ATTACHMENT C
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL
CITY-COUNTY MUNICIPAL SERVICES
BILLING RATES
I. Billing Period
These billing rates are effective from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
Il. Billing Rates
Animal Care Center Services
Alternatives to Care Center Admissions (based on human population) $0.70 per capita annually
Shelter Services:
$697.36 per impound
Flat Rate for stray or relinquished dogs and cats
$697.36 per impound
Daily Rate for dogs and cats of "legal hold" animals and $87.17 per day for (See Paragraph III.D "Billing for 'legal hold' animals") days over 8 Animal License Field Enforcement per hour $110.47 per hour Dog/Cat License Processing per license $5.54 per license Field Services per hour for Full Field Service Cities $156.20 per hour Field Services for Limited Field Service Cities:
Basic rate during regular hours with 2-week notice $234.30 per hour $234.30 per hour,
Rate for nights/weekends (Monday-Friday 7pm-7am, minimum call-out Saturday, Sunday, and County Holidays) charge of 4 hours Additional Administrative Services
Attendance at meetings in excess of contract allowance $313.41 per hour Production of reports in excess of contract allowance $139.15 per hour Liability Trust Fund
Liability Trust Fund 3.5% of hourly rate*
*Percentage is based on, and in addition to, the hourly rate for hours actually billed for Field Services and animal license Field Enforcement.
IlI. Billing Methodology for Care Center Services
The City is financially responsible for the care of animals impounded within the City's jurisdiction. If an animal is claimed by its owner, the redemption fees collected from the owner will be credited to the City up to the maximum amount billed to the City for that animal. The County assumes responsibility for the physical care and disposition of all animals coming into the Department's possession or custody.
A. Cost Allocation for Care Center Services
During the billing period, the costs of providing Care Center Services are allocated as follows:
1. Per dog and cat impounded:
a. A flat dog/cat impoundment rate is established annually based upon the costs of housing animals. The flat rate is billed for all dogs/cats housed, regardless of the actual length of stay, except as outlined in paragraph D below. During the billing period, the cost of care for dogs/cats in excess of capped days are subsidized, except as outlined in paragraph D below. b. For dogs and cats impounded in circumstances described in paragraph D below, that are held beyond the length of stay captured in the flat rate, a daily impoundment rate is established annually based upon the costs of the time allocated to the impoundment, care (including medical care), and feeding of those animals. In addition to the flat rate charged for dogs/cats, the City will be billed at the daily rate for all days those animals are housed by the Department. Animals that are held in "legal hold" will not be subsidized.
2. Per capita fee based on the human population of the City a. A per capita public service rate is established annually based upon time allocated to Public Service including: interaction, intervention, and outreach activities that are not directly related to the impoundment, care, and feeding of animals is allocated to the City on a per capita basis.
This allocation methodology applies costs for services as they relate to animal impounds and for services that do not relate directly to the impoundment, care, and feeding of animals. The ratio for allocation is based on staff time allocated to these activities.
B. Medical Costs
Medical costs (excluding spay/neuter surgeries) provided by the Department's medical staff are included in the overhead to establish the cost-recovery rate for boarding, and are not billed separately or in addition to that rate. The Department reserves the right to send any animal to a private veterinary facility for examination, treatment, and/or hospitalization as the Department deems necessary in its sole and absolute discretion. All expenses incurred by the Department for outside medical services, for animals from the City, will be billed to the City.
C. Cost Offsets
The City will receive a credit from the County for all applicable redemption fees collected from or on behalf of the owner of an animal that is claimed from the custody of the Department, up to the maximum amount billed to the City for that animal. The Department reserves the right to waive fees when appropriate in the Department's sole and absolute discretion.
The City will not receive any credit for adoption fees (whether paid by an individual or an organization).
D. Billing for "Legal Hold" and Other Shelter Services:
Dogs and cats that are housed for a "legal hold" and other shelter services are billed at the flat impound rate until the stay exceeds the length of stay captured in the flat rate at which time a daily rate will be charged for the remainder of the time the animal is housed by the Department (from intake to disposition). Legal hold animals are held in accordance with applicable statutory guidelines, and/or at the sole and absolute discretion of the Department based on pending or anticipated criminal, civil, or administrative action.
Total
"Legal Hold" and Other Shelter Type Descriptions Days Broad Quarantine Per applicable state law, any animal of a species Unlimited Observation susceptible to rabies that bites a person and breaks days Animals the skin is required to be quarantined for 10 to 30 days (depending on the species).
susceptible to rabies that have contact with a wild
(potentially rabid) animal must be quarantined for 30
days or six months (depending on the species and
vaccination status).
Animals in the custody of the Department that are
reported to have either bitten or been exposed to a
potentially rabid animal, will be placed in
quarantine/isolation and observed for symptoms of
rabies for the required period.
Additionally, although rare, the Department of Public
ther specitied diseases.
disease other than rabies will be specified by
disease.
Special Animals that are seized pursuant to a search Unlimited Intake: warrant, Penal Code Sections 597.1 or 599aa, or as days evidence in a criminal investigation may be held up
to the time of disposition of the criminal matter.
Animals subject to the jurisdiction of the Coroner's
Office may be held until released by that Office.
Animals in the custody of the Department that are the
subject of anticipated or pending civil litigation or
administrative regulation may be held through the
pendency of that action, and any appeal stemming
from that action.
Return to 10 days
Owner
Animals:
Abandoned 15 days
Animals: