Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Colleen Chawla, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Tamarra Jones, Director, Public Health, Policy and Planning
Subject: Amendment to the Agreements with the Cities of the County and with Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA for the Provision of Animal Care and Control Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Chief of San Mateo County Health or designee to:
A) Execute an amendment to the agreement with the twenty cities of the County for the facilitation and coordination of animal care and control services to extend the term for a period of three (3) years, through June 30, 2029; and
B) Execute an amendment to the agreement with the Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA to provide animal care and control services to extend the term for a period of three (3) years, through June 30, 2029, and increase the not-to-exceed contract amount by $21,665,294 to an amount not to exceed $54,214,284.
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BACKGROUND:
The County of San Mateo's Ordinance Code, largely Chapter 6.04, and similar city ordinances, as well as state laws such as the California Penal Code, Food and Agriculture Code, and Health and Safety Code, require cities and counties to provide animal care, control, and shelter services. These services are essential to protecting the health and safety of all County residents.
Animal care, control, and shelter services are highly specialized and intensive, making it difficult for any single jurisdiction to provide these services on its own. As a result, since 1951, the 21 local jurisdictions (twenty cities [Cities] and the County) have pooled resources to collectively purchase these services. With this arrangement, the jurisdictions have realized lower costs and better services than each jurisdiction could provide on its own. Under the agreement between the County and the Cities, all jurisdictions share costs based upon a formul...
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