Fiscal Note
The County has notified the City that it will be increasing its retention of dog license revenues by $2.50 per license. This Ordinance will increase the license fee by $5; therefore, the City will retain an additional $2.50 per license, or an estimated annual increase of $25,000 in General Fund revenues. The City retains all of the revenues associated with the cat licenses; an increase of $5 per license is anticipated to generate an estimated $9,000 annually in additional General Fund revenues. These total revenues of $34,000 are not currently included in the 2009 Executive Operating budget.
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Amending Sections 9.31(2) and 9.50(2) of the Madison General Ordinances to increase the fees for cat and dog licenses.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance increases the fees for cat and dog licenses.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subsection (2) of Section 9.31 entitled "Cat License" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(2) Every owner of a cat more than five (5) months of age on January 1 of any year, or five (5) months of age within the license year shall annually, or within thirty (30) days from the date such cat becomes five (5) months of age, at the time and in the manner provided by law, pay a cat license fee and obtain a license therefore. Effective April 1, 2004January 1, 2009, such cat license fee shall be tenfifteen dollars ($1015) for each neutered male cat or spayed female cat upon presentation of evidence that the cat is neutered or spayed, and fifteentwenty dollars ($1520) for each unneutered male cat or unspayed female cat, or one-half of these amounts if the cat becomes five (5) months of age after July 1 of the license year. The cat license year shall commence on January 1 and end on the following December 31."
2. Subsection (2) entitled "Tax" of Section 9.50 entitled "Dog License Required" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(2) Tax. Effective April 1, 2004January 1, 2009, the dog license tax shall be a total of tenfifteen dollars ($1015) for a neutered male dog or spayed female dog upon presentation of evidence that the dog is neutered or spayed, and a total of fifteentwenty dollars ($1520) for an unneutered male dog or unspayed female dog, or one-half these amounts if the dog becomes five (5) months of age after July 1 of the license year. The Treasurer of the City of Madison or other authorized individual shall collect these fees."