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File #: 25-819    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 6/17/2025 In control: Sheriff
On agenda: 7/8/2025 Final action:
Title: Animal Shelter Services Agreement with City of Blue Lake
Strategic Framework: 1000 - SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, 1001 - Support and sustain partnerships between public safety and partner agencies to enhance public safety in our communities
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. City of Blue Lake Animal Shelter Services Agreement_rm.pdf

To: Board of Supervisors

From: Sheriff

Agenda Section: Consent

Vote Requirement: Majority

SUBJECT:
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Animal Shelter Services Agreement with City of Blue Lake
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Retroactively approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board and the Sheriff to execute the attached Animal Shelter Services Agreement with the city of Blue Lake for the period of July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2029 (attachment 1); and
2. Authorize the Sheriff and his designees to recompute the annual cost of animal shelter services and notice the city of Blue Lake of the new annual rate in accordance with the agreement; and
3. Authorize the Chair of the Board and Sheriff to execute any amendments, extensions, or modifications to the Agreement with approval by County Counsel, Risk Management, and the County Administrative Office (CAO).

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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.

Area of Focus: Safe & Healthy Communities
Strategic Plan Category: 1001 -Support and sustain partnerships between public safety and partner agencies to enhance public safety in our communities

DISCUSSION:
Since 2004, the city of Blue Lake has contracted with the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) to provide animal shelter services to the incorporated area of their city. The city has been under the same contract since 2004 with annual CPI increases. HCSO has worked with County Counsel, Risk Management, and the CAO's office to implement a new cost model and update the agreement.

The basic level of animal shelter services to be provided to the city of Blue Lake consist of HCSO maintaining and operating an animal shelter in a secure and sanitary manner adequate for the confinement, treatment and disposal of all domestic animals which may be delivered to it from the city.
Due to timing of acquiring all signatures and approvals, HCSO requests retroactive approval of the agreement to July 1...

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