Decision details
Decision Maker: Corporate Director (Operational Services)
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
Service unsustainable based upon two officers
providing a 24/7 stray dog service.
Also due to universal credit, Dog Warden financially poorer due to
the out of hours service payments and consequently has given notice
to quit the out of hours service.
Decision:
To cease the out of hours service supported by
the Dog Wardens as part of the Street scene team
Alternative options considered:
Option 1 - Stray dog service is not a statuary
requirement, like Colchester Borough Council option considered to
provide NO out of hours service, however rejected as would result
in negative publicity and public dissatisfaction, current boarding
kennels happy to accept (not return) stray dogs direct from
finders.
Option 2 -
Option 3 -
Publication date: 01/12/2019
Date of decision: 22/11/2019