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REPORT
Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE File#
Res. #CA
Date: JUNE 17, 1996
By-Law#
Report#: 9-6 File#:
Subject: REMUNERATION - POUND KEEPERS
RecorryTndatlon
is respectfully pectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1 . THAT Report CD-34-96 be received; and
2 . THAT the Pound Keepers appointed by the Council of the
Municipality of Clarington be remunerated at a rate of
$50 . 00 per call plus mileage .
BACKGROUND AND COMMENT:
Under the Pounds Act, 1990, Council appoints Pound Keepers in
order to provide a facility to house livestock found running at
large until such time as they are claimed by the owner.
Presently, the Pound Keeper is paid for his services (the cost of
keeping the animals) by the owner when claimed. If the animal (s)
are not claimed, they are taken to auction and the Pound Keeper
is reimbursed from the sum realized from the sale .
There have recently been two incidents whereby the Pound Keeper
has been called by the Police Department to remove an animal from
a highway. The latest incident occurred on May 26 when a horse
was running loose on Highway 115 at Concession Road 9 . The Pound
Keeper, after being called by the Ontario Provincial Police,
attended to the site . Shortly after his arrival the owner of the
horse arrived and took the horse home . In this case, the Pound
Keeper has made arrangements to have a truck available to the
police department, attended the site and then returned with no
livestock, thereby not realizing any remuneration for his time
and effort .
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Report CD-34-96 - 2 - June 17, 1996
In contacting other municipalities to determine the method used
in remunerating their Pound Keepers, the following was found:
Brock - $5 . 00 per animal
Scugog/Uxbridge - $40 . 00 per call and mileage
Whitby/Ajax/ - $19 . 85 per hour (minimum 3 hours paid per
Pickering call after hours) - uses town vehicle
Oshawa - City employee is appointed as Pound Keeper
and receives a minimum of 2 hours salary at
time and a half - uses city vehicle
Cobourg/Port Hope - Town employee is appointed as Pound Keeper
and is paid regular salary - uses town
vehicle (enforces Pounds Act for five
townships)
In light of the foregoing comparison, it is respectfully
recommended that the Municipality of Clarington remunerate its
Pound Keepers at a rate of $50 . 00 per call plus mileage . It
should be noted that the Pound Keeper generally receives one or
two calls per year.
Respectfully submitted Reviewed by
F�atti Barri A.M.C.T W.H. Stockwell
Cle Chief Administrative Officer
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