Residents in Electoral Area D north of Williams Lake will be surveyed if they want a dog control service.
"While regulatory services like animal control do not require a referendum, the board wants to ensure the service is desired because of the taxation implications and costs to start an animal control service," noted the Cariboo Regional District in its latest board highlights.
Other aspects of the project, noted the CRD, will include cost projections for infrastructure, equipment, operating costs and potential tax rates to run the service.
The CRD board has authorized $5,000 from the Rural Feasibility Fund to pursue the possibility of the service.
Electoral Area D covers north of Williams Lake to McLeese Lake.
Area D director Steve Forseth said the survey is intended as a check in to see if Area D residents are open to having a conversation about a dog control service in Area D.
"If there is a general consensus that there is a desire for such a service, the next step would be to generate the information around how much it would cost to provide the dog control service to Area D residents and share that information with residents before taking any formal steps," he told the Tribune Thursday. "This is an issue that goes back to 2012 so it was certainly time to take the first step about a potential dog control service in Area D which starts with the survey.”
This article has been updated with comments from Area D director Steve Forseth
