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Agenda 11/10/2009 Item #10B Agenda Item NO.1 DB November 10, 2009 Page 1 of 8 ,- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners approves a staff- recommended Domestic Animal Services department mission statement that addresses the public's and the Domestic Animal Services Advisory Board's desire to include adoption in the statement Obiective: To articulate the mission of the Domestic Animal Services Department. Considerations: The Domestic Animal Services department mission statement as revised by staff in August 2009 reads: "To protect Collier County residents and visitors fiAom animal-related injUlY and zoonotic diseases while promoting humane treatment of animals, positive outcomes for shelter animals, and responsible pet o"Vvnership. " At the September 27, 2009 Board of County Commissioners meeting, Gisela Rowley requested on public petition that the Domestic Animal Services department mission statement be revised to include the word "adoption." Staff has thoroughly considered the issue, researched the mission statements of many other state animal services agencies, and offers the following suggested language: /","'-.. "To ensure compliance vl'ith local and State animal-related la11's; to return strays to their owners and adopt homeless animals to new families; and to work toward ending the community problem of pet ove/population. " Fiscal Impact: No Fiscal Impact is associated with this action. Growth Manaaement Impact: No Growth Management Impact is associated with this action. Leaal Considerations: This action has been reviewed by the County Attorney's Office and is legally sufficient for Board action. - CMG Advisory Board Recommendation: At its regularly scheduled meeting in April 2009 the Domestic Animal Services Advisory Board voted unanimously to "retain the current Mission Statement at this time, with the option of re-evaluating it at a later time." At its regularIy scheduled meeting in August 2009 the Domestic Animal Scrvices Advisory Board voted 6 to 1 "in favor of adding the word 'adoption' in the DAS Mission Statement." Recommendation: That the Board of County Commissioners approves the staff- recommended Domestic Animal Services dcpartment mission statement that addresses the public's and the Domestic Animal Services Advisory Board's desire to include adoption in the statement. ~ Prepared by: Amanda Townsend, Director, Domestic Animal Services 1. ae,v I VI .t- Agenda Item NO.1 DB November 10, 2009 Page 2 of 8 COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Item Number: Item Summary: 10B Meeting Date: Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners approves a staff-recommended Domestic Animal Services department mission statement that addresses the publics and Domestic Animal Services Advisory Boards desire to include adoption in the statement. (Amanda Townsend, Domestic Animal Services Director) 11/10/20099:00:00 AM Prepared By Amanda Townsend Operations Coordinator Date Public Services Parks and Recreation 10/23/20099:11:16 AM Approved By Kathy Carpenter Executive Secretary Date Public Services Public Services Admin. 10/23/200911:31 AM Approved By Amanda Townsend Operations Coordinator Date Public Services Parks and Recreation 10/26/200910:21 AM Approved By Marla Ramsey Public Services Administrator Date Public Services Public Services Admin. 10/30/20092:43 PM Approved By Colleen Greene Assistant County Attorner Date County Attorney County Attorney Office 10/30/20093:41 PM Approved By Jeff Klatzkow County Attorney Date County Attorney County Attorney Office 10/30l2009 3:45 PM Approved By OMB Coordinator OMB Coordinator Date County Manager's Office Office of Management & Budget 11/2/20094:56 PM Approve(j By Sherry Pryor Management & Budget Analyst Date County Manager's Office Office of Management & Budget 11/2/2009 5:07 PM Approved By John A. Yonkosky Director of the Office of Management Date County Manager's Office Office of Management & Budget 11/2/20095:11 PM .c::l_~'ln.\" __~_..J_T__....\T:______...L.\1""'tO ""h..T_______L__~ 1{) """'{){)A\1A nr\TT""h..T""T")'6A""h..TA0T'Tl nr:'T\~Tl"T"\ 11 IA ',.",,{)n 1. at;\...- L. U.l ..:.... Agenda Item ~~o. 10B ~~ovember 10, 2009 Page 3 of 8 Approved By Leo E. Ochs. Jr. County Manager Date Board of County Commissioners County Manager's Office 1113120093:30 PM ..c.::l_./If"l.\ '" --~_..l_'T'__L\""""__~__.J-\1"'O 1>..T_______L___ 11\ """t(\1\{\\1i\ .('\r\TrxT'T'",-Tl\6A1>..TA r"Irn Tlrn.r\,.T\..,....' 1"1 ,... l""^A~ Agenda Item NO.1 08 November 10, 2009 Florida County Animal Control Mission Statements Page 4 of 8 County Alachua County Animal Control Bradford County Sheriffs Office Brevard County Animal Services Broward Animal Care and Regulation Division Charlotte County Animal Control Citrus County Animal Services Mission Statement To promote a peaceful coexistence between citizens and animals through regulation, protection and education The function of Animal Control is to protect the public from stray, nuisance, and rabid animals. The division also investigates dangerous dog complaints. Animal Control responds to other request for animal control services dependent upon the nature of the complaint and the type of animal involved. To protect public safety by enforcing county ordinance and state laws relating to domestic animals and impounding of animals at large. To maintain public health by reducing the threat of animal carried . diseases being transmitted to humans. To protect animals from abuse or neglect through aggressive investigation and enforcement of state animal cruelty statutes. To provide sheltering of homeless domestic animals, and the care and adoption of strays. The mission of the Broward Animal Care and Regulation Division is to promote responsible pet ownership, Animal Care, community safety, increase adoptions, and reduce pet overpopulation. The Division treats the symptoms of irresponsible pet ownership while seeking to eliminate the cause by compassionately using education and enforcement. Ed ucate-Enforce-Assist -Protect: · To Educate the public in public safety and humane issues regarding animal · To Enforce the county ordinances and statutes pertaining to animals · To Assist the public in resolving animal issues · To Protect the safety and welfare of the citizens and animals of this community The primary mission of the Animal Services is to educate the public about responsible pet ownership and to enforce the Animal Services Ordinance, while providing shelter for impounded animals. The Animal Services Officers investigate animal bites and citizen complaints, enforce the Animal Services Ordinance, impound stray animals, issue citations for violations, investigate cruelty and neglect, prosecute court cases, and respond to emergency calls. The shelter staff maintains the only open admission animal shelter in the county. The staff is responsible for providing humane care for all Agenda item NO.1 08 f\lovember 10, 2009 Florida County Animal Control Mission Statements Page 5 of 8 Desoto County Animal County Gilchrist County Animal Control Gulf County Animal Control Hardee County Animal Control Hernando County Animal Control Lake County Animal Services Lee County Animal Services impounded animals, supervising the quarantine of all bite animals, assisting owners who are claiming their lost pets, handling the adoption of animals, and conducting the euthanasia and disposal of unwanted animals. To project pride in our area of Public Service. To create and preserve a safe community for our residents, visitors and their pets. Not only through enforcement but through education. Our mission is to provide shelter for unwanted, stray, abused and impounded animals in accordance with state and local regulations. Gilchrist County Animal Services is responsible for assuring the timely and effective enforcement of the County's ordinances and State Laws. Gilchrist County Animal Services strives to protect the public's health and safety from vicious, sick or injured animals, to educate the public about responsible animal care and ownership and to reduce the number of unwanted animals in the community. Gulf County is committed to protecting the health, safety and general welfare of its citizens through effective and courteous enforcement and education regarding the Gulf County Animal Control Ordinance. The mission of the Hardee County Animal Control Division is to promote responsible pet ownership, increase adoptions, and enforce Florida Statues, to reduce pet overpopulation and to reunite lost pets with their owners. The mission of the Animal Services Division is to operate and maintain an animal shelter, to respond to citizen's service requests about animal related issues, and to enforce County ordinances and state laws to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens and the animals of Hernando County. Provide public safety, animal welfare, enforce state statutes and local ordinances, provide professional services and education for the public and promote responsible animal ownership Lee County Animal Services is a tax-funded government domestic stray animal control agency dedicated to: · Ensure public safety and health · Providing education on responsible pet ownership and compliance of local ordinances and State Statutes relation to animals · Reducing pet overpopulation through non-lethal humane methods · Strengthening the human-animal bond to reduce the number of animals surrendered to overcrowded shelters Agenda Item NO.1 08 !\Jovember 10, 2009 Florida County Animal Control Mission Statements Page 6 of 8 Leon County Animal Control Division Manatee County Animal Services Miami Dade County Animal Services Marion County Animal Services Monroe County Animal Control Nassau County Animal Care and Control Orange County Animal Services Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control . Reuniting lost and missing pets with rightful owners . Adoption of unwanted, abused and neglected animals into loving, permanent homes Improve animal and human well-being through education, prevention, and enforcement programs and humane animal care and control services for the citizens and animals of Leon County. To maintain public health and safety through the enforcement of laws and ordinances related to animals. To promote responsible pet ownership, promote adoptions, and reduce pet overpopulation. Our goal is to find lifelong homes for as many animals as possible and to provide proper care for them while they are at the shelter. To protect public safety through the enforcement of animal control regulations and to improve the quality of life for Marion County residents and their pets through education relating to responsible pet ownership. To promote responsible pet ownership, animal care, community safety, increase adoptions and reduce pet overpopulation.'" To treat the symptoms of irresponsible pet ownership while seeking to eliminate the causes by compassionately using education and enforcement. Nassau County Animal Care and Control promotes and protects public safety and animal care through sheltering, adoption programs, education and animal law enforcement. Our philosophy is to promote responsible pet ownership, compassion towards animals and safe human-animal interactions. Nassau County Animal Services is responsible for animal related public safety. This is achieved through shared county values including professionalism, responsibility, compassion, commitment, integrity, accountability and community partnerships. Orange County Animal Services will protect the health, safety, and general welfare of Orange County citizens and animals through the effective and courteous enforcement and education of the Orange County Code. · Encourage pet owners to be responsible for pets in their care by providing educational programs on humane treatment, animal behavior training, and proper control. · Appropriately enforce county, state, and federal animal laws. · Provide safe shelter and veterinary care for lost, abandoned and unwanted animals. · Return to owners or adopt to new homes, as many impounded animals as possible. · Humanely euthanize injured and sick animals. · Encourage spay/neuter and provide reduced-cost surgery for Agenda Item NO.1 OB November 10. 2009 Florida County Animal Control Mission Statements Page 7 or 8 Pasco County Animal Services Pinellas County Animal Control Port St. Lucie Animal Control Sumter County Animal Control Services Taylor County Animal Control Saint Johns County Animal Control Okeechobee County Animal Control Palm Beach County pet owners through three spay/neuter programs. · Conduct other effective programs, which protect the health, safety, and welfare of animals and the residents of Palm Beach County. The goal of the Animal Services Division is to ensure the health and safety of the people and pets in our community by encouraging responsible pet ownership through education, legislation, and by providing incentives to sterilize pets. To provide responsive public service to the community through programs which ensure compliance with the Animal Control Code, promote public awareness of animal welfare. Reduce animal overpopulation, and protect public health and safety. · To ensure the well-being of the animals of our community while affording the citizens in the City of Port St Lucie the highest quality of life · To provide both our community and its animals with a safe and healthy environment in which to live · To become an integral part of a highly motivated, knowledgeable, and professional group of employees who are dedicated to the service of this community Protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens and animals of Sumter County and to promote justice and equity in the enforcement of state and local laws for control and protection. The mission of Taylor County Animal Control is to promote responsible pet ownership, animal welfare, a safe community, and to reduce pet overpopulation. Our division strives to eliminate animal cruelty by educating the public and enforcing the laws. Protecting People from Animals and Animals from People To take pride in our chosen profession of Animal Control. To set high standards and strive to obtain them in our daily work. To enable us to have better communication and stronger working relationships with the community we serve, and other agencies with which we come in contact. To encourage our co-workers in Animal Control to set high goals and courteous services to all persons in Okeechobee County, disregarding our own personal opinion and views. To treat the Agenda Item NO.1 08 November 10,2009 Florida County Animal Control Mission Statements Page 8 of 8 animals with which we come in contact, with dignity, always respecting their rights as living creatures. To uphold animal ordinances in spirit and practice. Okaloosa County The purpose of Animal Control is to help insure the public safety as Animal Control well as providing safer environmental conditions for animals. Volusia County Animal To provide Animal Control Services to the public in the most effective, Control efficient and courteous means possible. We will provide professional, pro-active enforcement of Volusia County Code of Ordinances chapter 14 and the State Statutes pertaining to animals. We will promote responsible pet ownership by individual contact and community outreach programs.