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Calling in the dogcatcher
Here are the number of billable calls generated by cities in north Fulton Councy:
City
2009
2010
2012
Alpharetta
486
484
560
Milton
229
257
280
Sandy Springs
682
843
712
Roswell
767
746
826
Johns Creek
421
525
414
Source: city of Sandy Springs
’'‘Note: These are the figures for the prior years that were used to determine the rates
the cities paid for the service north Fulton provides in the contract year. So the con
tract signed in 2010 used data from 2009, etc. The cities signed a two-year renew
al in 2011, meaning there aren’t numbers for that year contained in records posted
on Sandy Springs’ website.
City looking into its own
animal control services
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ers say.
“I think it will be a wonderful thing
to invest the funds, $4 million, and
have all the north Fulton cities share
in it and make it a first-class operation
for the animals and for adoptions,”
City Councilwoman Karen Meinzen
McEnerny said.
During its June 18 meeting, Sandy
Springs City Council renewed its con
tract with Fulton County for animal
control services. The contract increased
to $87,000, up from $71,000 approved
two years ago, when the city last re
newed its intergovernmental agree
ment with the county and other Fulton
County cities. Part of the increase will
go to improve facilities and vehicles.
City Manager John McDonough
told the council the increase “seems
reasonable.”
McEnerny proposed the north Ful
ton cities might provide a better service
than the county, and asked staff to look
into it. Mayor Eva Galambos said she’d
mention it at the next meeting of north
Fulton mayors. Councilwoman Dianne
Fries also liked the idea.
The council asked city staff to study
it.
Councilman John Paulson said he’d
be interested to see what the staff learns
about the viability of the suggestion. “I
would like to have an assessment of the
level of service that’s currently being
provided, and based on that, it might
be worth taking look at, sure,” he said.
Councilman Tibby Dejulio said
there’s not anything wrong with what
Fulton County is doing, in and of it
self. “I think the question is can we do
better for the citizens and the animals,
too, than what we’re currently doing,”
he said.
And Councilman Gabe Sterling
agreed. “I’m always in favor of trying
to find ways to do things at a lower cost
and higher quality, and if that can be
done, I’m more than happy to look into
“I think the question
is can we do better for
the citizens and the
animals, too, than what
we’re currently doing,”
- TIBBY DEJULIO
CITY COUNCILMAN
it,” Sterling said.
McEnerny said having a shelter clos
er to home would make it more conve
nient for residents who go there look
ing for lost pets.
According to cost estimates in the
intergovernmental agreement, the city
of Atlanta generates nearly 60 percent
of the calls to Fulton County animal
control. The total cost for all the cities
is $3.3 million.
The agreement, which is based on
prior year data, showed the north Ful
ton cities - Alpharetta, Milton, San
dy Springs, Roswell and Johns Creek
- called animal control 2,792 times in
2012. Sandy Springs and Roswell gen
erate the most calls, between 700 and
800 each year.
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