SECOND AMENDMENT TO IGA WITH CITY OF LITCHFIELD PARK FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES.PDF

SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR
ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES
(“Second Amendment”) is entered into by and between the City of Litchfield Park (“CITY”) and
Maricopa County, administered through Animal Care and Control (“COUNTY”). The COUNTY and
CITY are collectively referred to as “Parties” and each individually as “Party.”

RECITALS:

I The Parties entered into an Agreement for animal control services effective July 1, 2018
through June 30, 2019, which term was extended by amendment (“First Amendment”) for
a one (1) year period from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, together the “Agreement”.

I. The Parties now desire to amend the Agreement upon the terms and conditions contained
in this Second Amendment.

SECOND AMENDMENT:

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing and other valuable considerations, the
Parties hereby amend the Agreement as follows:

I. Modify the Recitals section to include recitals of the COUNTY’S authority to enforce the
CITY’S ordinance, as follows:

The COUNTY is authorized to enter into this Agreement by A.R.S. §§ 11-201, 11-
952, 11-1005 and 11-1007.

The CITY is in need of the animal control services and desires to enter into this
Agreement with the COUNTY to appoint the COUNTY as the Enforcement Agent
for the CITY in order to administer basic animal control services.

Ih. Include a definition for “Enforcement Agent” under the General Provisions, Section 1
Definitions, as follows:

Enforcement Agent: As defined at A.R.S. §11-1001(4), the person in each
county who is responsible for the enforcement of the animal control statutes
and any rules adopted pursuant to those statutes.

Il. The Term of the Agreement is renewed for a one (1) year period, effective July 1, 2020
through June 30, 2021.

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IV. Appendix A to the Agreement, “Compensation Schedule”, is replaced in its entirety with
the Appendix A attached hereto and incorporated herein.

Vv. Appendix B to the Agreement, “Services”, is replaced in its entirety with the Appendix B
attached hereto and incorporated herein.

Vi. Appendix C to the Agreement, “Hours of Operation”, is stricken from the Agreement.

Vil. Appendix D to the Agreement, “County Observed Holidays”, is replaced in its entirety
with the Appendix D attached hereto and incorporated herein.

Vill. |The foregoing paragraphs contain all changes made by this Second Amendment. All
other terms and conditions of the original Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Second Amendment on this 17* day of
June, 2020.

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors City of Litchfield Park
BY: BY:
Chairman of the Board ° aye Bical Mayor
Attest: Attest: N {
Clerk of the Board Terri Roth} CMC, City Clerk

In accordance with A.R.S. §§ 11-201, 11-251, and 11-952, undersigned counsel has reviewed the
foregoing amendments to the Agreement and have determined that said amendments are in
proper form and within the powers and authority granted to the public body represented by their
respective attorneys.

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Attorney for Board of Supervisors Gust Rosenfeld, PLC, cilly a
By: Susan D. Goodwin

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APPENDIX A
COMPENSATION SCHEDULE ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES
1, COUNTY Service Level: Basic Animal Control Services
2. Service Cost

July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021 $5,282

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APPENDIX B SERVICES
1. The COUNTY, as the appointed Enforcement Agent, shall be responsible for and enforce

the Animal Control Ordinance for the CITY.
Chapter 6 — ANIMALS

6-1-1 Vicious

6-2-5(C) Failure to License
6-2-8(A) Dog at Large

6-2-8(B) Failure to Wear
6-2-8(C) Dog at Large Public
6-2-10(A) Failure to Quarantine
6-2-11 Unlawful Interference
6-2-12 Unlawful Removal
6-2-13 Unlawful Keeping

2. Minimum Staffing: Staffing will be sufficient to respond to approximately ninety percent
(90%) of service requests within the time frame prescribed below.

3. Response Times: Normal Hours of Operation is defined as the operating hours from 8am
to 5pm seven (7) days per week, except COUNTY observed holidays. COUNTY staff will arrive at
the scene of a reported service request within the time prescribed below based on the service
classification:

Priority 1 1 hour
Priority 2 2 hours
Priority 3 48 hours
Priority 4 72 hours

4. Response Time during Limited Operations Hours: Limited Operations Hours will be from
5pm to 10pm seven (7) days per week, except COUNTY observed holidays, and only Priority 1 and
2 calls for service will be acted upon and only when the requesting police agency agrees to remain
on scene for the duration of the time needed to handle the call for service. The COUNTY will not
respond to priority 3 or 4 calls for service after 3pm until the commencement of the next Normal
Hours of Operation. The response time for Limited Operations Hours will be two (2) hours
maximum. The response time could be longer should a higher priority call for service be received.
The choice to respond to higher priority calls is at the discretion of the COUNTY.

5. The COUNTY shall not respond to scenes involving owned animals being seized or
impounded as a part of a police function related to neglect, abuse, abandonment, arrests, crime
scene investigations, fire scenes, or any situation where the law enforcement officer has seized
an owned animal. The COUNTY will not respond to citizen response requests for abuse, neglect,
or cruelty of animals.

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6. Law enforcement agencies needing assistance in accordance with this IGA can call the
Field Dispatch non-public phone line (602-506-1309) to request general assistance during Normal
Hours of Operation and after 5pm for Priority 1 or 2 calls. The decision to respond is based on the
information provided to staff at the time of the request. The COUNTY reserves the right to respond
to non-emergency requests at the beginning of the next Normal Hours of Operation.

7. The COUNTY will be closed for business on all COUNTY observed holidays. The COUNTY
reserves the right to provide Limited Operations Hours response times from 8am to 10pm on
County observed holidays.

8. The COUNTY shall provide Lost and Found Services from 8am to 5pm seven (7) days per
week to allow for citizens to report found and lost dogs. This service will not be provided for the
holiday coverage prescribed in Paragraph 7.

9. The COUNTY shall provide Call Center services 8am to 5pm, seven (7) days per week and
24-hour online services for citizens to report animal control issues, conduct licensing
transactions, and ask general animal control questions. Call Center services will not be provided
for the holidays prescribed in Paragraph 7.

10. The COUNTY at its discretion may deny the pickup of dogs from third parties who are part
of rescue groups who work to trap, confine, and/or pick-up found dogs from other parties who are
not reporting the found animal directly to the COUNTY, or from parties who take in stray dogs from
private citizens for the sole purpose of holding the animal for short periods of time until
contacting the COUNTY. The COUNTY, at its discretion, may deny pickup of dogs from individuals
who habitually confine stray dogs and are not contracted by a local jurisdiction to provide animal
control services for cities or towns within Maricopa County.

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APPENDIX D

COUNTY OBSERVED HOLIDAYS

New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King
Presidents Day
Memorial Day
Veterans Day
Independence Day
Thanksgiving Day
Day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Day