Title
Approval of Intergovernmental Agreement for Joint Animal Services Operations
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve and authorize the Mayor to sign the Intergovernmental Agreement for Joint Animal Services Operations.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement for Joint Animal Services Operations.
Staff Contact:
Darren Nienaber, Interim City Attorney, 360-753-8044
Presenter(s):
None, consent calendar item
Background and Analysis:
In 1992, the Cities of Olympia, Lacey and Tumwater, along with Thurston County, entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement for Joint Animal Services Operations. This Agreement created JASCOM, the Joint Animal Services Commission, and designated the City of Lacey as the agency with authority and responsibility for providing administrative services related to the operation of the animal shelter and animal protection and control services. This Agreement was then amended in 1997, when a new building was purchased for the animal shelter. New interlocals, in substantially the same form, were subsequently entered in 2000 and, most recently, in December of 2002. The only significant substantive changes in those agreements pertained to changes in the way costs were allocated among the jurisdictions.
The most recent 2002 interlocal and a separately adopted addendum contain incorrect cross-references to prior documents. Adopting an all new interlocal would bring clarity to the confusion caused by the 2002 interlocal and addendum. The only substantive change is a clarification that Lacey can hire the Hearings Examiner.
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
None, as this is an administrative amendment.
Options:
1. Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign the Intergovernmental Agreement for Joint Animal Services Operations.
2. Do not Approve the Intergovernmental Agreement for Joint Ani...
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