CITY - COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
1. Parties. Effective July 1, 2006, the County of Contra Costa, a political subdivision of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as " County," and the City of Pleasant Hill, a municipal corporation in this County, hereinafter referred to as " City," mutually agree to promise as follows.
2. Authority. Pursuant to California Food and Agricultural Code Sections 30501, the City has adopted by reference Division 416 of the Contra Costa County Code hereafter " Ordinance Code") establishing Animal Services Centers and staff, and establishing requirements and procedures for animal control substantially equivalent to those in Food and Agricultural Code Sections 30801, 30802, 30803, 30804, 30805, 30952, 31105, 31107, 31108, 31251, 31252, and 31254. Pursuant to Section 30501, the provisions of these sections of the Food and Agricultural Code and of Division 416 of the Contra Costa County Code apply inside any City in this County wherever the governing body of the City requests, by ordinance, such application. The City has adopted, or will adopt, on or before the effective date hereof, such an ordinance. This agreement effectuates said City and County ordinances and State statutes.
3. Enforcement Duties and Personnel. The County shall enforce said Ordinance Code and Agricultural Code provisions and Health and Safety Code Section 121690, and any amendments thereto, within the City. Pursuant to Food and Agricultural Code Section 7, the City hereby designates and appoints the County' s Animal Services Director and his or her staff as public officer of the City for the purposes of this agreement and while enforcing and carrying out its provisions.
4. Service Level. The County will endeavor to provide the same service level to the City as was provided in fiscal year 2005- 2006.
5. Disposition of Fees and Fines. Pursuant to Food and Agricultural Code Section 30652, all fees and fines collected under the County or City' s Animal Services Ordinance shall be paid into the County Treasury and shall be used to meet the cost of the services provided by the County' s Animal Services program.
6. Payment. In consideration for Services provided by the County, and in addition to the aforesaid fees and fines, for fiscal year 2006- 2007 the City agrees to pay to the County $ 3. 61 for each person residing within the City limits as reported by the California State Department of Finance in January 2006. For fiscal year 2006- 2007, the City population of 33, 638 results in a fee of $ 121, 433. 18.
Payment shall be made in four equal installments due and payable to the County Treasury on August 1, October 1, January 1, and April 1 of each year of this agreement.
The 2006- 2007 per capita payment shall be increased as to each subsequent fiscal year in which this contract is in effect based on the following formula: The cost to
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provide services over and above those required by Health and Safety Code Section 121690 in the new fiscal year, divided by the population of the unincorporated areas plus the contract cities as reported by the California State Department of Finance in January of each year.
7. Notice. The County shall notify the City by March
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of each year what the
rate and total payment for the next fiscal year will be.
8. Term. This agreement is effective for the period July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007, and for each fiscal year thereafter until the County repeals its Ordinance, or until the City repeals its Ordinance or amends it to delete the request for the application of these laws, or until either party gives the other 90 days advance written notice of termination.
COUNTY CITY
By: Glenn E. Howell
Title: Animal Services Director
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By: Michael Ramsey
Title: City Manager.
Date: June 22, 2006
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Debra S. Margolis, City tiorney