HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2020 0513 SPC CC ITEM 09ACITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA
City Council Meeting
of May 13, 2020
ACTION Approved staff recommendation,
including adoption of Resolution No. 2020-
3907.
BY B.Garza.
A. Consider Agreement Between the City of Moorpark and the County of Ventura
and Service Level Request Form for Animal Services; and, Consider Resolution
Updating Animal Control Program License Fees and Rescinding Resolution No.
2019-3828. Staff Recommendation: 1) Approve the five-year Ventura County
Animal Services Agreement, subject to final language approval of the City
Manager and City Attorney, and authorize the City Manager to sign the
Agreement; and 2) Authorize the City Manager to sign the Service Level Request
forms, when they contain no changes to level of services provided by the County
or cost methodology; and 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2020-3907, rescinding
Resolution No. 2019-3828 and eliminating the 6-month pet license rate to be
effective July 1, 2020. (ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED) (Staff: Shaun Kroes)
Item: 9.A.
MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Shaun Kroes, Program Manager
DATE: 05/13/2020 Special Meeting
SUBJECT: Consider Agreement Between the City of Moorpark and the County
of Ventura and Service Level Request Form for Animal Services; and,
Consider Resolution Updating Animal Control Program License Fees
and Rescinding Resolution No. 2019-3828
SUMMARY
The City’s current Ventura County Animal Services (VCAS) Agreement expires June 30,
2020. Staff is requesting that the City Council approve a new five-year agreement with
VCAS and authorize the City Manager to execute both the five-year agreement and
annually sign the VCAS service level request. Staff is also requesting that City Council
approve a new Resolution, rescinding Resolution No. 2019-3828, and eliminating the
option for a six-month pet license option.
BACKGROUND
Since 1984, the City of Moorpark (City) has had an Agreement with Ventura County
Animal Services (VCAS) for various services. Attachment 1 provides a previous staff
report from Jessica Sandifer, Community Services Manager, which includes the history
of the VCAS agreement and accompanying service level requests as it has developed
over the decades. The City’s current level of service with VCAS includes:
• VCAS provides shelter services for animals that originate from the City’s
boundaries (picked up in the City or dropped off at the County animal shelter)
that result from confiscations, requests for euthanasia, owner surrender, owner
return, pick-up of stray animals and transfers. Shelter services for animals that
originate from the City include: impoundment, boarding, quarantine, veterinary
services, euthanasia services, over-the-counter animal license sales, animal
adoptions, disposal of dead animals and related administrative services.
• VCAS provides up to thirty (30) hours of emergency calls. These hours allow
responses for requests for an Animal Services Officer by law enforcement or fire
personnel to address vicious animals at large threatening the public, wild
animals at large in City area, livestock at large and in sight, stray animal bites
with an animal at large or confined by a non-owner.
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• City provides rabies control services instead of VCAS.
• VCAS provides animal nuisance hearings.
• VCAS provides animal licensing processing services, with the rates approved by
the City.
The established VCAS Animal Commission consisting of one elected official from each
participating jurisdiction meets quarterly to advise the board on animal concerns. This
model remains in place for this Agreement term. One item of note is that effective
November 3, 2019 VCAS was moved from the Health Care Agency to the County
Executive Office. This change does not impact the Agreement.
DISCUSSION
The City’s current five-year Agreement expires on June 30, 2020. For the past year,
participating agencies, including the cities of Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Port
Hueneme, Ojai, Oxnard, Simi Valley, and Ventura have worked with VCAS on revised
language changes and the cost sharing formula. One of the primary areas of concern
has been the County’s desire for cost recovery and the participating agencies concern
about cost stability. Prior to the start of each fiscal year, VCAS provided a base charge
that consists of 70% of the actual costs attributed to the City based on the prior fiscal
year shelter services costs. The remaining 30% was a variable charge consisting of the
average cost per animal multiplied by actual animal intakes from the City in the quarter,
using the County’s budgeted costs for the current fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal
year, the County prepares a reconciliation comparing the County billings to contracting
jurisdictions for shelter services and the lesser of the County’s budgeted annual amount
for shelter services or the County’s actual costs for shelter services. The difference is
then charged or credited to the City based on its percentage of County Animal Shelter
intakes for the fiscal year. This final “true-up” is provided during the fourth quarter.
For example, at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2018/19, the City’s fourth quarter invoice
contained an additional $11,956.53 increase because the FY 2018/19 actual animal
intake was 2.4% compared to the projected 2.0% budgeted percentage. In this
particular case, the City did not have to use any General Fund revenue to pay for the
increase because animal license fees collected in the fiscal year covered the County’s
costs.
For the new five-year Agreement (Attachment 2), VCAS has established a fixed animal
care budget for the five-year term of the Agreement that increases by 5% automatically
each year. The animal care budget costs for the next five years are:
• FY 2020/21: $6,114,294.90
• FY 2021/22: $6,420,009.65
• FY 2022/23: $6,741,010.13
• FY 2023/24: $7,078,060.63
• FY 2024/25: $7,431,963.67
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The animal care budget will then be distributed amongst the participating agencies
based on a weighted calculation of animal intakes. Specifically, a three-year weighted
average calculated so that 50% of the rate is based on the City’s previous calendar year
pro rata animal intake percentage relative to the usage by other cities and
unincorporated areas of Ventura County, 25% of the rate is based on the City’s pro rata
animal intake percentage from two years prior and 25% of the rate is based on the
City’s pro rata animal intake percentage from three years prior. Table 1 below
demonstrates the City’s calculation for FY 2020/21.
Table 1: Moorpark’s FY 2020/21 Animal Services Cost Calculation
City 2019 Intake 2018 Intake 2017 Intake
3-year
Weighted
Average
FY 2020/21
Cost
$6,114,294.80
Base
Moorpark 3.10% 2.50% 2.00% 2.68% $163,863.10
The City’s annual animal services amount will vary each year, depending on how many
animals are taken to VCAS’ shelter. The City’s Animal Control staff has a temporary
holding shelter at the Public Works Facility where lost dogs are kept while City staff
attempts to locate the dog’s owner. Each time a dog is successfully retrieved this
reduces the City’s calculated intake numbers.
As previously mentioned, VCAS has established a 5% increase each year, for the next
five years of the Agreement term. Staff from VCAS has stated that the automatic
increase helps VCAS to establish some additional cost-recovery certainty, but also
protects the participating agencies’ from higher cost increases because if VCAS’s
shelter services budget exceeds a 5% increase, VCAS cannot return to the participating
agencies to request additional funding. Table 2 below provides the City’s prior animal
services costs (beginning from FY 2015/16 to the FY 2019/20 projected expenditures).
Table 2: City Animal Services Costs*
FY 2015/16 FY 2016/17 FY 2017/18 FY 2018/19
FY 2019/20
(Projected)
$135,262 $142,813 $117,224 $137,774 $153,253 * Note that these are only animal services costs; they do not include other service costs such as animal
licensing fees, emergency field staff services, licensing canvassing, etc.
For comparison, if the automatic 5% increase had been established in FY 2015/16, then
the City’s FY 2019/20 animal services costs would potentially be $169,078. Actual
animal service costs will still vary each year, potentially being less than a 5% increase
or a higher than 5% increase because each year the City’s animal intake percentage
will vary compared to other agencies’ respective animal intake percentage.
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The new Agreement continues the annual service level request amendment, which
identifies the various services that VCAS will provide the City each year. The FY
2020/21 Service Level Request is attached to this staff report (Attachment 3). Below is
a summary of each section, changes of note, and the City’s specific participation in
each section.
Animal Care Services:
This is the bulk of VCAS service costs and these have been detailed at length above.
This section has also been updated to reflect additional services that VCAS has been
providing, including trap, neuter, and release services for cats, foster coordination,
volunteer coordination and pet retention.
Field Services:
Many agencies use VCAS for field services such as pick up of dead animals; capture
and transportation of animals; license, permit and other inspections; pre-hearing
investigation of nuisance complaints; post-nuisance hearing compliance; investigation of
potential cases of animal abuse and mistreatment; investigation of potential animal
nuisances in violation of Ventura County Ordinance Code section 4467 (or municipal
equivalent); assistance with animal evacuations due to disaster or emergency; and
similar or related field services. The City only requests field services for emergency
calls (such as requests from local police department during after-hours or weekends,
which City staff are not available). The City has traditionally requested no more than 30
hours of emergency call service. In FY 2020/21, VCAS has increased its per-hour rate
from $60 to $90.
Rabies Control:
The City declines rabies control services. The City’s Animal Control Division provides
these services, which includes responding and investigating reported animal bites that
occur within the City and establishing compliance with the state mandated quarantine
procedures.
Animal Nuisance Hearings:
The VCAS can provide nuisance hearings (contingent upon VCAS consent) for one
Hearing Officer and one administrative assistant to conduct animal nuisance hearings.
The VCAS Agreement has been updated to reflect the requirement of full cost recovery
for nuisance hearings, including post nuisance hearings that may occur should a
defendant in an animal nuisance case take the nuisance hearing determination to court.
The City uses VCAS for animal nuisance hearings. Animal nuisance hearings have
been rare.
Animal License Processing:
Animal license processing fees are $6.00 per license (increased from $4.00 per license
in FY 2019/20). Any remaining revenue from the collected animal license fee is used to
offset VCAS service charges (such as animal care services). The majority of animal
licenses sold for Moorpark residents are through VCAS. The City also sells licenses at
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City Hall, and Animal Control Division staff can sell licenses in the field. The City is
charged a $6.00 license processing fee regardless of whether the license transaction
occurs through VCAS or through the City. The City uses VCAS for animal license
processing services.
Administrative Citation Processing:
The City could use VCAS for providing administrative citation processing services. The
City does not utilize this service. The City’s Animal Control Division can and does issue
citations. Typical citations are for leash law violations and for failure to obtain an animal
license.
“Chameleon” Read Rights:
The City has the ability to access VCAS’s database of licensed animals (called
Chameleon). A new County fee has been established for this service and costs are to
reflect actual County Information Technology Services Department’s additional costs to
host and maintain the server. The annual cost is estimated at $1,000 per participant.
Staff recommends continuing this service as City Animal Control Division staff uses this
database to access license information for animals in Moorpark. The database provides
the animal’s name, owner information, and last known address of where the animal
resides.
Other Topics of Discussion
One service provided by VCAS that has been eliminated based on the recommendation
of VCAS staff and concurred by participating agencies is license canvassing. In the
past, the City has used VCAS to canvass City neighborhoods, looking for unlicensed
dogs and cats. License information would be provided to households with suspected
unlicensed animals and addresses of visited houses would be provided to the City. The
consensus of VCAS and participating agency staff was that canvassing was not
generating a substantial return for the expenditure so the service has been eliminated.
The City’s average annual canvassing cost has been nearly $8,200 per year.
Canvassing services are an additional cost above the annual animal care services each
year. By not providing canvassing services in the future, the City’s total VCAS
Agreement costs will be lower than if the canvassing services were still in place.
As an alternative to license canvassing, VCAS/County of Ventura Board of Supervisors
approved a new County Ordinance that will require veterinary clinics in County
unincorporated areas to report to VCAS information on dogs that have received a rabies
vaccination. The VCAS can then use this collected information to cross-check dog
licenses to determine which dogs do not have a valid animal license. Outreach can
then be implemented to obtain animal license compliance. Staff from VCAS believes
this approach will be more effective than the former canvassing process. If a
participating agency wants to join in the process, it will need to establish its own similar
Ordinance. City staff intends to return to City Council with such an ordinance update
request.
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Staff from VCAS has also requested that the City consider eliminating its option for a
six-month animal license. They are finding that some users renew their animal licenses
six months at a time and VCAS’s online license numbering system is “maxing-out” the
license numbering system. From a fiscal perspective, City staff recommends
eliminating the six-month licensing option because the City is effectively paying $12 per
year for two six-month licenses when a single annual license costs the City $6. The
additional $6 processing fee reduces the amount of license revenue that can be applied
to the City’s animal services costs. A proposed resolution update is attached
(Attachment 4) which would rescind Resolution No. 2019-3828 and eliminate the 6-
month animal license fee option for altered, unaltered, and senior altered rates. The
proposed resolution would become effective July 1, 2020.
FISCAL IMPACT
The FY 2020/21 VCAS Service Level Request is estimated to cost $197,348, based on
the following expenses detailed in Table 3 below:
Table 3: Projected FY 2020/21 VCAS Agreement Costs
Service Description Expense
Animal Care Services 163,648$
License Processing*30,000$
Field Services**2,700$
Chameleon Access 1,000$
Total 197,348$ * Assumes 5,000 licenses processed at $6/license
** 30 hours (maximum of emergency field services at $90/hour)
Additional expenses that could occur in FY 2020/21 in the VCAS would be any nuisance
hearings, if they take place. Nuisance hearings are rare, and would be billed at cost.
The draft FY 2020/21 Budget includes $215,000 (expense line 1000-441-P0001-51000)
for the VCAS Agreement. The draft FY 2020/21 Budget also includes $180,000
(revenue line 1000-441-P0001-41050) for animal license revenues. The projected net
expenditure to the City for FY 2020/21 is $35,000. Although the new VCAS Agreement
includes a rate increase, staff is not proposing to increase animal license rates at this
time. Future rate increase will be required to keep pace with projected program costs
which increase by 5% each year during the term of the contract. Revenue collected for
animal licenses can vary year-to-year, particularly depending on how many people
purchase 2 or 3-year licenses. All revenue collected for a multi-year license is recorded
as revenue for the specific fiscal year it was purchased. Consequently, staff will be
evaluating the past few years of revenue collections, the impact of the new VCAS
Agreement expenses, the impact of a local veterinary rabies reporting ordinance (if it is
approved) and intends to return to City Council for potential animal license rate
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increases for FY 2021/22. Additionally, due to COVID-19, staff is uncertain of the
public’s acceptance of an increase to animal license fees.
Of the 4,942 licenses sold in FY 2018/19, 222 were 6-month licenses (or 4.49%).
Eliminating the 6-month license option is not expected to have much of an impact on the
overall program.
COUNCIL GOAL COMPLIANCE
This action does not support a current strategic directive.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED)
1. Approve the five-year Ventura County Animal Services Agreement, subject to
final language approval of the City Manager and City Attorney, and authorize the
City Manager to sign the Agreement; and
2. Authorize the City Manager to sign the Service Level Request forms, when they
contain no changes to level of services provided by the County or cost
methodology; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. 2020-____, rescinding Resolution No. 2019-3828 and
eliminating the 6-month pet license rate to be effective July 1, 2020.
Attachment 1: June 21, 2017 Staff Report
Attachment 2: Animal Services Agreement
Attachment 3: FY 2020/21 Service Level Request
Attachment 4: Draft Resolution No. 2020-____
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ATTACHMENT 1
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT
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Jessica Sandifer, Program Manage· ' ' .,, J
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June 9, 2017 (CC Meeting of June 21, 2017)
ITEM 10.N.
SUBJECT: Consider Service Level Request Form for Animal Services
Agreement Between City of Moorpark and the County of Ventura
BACKGROUND
In 1984, the City entered into an Agreement with Ventura County Animal Services
(VCAS) for services including animal shelter, licensing, field staff, and animal nuisance
hearings, as well as statutory and regulatory issues such as rabies control, and other
mandates for local animal control. In 1989, the Agreement was amended for primarily
technical changes. Under that contract, costs were allocated to the participating cities
using a set of three formulas, one for shelter and administration, a second formula for
licensing, and a third for field staff services. Each of the three cost formulas covered
an array of tasks and services as an umbrella. This arrangement was in place until
2002, when the City started providing primary field services with in-house staff which
provided a greater level of field work than previously provided by the County.
VCAS established an Animal Commission consisting of one elected official from each
participating jurisdiction to meet quarterly to advise the board on animal concerns.
The Commission last met in May 2014, and has averaged two meetings per year since
2010. On June 5, 2012, the Board of Supervisors reorganized VCAS as a division in
the Public Health Agency.
On June 12, 2012, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors adopted the goal of
operating its animal shelter on a "no kill" basis as an aspiration for the department. No
additional funding was provided by the County, and no date was set for the shelter to
become fully "no kill". In December 2014, VCAS reported to the board that VCAS
achieved "no kill" status for calendar year 2014 with a live release rate of 91.2%.
In April 2015, the City Council approved an updated Animal Services Agreement which
contained the following changes:
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• Programs are defined so it is known what services are delivered, and their
costs outlined in a Service Level Request Form.
o Rabies suppression activity is charged by the hour.
• Bite investigations are charged by the hour.
• Establishes new administrative fees.
• Changes the type of animals that are charged to the City from dogs and
cats to all animals, including bunnies and livestock.
• Allows VCAS at its sole discretion and without notice to change any
aspect of the programs provided, including policy matters, hours of
operation, outreach and promotional programs.
• Allows cities such as Moorpark to adopt their own fee schedule.
• Requires that City staff process their own impounded animals. To help
out with the intakes, instead of dropping an animal off at the shelter, City
staff vaccinates cats and dogs at the shelter, enters data, takes photos,
and scans for microchip.
Under the new agreement, in addition to the other items that the City elected to pay for,
the City also paid for shelter services. The shelter service costs were allocated to the
cities based on the their percentage of animal intakes. So if Moorpark's animal intakes
in the quarter are 3.0%, the City is charged 3.0 % of the shelter service costs for the
quarter. Shelter service costs include: shelter services, veterinary costs, and a portion of
administrative budget allocated to the shelter and veterinary costs.
After the implementation of the new agreement and service level request form, an
unanticipated effect of the 2015 shelter services formula occurred when the City of
Oxnard significantly reduced their percentage of intakes. This greatly increased the
other cities' share of shelter service costs. Due to this increase to the cities, the Board
of Supervisors authorized an amendment to the agreement that capped the costs based
on the FY 15/16 animal services budget, rather than the actual costs, which stabilized
the animal services costs for the remainder of the 15/16 fiscal year. The amendment
was signed on March 16, 2016.
In June 2016, the City Council approved a new Service Level Request (SLR) form with
the County of Ventura for Animal Services. This new SLR modified the cost
methodology for shelter services with the goal of stabilizing costs paid by the cities, but
also allowing the County to meet its cost recovery goals. The new cost methodology
was based on a fixed-variable allocation of costs. The base charge consists of 70% of
the actual costs attributable to the City based on the prior fiscal year shelter services
costs. The remaining 30% is a variable charge consisting of the average cost per animal
multiplied by actual animal intakes from the City in the quarter, using the County's
budgeted costs for the current fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal year, the County
prepares a reconciliation comparing the County billings to contracting jurisdictions for -
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shelter services and the lesser of the County's budgeted annual amount for shelter
services or the County's actual costs for shelter services. The difference would be
charged or credited to the City based on its percentage of County Animal shelter intakes
for the fiscal year (currently 3.02%), and is included on the County's invoice to the
contracting jurisdictions for services provided during the fourth quarter.
DISCUSSION
The County has elected to continue with the fixed/variable cost methodology for Fiscal
Year 2017-18. City staff is also not proposing to make any changes to the Service Level
Request form, maintaining the status quo for County services which includes minimal
field service hours for emergency situations that City staff cannot respond to, provision
of animal nuisance hearings, and license canvassing services.
The current Agreement with the County, which started in Fiscal Year 2015-16 provided
for a one year term, but, upon mutual agreement of the parties, can be extended for five
successive one-year terms. At the time this Agreement was approved by the City it did
not provide authorization for the City Manager to sign the successive Agreement
renewals. The County documents the renewal of the term by staff signing new SLR
forms for each fiscal year. In order to provide for a faster turnaround on the SLR forms
each renewal term, staff is requesting the City Manager's authority to sign the new SLR
forms when there is no change in level of services or cost methodology. Any changes
on the SLR form to the services the County provides or the cost methodology, would
need to come back to the City Council for individual consideration.
FISCAL IMPACT
The new cost allocation methodology has worked out well for the City for FY 16/17.
Combined with successful license canvassing and the efforts of the City's Animal
Control staff, the City has not had to pay for the County's animal services through three
quarters. So far, the license fee revenues in FY 2016/17 have covered the cost of the
County's Animal Services. At the end of the third quarter the City had a credit with the
County for $33,000, which will be applied to County provided Animal Control services in
the fourth quarter. The County has also projected Moorpark's costs to be a credit of
$8,000 for FY 2017/18. One factor that could have contributed to this credit is the fact
that we now offer multi-year licenses, so there will be some animals that do not renew
over the next two or three years. As a result, we expect that license revenues will be
down slightly due to these multi-year licenses, however we won't know the effects until
the third quarter in FY 2017/18.
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While the license revenues for FY 16/17 have covered the County provided services,
the revenues are still not sufficient to cover the costs of the City's Animal Control staff,
which is budgeted at $184,060 for FY 2017/18.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
1. Approve renewal of the Animal Services Agreement with the County of Ventura,
for four successive one-year terms; and
2. Authorize the City Manager to sign Service Level Request forms, when they
contain no changes to level of services provided by the County or cost
methodology.
Attachment:
Animal Services Agreement -Revised Attachment A -Service Level Request Form
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ATTACHMENT 2
ANIMAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
COUNTY OF VENTURA AND CITY OF MOORPARK
PARAGRAPH TITLE PAGE
RECITALS …………………………………………………………. 2
1.0 AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICES UNDER
STATE AND LOCAL STATUTES………………….. 2
2.0 ADMINISTRATION OF PERSONNEL…………….. 2
3.0 AMENDMENT OF SERVICE LEVEL REQUEST
FORM………………………………………………… 3
4.0 PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENT……………… 3
5.0 INDEMNIFICATION…………………………………. 4
6.0 TERM OF AGREEMENT…………………………… 4
7.0 RIGHT OF TERMINATION…………………………. 4
8.0 RATES FOR SERVICES AND CREDIT FOR
REVENUES …………………………………………. 5
9.0 ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS …………………. 6
10.0 PAYMENT PROCEDURES………………………… 6
11.0 RECORD RETENTION……………………………. 7
12.0 NOTICES……………………………………………. 7
13.0 SEVERABILITY……………………………………… 7
14.0 WAIVER……………………………………………… 8
15.0 ENTIRE AGREEMENT……………………………… 8
SIGNATURES……………………………………….. 9
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ANIMAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
COUNTY OF VENTURA AND CITY OF MOORPARK
THIS AGREEMENT is made by and between the COUNTY OF VENTURA, hereinafter
referred to as the County, and the CITY OF MOORPARK, hereinafter referred to as the
City.
RECITALS
a.The City is desirous of contracting with the County for the performance of
animal services described herein by the County.
b.The County is agreeable to rendering such services on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
1.0 AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICES UNDER STATE AND LOCAL
STATUTES
1.1 The County agrees, through its Animal Services Division (“Animal
Services”), to provide animal services to the City as set forth herein and in
the attached Service Level Request (Attachment A), as it may be
amended by the parties from time to time.
1.2 Such services shall comply with applicable County ordinances, the
municipal code of the City and the statutes of the State of California. The
County will provide only those services set forth in the attached Service
Level Request.
2.0 ADMINISTRATION OF PERSONNEL
2.1 All City employees who work in conjunction with Animal Services pursuant
to this Agreement shall remain employees of the City and shall not have
any claim or right to employment, civil service protection, salary, or
benefits or claims of any kind from or against the County based on this
Agreement. The County shall not be called upon to assume any liability for
the direct payment of any salaries, wages, or other compensation to any
City personnel performing services hereunder. The County shall not be
liable for compensation or indemnity to any City employee or agent of the
City for injury or sickness arising out of his or her employment.
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2.2 All County employees who perform services for the City pursuant to this
Agreement shall remain employees of the County and shall not have any
claim or right to employment, civil service protection, salary, or benefits or
claims of any kind from or against the City based on this Agreement. The
City shall not be called upon to assume any liability for the direct payment
of any salaries, wages, or other compensation to any County personnel
performing services hereunder. The City shall not be liable for
compensation or indemnity to any County employee or agent of the
County for injury or sickness arising out of his or her employment.
3.0 AMENDMENT OF SERVICE LEVEL REQUEST FORM
3.1 The City agrees to provide to the County a proposed Service Level
Request form annually, by no later than February 15, for the upcoming
contract year commencing July 1. By no later than April 15, or an
alternate date mutually agreed to by the parties, the parties shall agree to
the terms of the Service Level Request for the upcoming contract year,
which shall be signed by both parties and attached to this Agreement as
an amendment. If the parties fail to reach agreement on the terms of the
Service Level Request by April 15, or an alternate date mutually agreed to
by the parties, this Agreement shall expire at the end of the then current
contract year.
4.0 PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENT
4.1 The County shall furnish and supply all labor, supervision, equipment,
communication facilities, and supplies necessary to maintain the agreed
level of service to be rendered hereunder.
4.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City may provide additional resources
for the County to utilize in performance of the services.
4.3 The County, in its sole and exclusive discretion, shall determine the
specific days and specific hours that any County animal shelter shall be
open to the public and the staffing of the County animal shelters; however,
the County will open its animal shelters to the public on at least five
calendar days per week. The County will notify the City regarding any
changes in hours and days that its animal shelters are open to the public.
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5.0 INDEMNIFICATION
5.1 The County shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless City, its agents,
officials, officers, representatives and employees from and against all
claims, lawsuits, liabilities or damages arising from the sole and exclusive
negligence of the County, its agents, employees, and subcontractors, and
employees thereof in the performance or nonperformance of this
Agreement.
5.2 The City shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless County, its agents,
officials, officers, representatives and employees from and against all
claims, lawsuits, liabilities or damages arising from the sole and exclusive
negligence of the City, its agents, employees, and subcontractors, and
employees thereof in the performance or nonperformance of this
Agreement.
5.3 Each party agrees to provide the indemnifying party with written
notification of any claim under paragraph 5 of this Agreement within thirty
(30) calendar days of notice thereof and shall cooperate with the
indemnifying party in the defense of the claim. The indemnifying party
shall defend the indemnified party with counsel reasonably acceptable to
the indemnified party.
5.4 Each party’s right to, and responsibility for, indemnification shall survive
the termination of this Agreement.
6.0 TERM OF AGREEMENT
6.1 Unless sooner terminated as provided for herein, this Agreement shall be
effective July 1, 2020, and shall remain in effect until June 30, 2025.
6.2 Upon mutual agreement of the parties, this Agreement may be renewed
for up to five (5) successive periods of one (1) year each.
7.0 RIGHT OF TERMINATION
7.1 This Agreement may be terminated at any time, with or without cause, by
either party upon written notice given to the other party at least ninety (90)
days before the date specified for such termination.
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7.2 In the event of a termination, each party shall fully discharge all obligations
owed to the other party accruing prior to the date of such termination
(including, but not limited to, payment for services already rendered), and
each party shall be released from all obligations which would otherwise
accrue subsequent to the date of termination.
8.0 RATES FOR SERVICES AND CREDIT FOR REVENUES
8.1 The City shall pay for the services provided under the then current Service
Level Request (Attachment A) in accordance with the provisions thereof.
8.2 The rates indicated in the Service Level Request shall be readjusted by
the County annually effective the first day of July each year to reflect the
reasonable average cost of such service in accordance with the policies
and procedures for the determination of such rate as adopted by the
County Board of Supervisors and in compliance with Government Code
section 54985.
8.3 The County shall credit the City with the following revenues paid by City
residents toward the amounts owed by the City for services provided
under the City’s Service Level Request in Attachment A: revenues
received from City animal licenses (less applicable license processing
fees); revenues from redemption fees (consisting of impound fees, board
fees, quarantine fees, and microchipping fees) paid by the City’s residents
if the animal is redeemed within the first three days of an animal stay each
time an animal is admitted to a County shelter; and revenues from
administrative citations and civil penalties (less administrative processing
costs).
8.4 The County shall retain any of the following fees paid by City residents
without crediting such fees toward the amounts owed by the City for
services provided under the City’s Service Level Request in Attachment A:
revenues from redemption fees (consisting of impound fees, board fees,
quarantine fees, and microchipping fees) paid by City residents for any
day after the first three days of an animal stay each time an animal is
admitted to a County shelter; adoption fees; spay/neuter fees (and other
veterinary fees for services); copying fees; return check charges;
euthanasia and disposal fees; pickup and disposal of dead animal fees;
cremation fees; owner relinquishment of animal fees; capture and
transport fees; license fees for other than dog and cat licenses; permit
fees; and inspection fees.
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9.0 ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS
9.1 In the event of a petition for writ of mandate under Code of Civil
Procedure section 1085 or 1094.5 arising from any animal nuisance
hearing involving an alleged animal nuisance occurring in the City, the
County shall provide written notice via U.S. mail to the City Attorney within
30 days of service of legal process on the County, and the City shall pay
or reimburse the County for all reasonable attorney fees and costs
incurred by the County in connection with the litigation, including, but not
limited to, attorney fees and costs incurred by the County on behalf of a
hearing officer. In the event of any litigation between the City and the
County, each party shall bear its own attorney fees and costs. The City’s
obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
10.0 PAYMENT PROCEDURES
10.1 The County shall invoice the City during October for services performed
during the period July 1 through September 30; during January for
services performed during the period October 1 through December 31;
during April for services performed during the period January 1 through
March 31; and during July for services performed during the period April 1
through June 30; and the City shall pay the County all undisputed
amounts within thirty (30) days after the date of said invoice.
10.2 If such payment is not delivered to the County office which is described on
said invoice within sixty (60) days after the date of the invoice, the County
is entitled to recover interest thereon. For all disputed amounts, the City
shall provide County with written notice of the dispute including the invoice
date, amount, and reasons for dispute within thirty (30) days after receipt
of the invoice. The parties shall memorialize the resolution of the dispute
in writing. For any disputed amounts, interest shall accrue if payment is
not received within sixty (60) days after the dispute resolution is
memorialized.
10.3 Interest shall be calculated at the rate of two percent (2%) annually or any
portion thereof, calculated from the last day of the month in which the
services were performed, or in the case of disputed amounts, calculated
from the date the resolution was memorialized.
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11.0 RECORD RETENTION
11.1 The County shall maintain adequate financial records during the term of
this Agreement to document its cost of providing services under this
Agreement. The County shall retain financial records for a period of seven
(7) years after payment for services under this Agreement, and shall make
such financial records available for inspection to the City, or the City’s
designee, upon reasonable notice. The City shall ensure such records are
handled in a manner consistent with all applicable privacy laws and all
laws related to public records.
12.0 NOTICES
12.1 All notices (excluding invoices) required by, or related to, this Agreement
shall be in writing and sent by certified mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid and addressed as listed below. Neither party to this
Agreement shall refuse to accept such mail; the parties to this Agreement
shall promptly inform the other party of any change of address. All notices
required by this Agreement are effective on the date of receipt, unless
otherwise indicated herein. The mailing address of each party to the
Agreement is as follows:
CITY: City Manager
(attn: Troy Brown)
City of Moorpark
799 Moorpark Avenue
Moorpark, CA 93021
COUNTY Director, Animal Services
(attn: Jackie Rose)
600 Aviation Drive
Camarillo, California 93010
13.0 SEVERABILITY
13.1 If a court of competent jurisdiction declares any provision of this
Agreement, or application thereof to any person or circumstances, to be
unenforceable or in violation of law, the remaining provisions of this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and to that extent the
provisions of this Agreement are severable.
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14.0 WAIVER
14.1 Waiver of any default or breach of this Agreement shall not be considered
a waiver of any subsequent default or breach, nor shall it be considered a
modification of the terms of this Agreement.
15.0 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
15.1 This Agreement, including Attachment A hereto and any amendment
thereof, constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the parties
which supersedes all previous agreements, written or oral, and all
communications between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof.
All changes or amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and
mutually executed by authorized personnel on behalf of the City and the
County.
/ / /
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County and the City enter into this Agreement as
of the last date set forth below.
COUNTY OF VENTURA
Dated: _________________ By______________________
JACKIE ROSE
Director, Animal Services
CITY OF MOORPARK
Dated: _________________ By________________________
TROY BROWN
City of Moorpark, City Manager
ATTEST:
By________________________ _________
Ky Spangler, City Clerk Date
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By________________________ _________
Kevin Ennis, City Attorney Date
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ATTACHMENT 3
ATTACHMENT A TO COUNTY-CITY ANIMAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
COUNTY OF VENTURA
AND
CITY OF
MOORPARK
FY 2020-21 SERVICE LEVEL REQUEST
Part One: Available Services and Applicable Billing Rates and Credits
Animal Care Services
The County shall provide animal care services to the City for all those animals
originating within the boundaries of the City (whether picked up in the City or dropped
off at the County’s animal shelter) as a result of: confiscation, requests for euthanasia,
owner surrender, owner return, pick-up of stray animals and transfers. For animals
originating within the boundaries of the City, the County shall provide the following
animal care services: impoundment, sheltering, boarding, quarantine, veterinary
services, euthanasia services, animal adoptions, disposal of dead animals, pet retention
services, foster coordination, volunteer management, TNR (trap neuter return) services
for cats and related administrative services. Impounded animals will be vaccinated and
provided necessary care, food and shelter in accordance with the provisions of state
law. The animal’s picture will be posted on the Ventura County Animal Services
Division’s (“Animal Services”) website as soon as practicable to assist the City’s
residents in reclaiming a missing pet. The County, in its sole and exclusive discretion,
shall determine the public and non-public hours of operation and the staffing of the
County animal shelters.
The owner or person entitled to the custody of any animal originating within the
boundaries of the City and impounded at a County animal shelter can redeem such
animal by paying applicable fees according to Animal Services’ approved schedule of
rates and fees accruing up to the time of such redemption.
The City shall be charged for its proportion of the total County animal care
service costs incurred during the fiscal year identified above as set forth below. The
County shall bill the City on a quarterly basis, as more particularly set forth in Section
10.0 of the Animal Services Agreement, for animal care services based on a weighted
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three (3) calendar year average of the City’s pro rata animal intake percentage, as
follows:
1.The three (3) year weighted average will be calculated so that fifty percent (50%)
of the rate is based on the City’s previous calendar year pro rata animal intake
percentage relative to the usage by other cities and unincorporated areas of
Ventura County, twenty-five percent (25%) of the rate is based on the City’s pro
rata animal intake percentage from two (2) years prior and twenty-five percent
(25%) of the rate is based on the City’s pro rata animal intake percentage from
three (3) years prior, illustrated as follows:
Example:
Hypothetical animal care budget: $6,027,354
Camarillo: (10.4% * .50) + (9.9% * .25) + (10.4% * .25) = 10.3%
Future year cost = 10.3% of $6,027,354 = $620,817
Payments of $155,204 made quarterly which will be reduced by any licensing revenue
The animal care budget will be allocated among the participating cities and the
County based on the weighted three (3) calendar year animal intake percentage formula
2018 INTAKE 2017 INTAKE 2016 INTAKE FUTURE YEAR WEIGHTED AVG
Camarillo 1174 10.4% 1223 9.9% 1109 10.4% 10.3%
Fillmore 198 1.7% 320 2.6% 192 1.8% 2.0%
Moorpark 283 2.5% 245 2.0% 321 3.0% 2.5%
Ojai 44 0.4% 109 0.9% 50 0.5% 0.5%
Oxnard 4112 36.3% 4196 34.1% 3947 37.2% 36.0%
Port Hueneme 409 3.6% 432 3.5% 470 4.4% 3.8%
Simi Valley 1360 12.0% 1363 11.1% 1306 12.3% 11.8%
Ventura 1249 11.0% 1555 12.6% 1253 11.8% 11.6%
County 2494 22.0% 2864 23.3% 1971 18.5% 21.5%
Total Intake 11323 100.0% 12307 100.0% 10619 100.0% 100.0%
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described above. The County’s animal care budget shall follow the following five (5)
year fixed-rate schedule:
$6,114,294.90 for fiscal year 2020-2021 (contract year 1)
$6,420,009.65 for fiscal year 2021-2022 (contract year 2)
$6,741,010.13 for fiscal year 2022-2023 (contract year 3)
$7,078,060.63 for fiscal year 2023-2024 (contract year 4)
$7,431,963.67 for fiscal year 2024-2025 (contract year 5)
In the event of any animal intake at a County animal shelter originating from the
City due to any law enforcement request, pending court case (including, but not limited
to, a petition for writ of mandate under Code of Civil Procedure section 1085 or 1094.5),
or a court stay, which results in a County shelter stay of more than fifteen (15) days, the
County shall charge the City for animal care services according to Animal Services’
approved schedule of rates and fees for each day that each such animal receives
animal care services.
Field Services
At the election of the City, the County shall provide the City with the following
field services as may be required: responding to calls for service; pick up of dead
animals; capture and transportation of animals; license, permit and other inspections;
pre-hearing investigation of nuisance complaints; post-nuisance hearing compliance
checks; investigation of potential cases of animal abuse and mistreatment; investigation
of potential animal nuisances in violation of Ventura County Ordinance Code section
4467 or an equivalent municipal code provision; assistance with animal evacuations due
to disaster or emergency; and similar or related field services. The City shall be
charged according to the standard hourly rate for field services set forth in Animal
Services’ approved schedule of rates and fees based on actual hours expended. The
City shall identify a budgeted amount for field services per fiscal year, as well as the
average budgeted level of hours of service that the City authorizes the County to
provide per week. The County shall notify the City in writing on a quarterly basis
regarding actual hours expended for field services to the City, to enable the City to
make the determination of whether the City wishes to authorize in writing a higher
budgeted annual amount for field services that are not state-mandated. The County will
provide the City state-mandated field services, and the City agrees to pay the County’s
costs for all state-mandated field services, whether or not the City’s budgeted amount or
hours for field services have been exceeded. The County shall be under no obligation to
provide the City with any non-state-mandated field services in excess of the City’s
budgeted cost and hours, in the absence of prior written City authorization to do so.
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In the event the City declines to have the County perform field services, the City
shall be responsible for:
(i) Scanning animals for an existing microchip and making all efforts to
reunite a lost animal with its owner based on any microchip information
prior to transporting that animal to a County shelter;
(ii) Making all efforts to use information available from any animal’s personal
ID tag or a pet license to reunite a lost animal with its owner prior to
transporting that animal to a County shelter;
(iii) Vaccinating an animal with current standard vaccinations provided by
Animal Services after an animal has been transported to a County shelter;
and
(iv) Taking a digital photograph of an animal and loading the digital
photograph and other pertinent animal information onto Animal Services’
computer information system for tracking animals subject to impoundment
after an animal has been transported to a County shelter.
Rabies Control
At the election of the City, the County shall provide the City with the following
rabies control program as may be required: response and investigation of reported
animal bite and intimate contact cases to establish that there is compliance with state
mandated quarantine procedures. This includes a follow-up visit to verify the health of
the animal after quarantine. Shelter quarantine will be at the discretion of the County.
Animal Nuisance Hearings
At the election of the City, and contingent upon County consent, the County shall
provide the City with the services of one Hearing Officer and one administrative
assistant to conduct animal nuisance hearings for (i) animal nuisance complaints (based
on violation of Ventura County Ordinance Code section 4467 or its equivalent City
municipal code provision) originating within the boundaries of the City and (ii) any
alleged violation of existing animal nuisance orders previously issued to an animal
owner. The County shall charge the City according to the standard hourly rate (for
salary and fringe benefits) of the actual Hearing Officer and administrative assistant
providing services based on the actual hours expended per hearing. The County will
not conduct animal nuisance hearings for a violation of local leash law absent nuisance
based on violation of Ventura County Ordinance Code section 4467 or its equivalent
City municipal code provision.
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Animal License Processing per License
At the election of the City, the County shall provide the City with animal license
processing services at the annual fiscal year cost of six dollars ($6.00) per applicable
cat or dog license for each animal within the boundaries of the City. The County shall
mail license renewal notices to the animal owner of record; and when the renewal and
payment are received, the County will process licenses. City residents can use the
County’s online web licensing feature at no additional cost to the City. Licenses will be
required before the County will release an animal to a resident of the City. The City
animal license fees that the County collects (less the County’s license processing fee)
will be credited to the City quarterly in arrears against the amount that the City owes the
County under the parties’ animal services agreement.
Administrative Citation Processing
At the election of the City, the County shall provide the City with administrative
citation processing services for citations issued to animal owners within the boundaries
of the City. The citation processing services provided to the City shall be substantially
equivalent to any services that the County contracts for with respect to processing of
County administrative citations. In the event that the County reaches a determination,
in its sole and exclusive discretion, that it no longer desires to provide administrative
citation processing services to the City, the County shall provide the City with sixty (60)
days’ prior written notice before ceasing to provide such services. The County will
provide the following administrative citation processing services to the City contingent
upon the City’s reimbursement of actual County costs incurred (including, but not limited
to, actual costs charged by the County’s General Services Agency for mailing and
processing of citations and the cost of one (1) hour per month for the services of a Field
Services Manager): generate auto citations in Chameleon software; send files to the
General Services Agency for processing; receive and review auto citation files from the
General Services Agency to ensure accuracy; send reviewed and completed files to the
General Services Agency for processing and mailing to animal owners; receive and
store finalized PDF file from the General Services Agency; generate email notification to
the City’s staff with PDF files for further collection and appeals; receive, through a
Supervising Animal Control Officer, communication from City staff regarding citizen
appeals when necessary; and receive updates from the City regarding customer data to
be updated, with the County updating data in Chameleon software.
The City will be solely responsible for collections once citations are issued to
animal owners and for paying for collections, including, but not limited to, costs for
contracted collections services. The City will be solely responsible for processing any
administrative appeals from citations issued. The County will not be responsible for
collections or processing administrative appeals from citations.
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Part Two: Specific Service Requests and Approvals
The County will provide the City with the services authorized below:
X Animal Care Services. The City authorizes the County to provide animal care
services for animals originating within the boundaries of the City during fiscal
year 2020-21 according to the terms and conditions set forth in Part One of this
Agreement. The cost of animal care services for the City will be $163,647.90 for
fiscal year 2020-21. Consistent with Section 8.3 of the parties’ Animal Services
Agreement, the County shall credit the City with revenues paid by City residents
toward amounts owed by the City for services provided.
Field Services:
□The City authorizes the County to provide budgeted field services during fiscal
year _______ of _____________________________; with field services
budgeted at _________ hours per week, to be provided by the County to the
City, according to the terms and conditions set forth in Part One. If it appears
that the City may exceed its budgeted cost and hours for field services: (i) the
County will continue to provide additional state-mandated services to the City,
and the City agrees to pay for those additional state-mandated services at the
hourly rates approved by the County Board of Supervisors, and (ii) the County
will only provide further field services that are not state-mandated to the City
upon receipt of City written approval for such services, and the City agrees to pay
for all such services authorized in writing by City personnel. The City hereby
agrees to the County’s enforcement of the City’s municipal code provisions in
providing field services.
X The City authorizes the County to provide field services only for emergency calls
(requests for an animal services officer by law enforcement or fire personnel,
vicious animal at large threatening the public, wild animal at large in City area,
livestock at large and in sight, stray animal bite with the animal at large or
confined by a non-owner) at a not to exceed amount of 30 hours for the fiscal
year. This level of service is intended to provide emergency response on an as-
needed basis from the County on behalf of a City that employs its own field
services when requested by the City and the County is able to respond. The City
hereby agrees to the County’s enforcement of the City’s municipal code
provisions in providing field services.
□The City declines to have the County provide field services.
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Rabies Control
□The City authorizes the County to provide rabies control services.
x The City declines to have the County provide rabies control services.
Animal Nuisance Hearings:
x The City authorizes the County to conduct animal nuisance hearings during fiscal
year 2020-21 according to the terms and conditions set forth in Part One. The
City hereby agrees to the County’s enforcement of the City’s municipal code
provisions in conducting animal nuisance hearings, and the City agrees to enact,
and maintain in full force and effect, municipal code provisions substantially
equivalent to Ventura County Ordinance Code section 4467. The City hereby
further agrees that, whether or not set forth in the municipal code provisions, the
animal nuisance hearings hereby authorized include hearings on any alleged
violation of existing animal nuisance orders previously issued to an animal
owner.
The City hereby agrees that this authorization shall not be effective, and the
County shall not be obligated to conduct any animal nuisance hearings for the
City during the specified fiscal year, if the County checks the box below declining
to conduct such hearings. If the County so declines, the City will be responsible
for providing a hearing officer to preside over animal nuisance hearings involving
alleged nuisance animals residing within the City’s jurisdictional limits; and the
City also shall be responsible for ensuring that the City has in effect an ordinance
providing authorization for the City to appoint a hearing officer to preside over
animal nuisance hearings involving alleged animal nuisance violations by
animals within the City. In all cases in which the City is responsible for
conducting animal nuisance hearings, the County will refer animal nuisance
cases after investigation to the City for selection of a hearing officer and noticing
of the hearing. A knowledgeable animal control officer familiar with the animal
nuisance investigation, if requested by the City, required by the hearing officer, or
subpoenaed by any party, will attend the animal nuisance hearing and be
available to answer questions posed by the hearing officer, complainant and
animal owner. The City will reimburse the County for the attendance of any
animal control officer at the animal nuisance hearing pursuant to the hourly rate
approved by the County Board of Supervisors.
□The City declines to have the County conduct animal nuisance hearings.
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□The County declines to conduct animal nuisance hearings for the City
during the fiscal year specified above.
Animal License Processing:
x The City authorizes the County to provide animal license processing services for
the City during fiscal year 2020-21 according to the terms and conditions set forth
in Part One.
□The City has adopted the license fees set forth in Animal Services’ approved
schedule of rates and fees.
x The City has adopted the following license fees that differ from the license
fees set forth in the Ventura County Animal Services approved schedule of
rates and fees:
Specify:
Current City license fees were adopted by the City on ______________,
20_____.
□The City declines to have the County provide animal license processing.
Administrative Citation Processing:
□The City authorizes the County to provide administrative citation processing
services for the City during fiscal year _______ according to the terms and
conditions set forth in Part One.
x The City declines to have the County provide administrative citation processing
services.
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Chameleon Read Rights:
x The City requests read rights for Chameleon software and agrees to pay its
portion of the actual County Information Technology Services Department
server/portal/VPN costs. Costs will reflect the actual County Information
Technology Services Department additional costs to host and maintain the server
for City read only rights to Chameleon and will be equally spread across all
participating cities.
□The City declines to have the County provide Chameleon read rights.
CITY OF MOORPARK COUNTY OF VENTURA
Signature:____________________ Signature:____________________
Troy Brown, City Manager Jackie Rose, Director of Animal Services
Date:________________________ Date:________________________
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ATTACHMENT 4
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING FEES AND
CHARGES FOR SERVICES, AND LICENSES REGARDING
TITLE VI, ANIMAL REGULATIONS OF THE MOORPARK
MUNICIPAL CODE AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO.
2019-3828
WHEREAS, on December 21, 2005 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 329
establishing the City’s animal compliance program, and
WHEREAS, on May 6, 2015, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2015-
3387, increasing license fees for altered pets; and
WHEREAS, on November 1, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution No.
2017-3642, rescinding Resolution No. 2015-3387 and establishing a new senior
discount license fee for altered pets and increasing the unaltered pets fee to match
Ventura County’s unaltered pet fee; and
WHEREAS, on June 19, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-
3828, rescinding Resolution No. 2017-3642 and increasing the unaltered pets fee to
match Ventura County’s unaltered pet fee; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate and necessary to collect certain fees and charges
for animal services; and
WHEREAS, Ventura County Animal Services has requested that the City
eliminate the 6-month license fee rate for unaltered pets, altered pets, and senior
altered pets; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to establish a fee schedule to reflect current
services provided by the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Resolution No. 2019-3828 is hereby rescinded upon the effective
date of this resolution.
SECTION 2. The following rates and charges for services rendered by and for
the City Animal Compliance program as more particularly described in Exhibit “A”,
attached hereto are hereby approved.
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Resolution No. 2020-____
Page 2
SECTION 3. This resolution shall be effective July 1, 2020.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and
shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of May, 2020.
_____________________________
Janice S. Parvin, Mayor
ATTEST:
____________________________________
Ky Spangler, City Clerk
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Resolution No. 2020-____
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EXHIBIT A
CITY ANIMAL COMPLIANCE PROGRAM
RATES AND CHARGES
1) License Fees
a. License Fees are established as detailed in the table below.
License 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr
Dogs and Cats
unaltered $105.00 $210.00 $315.00
altered $30.00 $60.00 $90.00
Owner aged 55+ *altered pets only
Senior altered $15.00 $30.00 $45.00
b. Late license penalty. If a license fee is thirty (30) days or more past due, a
late penalty is added that is equal to 100% of the license fee due. The
late license penalty is applied for each year or portion thereof in six-month
increments.
c. Regardless of when the license fee is paid, the license term is calculated
and fees and penalties are to be paid from the license original due date.
d. Senior Discount. Pet owners aged 55 and older shall receive a 50%
license fee reduction upon proof of age.
2) Pick-up and disposal of a dead household pet as defined in Chapter 6.04 of the
Code weighing up to 75 pounds (charge to animal owner per animal)
a. Dogs and cats, licensed: $65.00
b. Dogs and cats, unlicensed: $90.00
c. Fowl, rodents, bird, other small household pets: $65.00
d. Household pets owned or kept by a person aged
fifty-five (55+) or older: $25.00
3) Pick up and disposal of a dead, wild, or stray animal on private property not
owned or kept by the property owner or occupant:
no charge
4) Miscellaneous
a. Humane Trap Rental - refundable deposit to Moorpark residents for trap
use within the City of Moorpark. $40.00
b. Other Services - For those services rendered by City animal staff not listed
above, the current Ventura County Animal Services fee schedule shall be
used to determine the rate payable to the City.
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