On June 4, Hellertown Borough Council unanimously approved paying a $15 daily stipend to animal control officer Scott Ziegler when stray dogs are kept in the borough's canine holding facility for more than 24 hours.
Hellertown's animal control officer, Scott Ziegler, recently went above and beyond to help care for a stray pit bull puppy named Spike, Borough Council was told June 4. Spike was held in the borough's kennel for 25 days, but has since been adopted. And Ziegler's efforts to care for him were belatedly recognized when council voted unanimously to begin paying him a $15 daily stipend in future, similar instances involving stray dogs that are temporarily cared for by the borough. Ziegler will receive the daily stipend in exchange for feeding and exercising dogs that are held at the facility for more than 24 hours, council decided. If a dog is ultimately claimed by its owner, payment of the accrued amount will be the responsibility of that …
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Hellertown Borough Council is considering ending the borough's year-to-year agreement with the Center for Animal Health and Welfare, a Williams Township shelter that currently accepts stray dogs picked up in Hellertown.
Hellertown officials remain unhappy with changes the Center for Animal Health and Welfare has made to the terms of the 2012 contract the borough must agree to if it wants its animal control officer, Scott Ziegler, and police to continue to use the shelter as a drop-off location for strays. At Borough Council's Nov. 7 meeting, Borough Manager Cathy Kichilne reminded council of the changes that were discussed earlier this month: the per animal drop-off fee is increasing from $100 to $150; the borough will no longer have the option to drop off only dogs; and members of the public will be allowed to drop off strays, although the borough will have to pick up the tab. "We don't have an opportunity to amend the contract," Kichline said. Due to …
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5:32 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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