Title
Intergovernmental Agreements with Maricopa County Animal Care and Control Services (Ordinance S-48733)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into separate Intergovernmental Agreements with Maricopa County Animal Care and Control Services to serve as the City of Phoenix's enforcement agent for the animal control provisions of the Phoenix City Code and provide sheltering services. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The total aggregate value of the Intergovernmental Agreements will not exceed $16,393,369.
Report
Summary
Maricopa County Animal Care and Control Services (MCACCS) acts as the City's enforcement agent for the animal control provisions of the City Code, including bite animal at large, animal on property while school is in session, animal bite investigations, vicious animal petitions and similar enforcement actions. In addition, MCACCS provides community-requested neighborhood sweeps and attends community events to educate residents about the City's animal control laws. The terms of the new Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs) with MCACCS include continuing these enforcement services and providing a sheltering cost share for the 72-hour mandatory hold period for animals impounded within the City of Phoenix. To encourage animal licensing compliance, MCACCS will partially offset the sheltering costs charged to the City by the number of licenses purchased by Phoenix residents for their animals each year.
Contract Term
The initial three-year term of the IGAs will begin July 1, 2022 with two one-year renewal options.
Financial Impact
The aggregate value of the IGAs will not exceed $16,393,369, including all option years.
Funding is available in the Public Works Department's budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Public Works Department.