Contra Costa Animal Services Agreement Fact Sheet
Summary
Contra Costa Animal Services (CCAS) is proud to present for your consideration an updated services agreement to provide animal services for the City of Richmond. The updated agreement and fee structure are the result of numerous meetings and touch points with city officials (predominantly City Managers and Police Chiefs) from each of our contract cities over the last few years. The agreement reflects the feedback that was provided to us through that process by the City Managers and Police Chiefs during individual meetings, regional meetings that included the County Supervisor that represents Richmond, as well as multiple presentations and listening sessions at the Public Managers Association and Police Chiefs Association. The updated agreement and fee structure clearly describes the services CCAS will provide to Richmond and defines a funding structure to ensure the Department is able to cover the costs of providing those services.
Services Defined
The current agreement, which has been in place since 2006, is approximately one page in length and provides little detail with regards to what specific services will be provided. The updated agreement provides much greater detail regarding service levels, including:
• Detailing specific services provided under the agreement for all areas of operation, • Creating accountability by listing target response times for each activity type, • Defining what is covered under deceased animal services, • Describing which services are not included under the agreement, and • Codifying performance reporting within the agreement.
Cost
The updated agreement includes a defined fee structure for FY 22/23 and FY 23/24, which converts to a formula-based fee structure that will commence in FY 24/25. The fee structure is as follows:
• For fiscal year 2022-2023, $7.97 for each person residing within the City limits as of January 2022.
For example, Richmond’s population is 110,130. Therefore, Richmond’s Annual Fee for FY 22/23 is $877,736. For fiscal year 2023-2024, $9.11 for each person residing within the City limits as of January 2023. For example, if Richmond’s population remained the same (110,130), the Annual Fee will be $1,003,284.
• For each fiscal year thereafter, the per capita rate for the Annual Fee shall be calculated using the following formula: (A) The County’s budgeted cost to provide Animal Services throughout the County in that fiscal year, minus the sum of animal licensing fees and user fees projected to be received from all County residents in that fiscal year, minus the budgeted County general fund contribution for that fiscal year, divided by (B) the sum of the population of the unincorporated area plus the population of all cities for which the County provides Animal Services.
• Each year, the County will prepare a reconciliation report of actual costs incurred by the County to provide Animal Services during the preceding year.