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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Second Amendment to the Agreement with the Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter to Increase Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Expenditures by $267,692, for a Total of $1,424,994 in Fiscal Year 2024-25 and a Total 10-Year Agreement Not-to-Exceed $12,028,331. (City Manager 10021030)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Costs for core state-mandated animal control services have exceeded the amount the City of Alameda (City) budgeted to reimburse the Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS). This staff report and a memo from FAAS (Exhibit 1) detail these cost increases. FAAS is requesting an amendment to the Agreement with the City to increase the current year budget by $267,692, for a total this Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 of $1,424,994. This increase will be funded by vacancy savings from the Finance Department available for FY2024-25. The Second Amendment increases the overall compensation to FAAS for a total not-to-exceed of $12,028,331. FAAS is not requesting an increase to future budgets, as its staff anticipates new revenues from the soon to open Animal Medical Services and Training Campus will help offset any future cost increases.
BACKGROUND
Since 2012, the City has maintained a strong public-private partnership with FAAS to provide animal control services in the City. In July 2021, the City entered into an Agreement with FAAS for animal shelter and related operations. The term of the agreement is for two years with up to four two-year extensions.
In September 2023, City Council approved the First Amendment to the Agreement with FAAS for an additional amount of $186,000 for FY 2024-25, which included an annual amount not-to-exceed $1,157,300.
The City's Agreement with FAAS identifies core state-mandated animal control services that the City is responsible for funding, such as sheltering, necessary medical care, adoption, s...
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