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Consent-Law & Justice Services # 16.
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| Board of Supervisors |
Sheriff-Coroner/Public Administrator |
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| Subject |
| Approve 2012-13 agreement with the University of California, Davis for animal services in the amount of $41,697. (No general fund impact) (Prieto) |
| Recommended Action |
| Approve 2012-13 agreement with the University of California, Davis for animal services in the amount of $41,697. |
| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
Preserve and ensure safe and crime free communities
Provide fiscally sound, dynamic and responsive services |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
| Approval of this agreement maintains contracted services for fiscal year 2012-13. As this agreement is being made between two government entities the department is submitting it to the Board of Supervisors for approval. Yolo County, through the Sheriff-Coroner’s Office, is contractually responsible for providing all cities, unincorporated areas and the University of California at Davis campus with animal control ordinance enforcement, dog licensing, shelter operation and spay/neuter education services. The Sheriff’s Office continues to work with agencies to look at every option possible to reduce cost and generate revenue in the Animal Services Section. The participating agencies have agreed to take a more active role in reducing service calls and limit service hours to 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., six days a week; Monday through Saturday. Services will be provided outside these hours only when authorized in advance by a representative of the City, except for when required by Health and Safety Code section 121595 and 121600 or Penal Code section 597f. In addition to the annual agreed compensation an additional hourly fee of $59.00 per hour for any extraordinary incident defined as more than ten (10) county staff hours will be reimbursed by the city. Based on the contracts, all program costs are recovered, with the County of Yolo only responsible for the portion of costs associated with animal shelter and patrol services provided to the unincorporated area of the county. The cost is prorated between the cities of Davis, West Sacramento, Winters and Woodland; the University of California, Davis and Yolo County (for the unincorporated area of the county) based on the number of animals housed and patrol calls and hours. The County Administrator provides oversight in reaching concurrence with the county’s partners on the calculation of each entity’s portioned cost of the program’s $1.9 million budget. The County Administrator’s office and Sheriff-Coroner staff worked with staff from each jurisdiction in reaching the methodology to prorate the program’s costs. The representatives of the cities and the university mutually agreed that the program be funded based on each entity’s portion of the time services were provided to their respective cities. As a result, net program costs are recovered through these contracts. Fiscal year 2012-13 annual contract amounts have increased from the previous fiscal year in order to fund three limited term positions and the purchase of one new animal services vehicle. |
| Other Agency Involvement |
| CAO staff provided assistance to the Sheriff’s Department during the contract negotiations. County Counsel has approved the agreements as to form. |
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| Source of Funds for this Expenditure |
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Explanation (Expenditure and/or Revenue) |
| Further explanation as needed: |
| The 2012-13 Animal Services budget appropriation includes the $41,697 in reimbursement revenue from the University of California, Davis. |
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