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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 6, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />FIRST AMENDED AGREEMENT FOR <br />ANIMAL LICENSE FEE COLLECTION <br />PROGRAM WITH CIVIC COLLECTIONS, INC. <br />ISTRATFGIC PLAN NO 7_-5FS <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2"" Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute a two-year amended agreement <br />with Civic Collections, Inc., for canvassing and collection of new and delinquent dog license fees <br />and penalties, effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019, with the option to extend one <br />additional year from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 upon a written request executed by the <br />City Manager, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City <br />Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Treasury & Customer Service Division of the Finance and Management Services Agency <br />("Treasury") is responsible for the processing of applications and fees for dog licenses. The <br />authority to collect dog license fees is provided by State statute for this effort. In addition, the <br />State Health and Safety Code (Sections 121575-121710) require that local agencies implement a <br />program that provides for the control of rabies. As such, Treasury's dog licensing program <br />serves to verify the ownership and rabies compliance of dogs within the City in support of the <br />Police Department's animal control program. <br />Community field inspection and collection efforts are a critical component of the dog licensing <br />program. In 2012, the Police Department and Treasury released a Request for Proposals (RFP) <br />relating to field inspection and collection services in which Civic Collections, Inc. ("CCI"), the <br />incumbent animal license fee collection service provider, was the sole responder. As a result of <br />the limited response, which reflects the specialized nature of the services provided and the <br />limited market for such services in Orange County due to the majority of local cities having <br />historically contracted with the county for their animal control services, the Police Department <br />decided to bring the Feld canvassing and collection process in-house on a trial basis in the 2012- <br />25D-1 <br />