NUMB:
970660
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 1
REF:
XXBY:
ALD. PRATT
TITL:
Substitute resolution approving participation in a 66.30 intergovernmental agreement for the provision of animal control services.
ANLS:
This resolution authorizes the proper city officials to execute a 66.30 agreement with other participating Milwaukee County municipalities to establish a jointly-operated animal control services facility for domestic animals. It further authorizes the Health Department, upon presentation of a quarterly financial and billing statement, to expend up to $112,473 in capital costs each year and up to $1,285,078 in initial operating costs. Annual cost increases are not to exceed the lesser of: (a) the percentage of increase in the U.S. Urban CPI index, all wage earners, for the twelve (12) months ended on September 30 next preceding the budget year, (b) the percentage of increase in the Gross Domestic Product Price index for the twelve (12) months ending on September 30 next preceding the budget year, or (c) the limit for increases in municipal budgets certified by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue for the purposes of Section 79.05, Wisconsin Statutes.
BODY:
Whereas, local units of government are required by law to capture, shelter and dispose of stray and unwanted animals that cannot be returned to their owners; and
Whereas, The city and eighteen (18) other municipalities have been contracting with Milwaukee County and the Wisconsin Humane Society for sixty-five (65) years for this service, and the Wisconsin Humane Society has notified the nineteen (19) municipalities of their intent to terminate the contract for said services effective at the end of 1998; and
Whereas, There has been a Planning/Steering Committee comprised of representatives of the city and the other eighteen (18) Milwaukee County municipalities to determine the best course of action; and
Whereas, The Planning/Steering Committee has found that there are advantages ...
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