The Boundary region will be looking for a new company to take care of animal control.
Grand Forks Mayor Everett Baker says Commissionaires won’t be providing animal services in the regional district after this month.
Baker, who is chairman of Boundary Services Committee, says “a position was reached” with the company and they provided notice of their withdrawal.
“Following our reviews and ongoing considerations for a new contract with the Commissionaires, we have reached a position where they have provided notice and will withdrawal (sic) from animal services with the RDKB later in June,” Baker said in a statement.
Commissionaires has recently come under fire with the city council, which wanted a full service review for alleged poor performance.
The company had been doing dog catching since 2013.
The service was costing municipalities around $149,000 a year with Grand Forks paying $48,000, Area C Christina Lake $56,000, Area D $39,000 and Greenwood $6,000.
The topic is expected to come up at Wednesday’s (June 4) Boundary Services Committee meeting.
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