IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a First Amendment to the Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement with the City of Independence, Missouri, for the furnishing of animal sheltering services at the Regional Animal Shelter.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 18045, December 3, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, by Resolution 16925, dated June 8, 2009, the Legislature did authorize the execution of an Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement with the City of Independence, Missouri, for animal control field services and animal control sheltering services, and for the construction of the Regional Animal Shelter; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Independence and the County now desire to amend that agreement; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to the proposed First Amendment, a copy of which is attached, a non-profit organization shall contract with the County to manage and operate the Regional Animal Shelter as a "no kill" facility; and,
WHEREAS, the non-profit organization shall provide sheltering services to the City's Animal Control Division for a period of January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2017, in exchange for a fee of $435,000.00 for the first two years of the Agreement, and for a fee of $515,000.00 for the final three years of the Agreement; and,
WHEREAS, this fee shall be paid by the City to the County and then passed through to the non-profit organization pursuant to a separate agreement with the County; and,
WHEREAS, the Regional Animal Shelter is located on City-owned land and pursuant to this First Amendment, the County shall buy the land from the City, at a cost to the County in the amount of $240,000.00, payable in three annual installments beginning in the third year of the Agreement; and,
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the five-year term of this Agreement, the ownership of the land will be transferred to the County; and,
WHEREAS,...
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