ATTACHMENT A
HERCULES CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 22-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERCULES, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN UPDATED AGREEMENT WITH CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHEREAS, the Contra Costa County Animal Services Department (“Animal Services”) currently provides animal control services in Hercules through an agreement between the City and County; and WHEREAS, over the course of the past few years, Animal Services has been undergoing a strategic planning process to identify a new service model through which it can meet its legal requirements and achieve financial sustainability; and WHEREAS, Animal Services is proposing a new service agreement between itself and all of the cities for which it performs services (attached as Exhibit 1); and WHEREAS, the current agreement between the City and Animal Services, which automatically renews each year, does not contain a very specific description of services to be rendered nor performance standards and it is in the best interest of the City and Animal Services to have an agreement in place that more clearly defines these things; and WHEREAS, although the City’s costs will increase under the proposed agreement, City staff believes that, on balance, it is beneficial to the City to execute the new agreement as it contains greater clarity and commitment from Animal Services on service levels and contributes to the financial sustainability of Animal Services’ programs; and WHEREAS, The term of the newly proposed Agreement begins on the Effective Date and continues for two years. This Agreement shall automatically renew for successive three-year periods until either party terminates this Agreement by giving the other party 90 days advance written notice of termination; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Hercules does hereby authorize the City Manager to execute the proposed new service agreement between the City and Animal Services.
The foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a special emergency meeting of the City Council of the City of Hercules held on the 24th day of May 2022 by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Dion Bailey, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lauren Berges, CMC