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

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