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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC2021-062 - Maricopa County Animal ControlC�9 2L 24 I X vI 2021-062 FIRST AMENDMENT TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN MARICOPA COUNTY ADMINISTERED BY ITS ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL DEPARTMEMT AND THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN ]MILLS RECITALS THS FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT (the "Agreement" or "IGA") is entered into as of June 15, 2021, between the Town of Fountain Hills, an Arizona municipal corporation (the "TOWN") and Maricopa County, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona, administered by its Animal Care & Control Department ("MCACC") (collectively referred to as "COUNTY"). The COUNTY and TOWN are collectively referred to as "Parties" and individual as "Party". In consideration of the following, the Parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows: A. The Town and COUNTY entered into that certain IGA, dated July I, 2021 (the "Agreement") for the COUNTY to provide animal control services to the Town (the "Services"). B. The Town and COUNTY have determined that additional services are necessary. C. The Town and COUNTY desire to enter into this First Amendment to provide for compensation for these additional services. AGREEMENT NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration oC the foregoing recitals, which are incorporated herein by reference, the following mutual covenants and conditions, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Town and COUNTY hereby agree as follows: 1. APPENDIX A: COMPENSATION SCkIEDULE FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES is hereby replaced with APPENDDC A -I as attached. APPENDIX B: SERVICES is hereby replaced with APPENDIX B-I as attached. 3. Effect of Amendment. In all other respects, the Agreement is affirmed and ratified and, except as expressly modified herein, all terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 4, Conflict of Interest. This First Amendment and the Agreement may be canceled by the parties pursuant to ARIZ. REV. STAT. § 38-511. "Iq.0 244-X-01 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned represent and warrant that he/she is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of each Party and that this Agreement is binding on said Party in accordance with its terms. The Parties enter into this Agreement as of the Effective Date, as defined in Section 3.0 of this Agreement (Term): MARICOPA COUNTY TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS - umryacxey Jack SelB rs, Chairman s Ginny Dickey, Mayor Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Town of Fountain Hills JUL 1 4 2021 Date Arrest C� Jua ' a Garza, CIA of the Board os/u/2ou Attest: csth"A. IC&ZL Elizabeth A. Klein, Town Clerk 1UL 1 4 2021 o6/zi/zozi Date Date Approved as to Form: Undersigned counsel has reviewed the foregoing Agreement pursuant to A.R.S. § 11-952 (D)and has determined it is in proper form and within the powers and authority granted under the laws of this state to the COUNTY and TOWN. Kam J. HaR['nan-Tel Talia Offord, Senior Deputy County Attorney for Maricopa County Am,.ew.A..wew Aaron D. Arnson Attorney for Town of Fountain Hills June 22, 2021 os/21/2021 APPENDIX A-1 COMPENSATION SCHEDULE FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES I. COUNTY Service Level: Animal Control Services 2. Service Cast for Initial Term to incluJe ten (10) sweeps of the entire Town at $800 par sweep: $30,318 For the initial term of this Agreement, the TOWN agrees to pay the COUNTY $30,318. Thereafter, the TOWN shall pay the COUNTY those fees approved by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in accordance with a formula developed by the Department, which require full recovery of the COUNTY's direct and indirect costs. See Appendix A. APPENDIX 13-1 SERVICES 1. The COUNTY, as the appointed Enforcement Agent, shall be responsible for and enforce the Animal Control Ordinance for the TOWN (See Appendix E.). Maricopa County Animal Care and Control shall conduct ten (10) "sweeps" (i.e. patrols) of the Town. 2. mum Staffing: Staffing will be sufficient to respond to ninety percent (90%) of service requests within the period prescribed below 3. Response Times: The COUNTY will respond during Normal Hours of Operation. COUNTY staff will arrive at the scene of a reported service request within the time prescribed below based on the service classification: Priority I 1 hour Priority 2 2 hours Priority 3 48 hours Priority 4 72 hours **See Appendix C for call for service types by priority. 4. Response Time during Limited Operations Hours: The COUNTY will only act on Priority t and 2 calls for service during Limited Operation Hours and only when the requesting police agency agrees to remain on scene for the duration of the time needed to handle the call for service. The COUNTY will not respond to priority 3 or 4 calls for service after 3pm until the commencement of the next Normal Hours of Operation. The response time for Limited Operations Hours will be two (2) hours maximum. The response time could be longer should a higher priority call for service be received. The choice to respond to higher priority calls is at the discretion of the COUNTY. 5. The COUNTY shall not respond to scenes involving owned animals being seized or impounded as a part of a police function related to neglect, abuse, abandonment, arrests, crime scene investigations, fire scenes, or any situation where the law enforcement officer has seized an owned animal. The COUNTY will not respond to citizen response requests for abuse, neglect, or cruelty of animals. 6. Law enforcement agencies needing assistance in accordance with this IGA can call the COUNTY Field Dispatch non-public phone line (602-5064309) to request general assistance during Normal Hours of Operation and after 5pm for Priority 1 or 2 calls. The decision to respond is based on the information provided to staff at the time of the request. The COUNTY reserves the right to respond to non -emergency requests at the beginning of the next Normal Hours of Operation. 7. While the COUNTY is closed for business on all COUNTY Observed Holidays, the COUNTY reserves the right to provide limited response times from lam to 10 pm on COUNTY observed holidays. The police only line will be staffed for Priority I calls for service from lam to 1 Opm on COUNTY Holidays, 8. The COUNTY shall provide lost and on service from Sam to Spin seven (7) days per week to allow for citizens to report found and lost dogs at (602) 3724598. This service will not be provided during the holiday coverage prescribed in Paragraph 7. 9. The COUNTY shall provide call center services during Normal Homs of Operation and 244hour online services for citizens to report animal control issues, conduct licensing transactions, and ask general animal control questions. Call center services will not be provided during the holidays prescribed in Paragraph 7. 10. The COUNTY at its discretion tnay pick up dogs from Third Parties.