go from $10 to $25.
•Live cats and small animals picked up from owner will go from $25 to $50.
•Deceased cats and other small animals that are picked up will go from $15 to $50.
•Deceased cats and other small animals that are received at the shelter will go from no charge to $25.
•Identification chips will go from $10 to $20.
