Since 2003, Langley Animal Protection Society (LAPS) has provided animal control and shelter services to Langley City and the Township of Langley. Both the City and Township have separate contracts with LAPS.
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In September of last year, Township of Langley Council asked their staff to investigate providing animal control services in-house and having LAPS operate a Township-only shelter. The Township of Langley owns the land and the current Patti Dale Animal Shelter, which houses animals from both municipalities.
Langley City and Township have received great value from LAPS as a volunteer-led and donor-driven organization. For example, both municipalities receive cat services at no cost as donors fund the LAPS cat program entirely. Langley City received $36,968 annually in no cost cat services, such as sheltering and care.
Currently, the City pays $129,554 to LAPS annually for animal control and sheltering services.
Langley City provides 15% of the operating funding for contracted animal control and shelter services to LAPS. LAPS animal control officers allocated 7% of their time to City files and patrols. 4% of animals admitted to LAPS care as part of the contracts are from the City. This results in a subsidy for the Township contract.
I hope that LAPS can continue to provide services to both communities, as providing these services in-house will drive up costs for both municipalities due to the reduction in volunteer and donor support.
On May 12, Langley City Council asked City staff to explore different operating models and develop an implementation strategy to maintain animal control and sheltering services for our community if Township Council does decide to change its animal control and shelter model to exclude the City.
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