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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute new agreements, and any related documents, with the cities of Cerritos, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, and Signal Hill to continue the provision of services by the City of Long Beach’s Animal Care Services Bureau through June 30, 2018, with two consecutive two-year renewal options; establish an updated Compensation Schedule for Fiscal Year 2017; and provide for an adjustment to the Compensation Schedule to match the percent change in the Consumer Price Index in Fiscal Year 2018. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
For the past 24 years, the City of Long Beach’s Animal Care Services Bureau (ACS) has provided various services, including sheltering, impounding, and calls for service (Services) to the cities of Cerritos, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, and Signal Hill (Contract Cities). On July 8, 2010, the City Council authorized Agreement Nos. 31742 with the City of Cerritos, 31708 with the City of Los Alamitos, 31707 with the City of Seal Beach, and 31714 with the City of Signal Hill (Agreements), which established parameters for the City of Long Beach’s provision of Services to the Contract Cities, and established a Compensation Schedule based upon a Total Cost Allocation Model. This allowed the Contract Cities to pay only their respective share of ACS’ total budget for Services. On May 15, 2012, the Agreements were amended to extend the term, establish the Compensation Schedule, and incorporate an escalator, which matched the percent change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) since the last adjustment.
On June 30, 2016, the Agreements will expire and all remaining renewals will have been exhausted. In order to continue the provision of Services to the Contract Cities, it is necessary to execute new Agreements. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) has worked with the Contract Cities and has received consent from each to proceed with entering into new Agreements, which include an updated Compensation Schedu...
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