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Home My WebLink About1224 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 1224 A RESOLUTION of the City of Pasco authorizing the City to enter into a contract for the year 1979 with the Benton -Franklin County Humane Society, Inc. W H E R EA S , the City Council of the City of Pasco has reviewed the proposed contract between the City of Pasco and the Benton -Franklin County Humane Society, Inc., and W H E R E A S, the City Council ha s found that said agreement i s in the best interests of the City of Pasco and wishes to enter into the same, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO: That the Mayor of the City of Pasco is hereby authorized and directed to enter into the Agreement between the City of Pasco and Benton -Franklin County Humane Society, Inc., for the year 1979, attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein. PA S S E D by the City Council of the City of Pasco, Washington, this 18 day of December , 1978. ATT ve yn Wells, Deputy City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: De nis De Felice, City Attorney w Chet Bailie, Mayor J �`fir 4 • ' . �'r. AGREEMENT S AGREEMENT, made and entered into on the day of 71, by and between the CITY OF PASCO, a Municipal Corporation, State of ashington, hereinafter called the "CITY", and the �"< t BENTON-FRANKLIN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY, INC., a non-profit corporation,'` organized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington, hereinafter called the "SOCIETY", shall be effective from January 1, 1979, and shall remain in effect up to and including December 31, 1979. The Society agrees as follows: 1. To furnish and maintain a shelter and necessary equipment for handling stray animals, impounded animals'and animals turned over to the Society by City' :5;�' inhabitants. These facilities shall include cat kennels, dog kennels, facilities for larger animals and facilities for the humane disposal of sick and injured small animals. 2. To keep the shelter open for the purpose of receiving animals and allowing animals to be redeemed from the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. , each,; and every day, except for Sundays and legal holidays. .f { 3. To maintain twenty-four hour phone service for the purpose of receiving complaints from City inhabitants. 4. To enforce in the City all State laws prohibiting cruelty to animals and all City ordinances pertaining to control and licensing of animals. 5. To employ a person and/or persons who shall enforce said laws and regulations by investigating complaints, impounding animals, securing evidence �'_n of suspected violations and preparing written reports of suspected violations and furnishing the said reports to appropriate City officials, and appearing in court in the case of prosecution. The person and/or persons so employed, and any and ' all other persons employed by the Society, if any, to perform its obligations under:' this agreement shall be employees of the Society, and not employees of the City. The working schedules of the person and/or persons so employed shall be: (a) At least one person shall work eight (8) hours each day on a varying schedule, Monday through Saturday, except legal holidays, enforcing yq: City ordinances and/or performing animal control services pursuant to this agreement. f %: (b) At least one person shall be available at all times to respond to emergency calls and calls relating to injured animals, and during the daylight hours only, to dispose of dead dogs and other small animals located on the City's _. rights-of-way. 6. May, as agent of the City, issue dog licenses and collect dog license fees throughout the City, and shall furnish, at its own expense, all license tags and record books used in the licensing. 7. To inspect kennels and issue certificates of inspection of kennels. 8. To maintain complete records of licenses issued, fees collected, animals received, animals -disposed of, kennels inspected, complaints received and investigations conducted; to make such records available to the City's inspection at all times at the place of business of the Society; and to furnish quarterly reports of the Society's activities to the City, 4 �.��`. ..�(f ,f�:y • .• �,�CwtrkJFr^,y;y.. m, dp{Y-.L��vA' F^ '.-"s. �`;r.> . .y,. �y� ��^ 'i F Ir -2- 9. To procure and maintain public liability insurance in a combined single limit of $500,000, including bodily injury and property damage, applicable to activities performed under the terms of this agreement; to hold the City harmless from all claims, losses, demands and causes of actions arising from the said activities and to defend the City at the Society's expense, against claims or actions arising from the said activities. 10. To furnish all equipment and supplies used in performing the Society's obligations arising from this agreement, except equipment and supplies which the City expressly promises to furnish. The City hereby agrees as follows: 1. To issue dog licenses and collect dog license fees at the City's, general office, 2. To permit the Society to retain all kennel inspection fees and - impounding fees collected by the Society; and to monthly pay over to the Society an amount equal to the amount of license fees and penalty fees remitted to the City by residents, as well as all such fees collected by the City, together with a detailed report from whom such fees and fines were collected and to whom any such licenses were issued. 3. To pay to the Society from the City's General Fund, the sum of One Dollar and 66/100 ($1.66) per inhabitant per year in the City in accordance with the 1978 census certified by the Washington State Census Board, and said sum of $26,560 shall be annually pro -rated over a monthly basis and shall be payable to the Society no later than the 10th day of each and every month, and that the monthly payment by the City to the Society for the year 1979 will be not more than the sum of $2,213.33 paid on, or before the 10th day of each month, for all services per this contract.' r 4. To deputize all employees of the Society that are employed to enforce the City's laws pertaining to animals; to supply citation forms as may be issued by such deputized employees, and to cooperate with the Society to see that each employee employed to enforce any obligation assumed hereunder shall be deputized in accordance with R.C.W. 16.52.030. It is also understood and agreed by and between the City and the Society that this agreement shall continue, in accordance with these terms, for the period hereinabove set forth, subject to the right of either party to terminate or re -negotiate the same upon giving thirty (30) days written notice to the other party hereto, provided, however, that the City may not terminate this agreement unless the Society as been found to be not properly fulfilling its obligation hereunder. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be executed by their proper officers of the date hereinabove first written, .n � H w ..o -3 - ATTEST: CITY OF PASCO �r By: Chet Bailie, Mayor Charles T. Criscola, Ex Officio City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: wO Dennis De Felice, City Attorney BENTON-FRANKLIN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY, INC. t By: President ATTEST: i. Executive Director :x:} STATE OF WASHINGTON) .ss. County of Franklin ) On this LT— day of 19792" before me the undersigned, a Not y Public in and for the State of Washington, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Chet Bailie and Charles T. Criscola, to me known to be the mayor and ex officio city clerk of the City of Pasco,.Washington, the corporation that executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned,.and on oath stated that they are authorized to execute the said instrument and that the seal affixed'.is the corporate seal of said corporation. Witness my had and official seal hereto affixed the day and year first above written. Not y ublid in and for- State of Washington, residinga�- -4 - STATE OF WASHINGTON) .ss. County of Franklin ) On this Ir day of 197 before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Nt/ ,S /� and f ,; dA a to me known �the'president and executive director of the Benton -Franklin County Humane Society, the corporation that executed hte foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that said instrument to be the free'"and voluntary act and deed of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and on oath stated that they are authorized to execute the said instrument and that the seal affixed is the corporate seal of said corporation. Witness my hand and official seal h eto affixed the day and year first above written. No is in andfor t tate of Wa hington, residing", -at