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Item No: _8E Meeting Date: December 14, 2009 Type of Business: _CA____ Administrator Review : ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Thomas Kinney, Deputy Police Chief Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7533, Authorization to Approve a Contract for Animal Control Services with Brighton Veterinary Hospital Background: The police department has utilized the services of Brighton Veterinary Hospital at 2615 Mississippi St in New Brighton for well over twenty years. The location of the hospital is conveniently located south of the border of Mounds View in the city limits of New Brighton. Brighton Veterinary Hospital provides boarding for stray and impounded animals and is set up to provide twenty four hour access for members of the police department to deposit any impounded animal. The release and fee payment is a service provided by the hospital. There has not been any current existing contract for these services in place. Discussion: The police department provides animal control services for the city and is occasionally called upon to pick up stray dogs. A need exists to house these impounded animals in a secure and clean facility that can offer the proper veterinary care, if necessary. The hospital will also handle the release and collection of all fees from owners who claim the animal. Currently, no contract is in effect detailing the services offered by Brighton Veterinary Hospital. In an effort to update their records, Brighton Veterinary Hospital initiated the drafting of a contract between the City of Mounds View and the Vet Hospital. The city has been very satisfied with the service offered by the staff members at Brighton Vet. Research was conducted to locate any other potential facilities that may provide similar services to accommodate the needs of the city. No other nearby veterinary facility was able to offer the twenty four hour access to a veterinary facility to deposit stray and deceased animals. Only one other facility was discovered that accepted and housed animals from law enforcement agencies and it is located in Maplewood. The practicality of transporting animals to a Maplewood location is not present as this would remove an officer from the city for a lengthy period of time to transport an animal to Maplewood. Brighton Veterinary will charge the city $300 per month less any fees collected from the animal owner for the number of animals impounded and boarded at their facility.