City Budget Category

AGENCY: Health and Human Services

DEPARTMENT: General Government

SUBAGENCY: Health

DEPARTMENT HEAD: Steven Wilke, City Manager

FISCAL YEAR: January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013

PURPOSE: The City’s goal is to provide Health and Human Services by contracting with the Jefferson County Humane Society for animal collection and maintenance services and the State of Wisconsin for weights and measures services. 

RESPONSIBILITIES: This budget provides for the City to contract with Humane Society of Jefferson County to provide animal collection and maintenance services including; stray animal pick-up 365 days a year, 24 hours a day to contracted municipalities; lost and found; adoptions; accept pet surrenders by owner; quarantine for rabies observation; humane live trap rental; offer purebred rescue referrals; owner requested euthanasia; police ordered safe keeps; and low cost rabies vaccination clinics.

The term “Weights and Measures” by statute means weights and measures of every kind, instruments and devices for weighing and measuring, and any appliances and accessories used with any or all such instruments and devices, except meters for the measurement of electricity, gas (natural and manufactured) or water when the same are operated in a public utility system.

The City is required by statute to provide for weights and measures and the City has opted to contract with the department of agriculture, trade, and consumer protection to enforce the provisions of chapter 98 within the municipality’s jurisdiction instead of establishing its own department. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection annually charges the municipality fees sufficient to cover the department’s costs under the contract. The City passed Ordinance 992 to recover the fees by assessing fees on the persons who receive services under the weights and measures program.

STAFF: The City uses qualified contractors for the provision of animal collection and maintenance services and Weights and Measures services.