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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 250246
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Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Parks-Shaw
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a contract to provide Animal Campus Management Services (EV3989) with Kansas City Pet Project in an amount up to $232,222.22 for services provided through April 30, 2025, and to renew such contract in the amount of $3,800,000.00 for fiscal year 2025-26 services, subject to the appropriation of funds and the Director of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Department’s approval of Kansas City Pet Project’s Contractor Utilization Plan/Request for Waiver; directing the City Manager to report to Council on or before April 22, 2025 concerning the Director’s determination; authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to renew and amend the Agreement for an additional one-year term; reducing the contingent appropriation in the amount of $1,000.00 and appropriating same; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, on June 27, 2019, Council passed Ordinance No. 190511, authorizing a Management Services Agreement (EV2659) with Kansas City Campus for Animal Care (“KCCAC”) to provide shelter management services at the City’s new animal shelter, located on City parkland, in an amount not to exceed $3.8 million annually, with an initial term expiring April 30, 2029, and an automatic ten-year renewal period thereafter; and
WHEREAS, on February 17, 2025, KCCAC provided City with written notice that it was terminating the contract and relinquishing its management duties, effective April 8, 2025; and
WHEREAS, if City cannot obtain another provider to assume such services on April 8, 2025, it would present an imminent threat to public health, welfare, safety and essential City operations; and
WHEREAS, City has negotiated a proposed contract with the previous subcontractor, Kansas City Pet Project (KCPP) to directly assume shelter management services for City from April 8, 2025, to April 30, 2026, with a potential one-year renewal period for $3.8 million per year; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Manager of Procurement Services is hereby authorized to execute an Animal Campus Management Services Agreement (EV3989) with Kansas City Pet Project to provide animal shelter management services in an amount not to exceed $232,222.22 from April 8, 2025, through April 30, 2025, from funds previously appropriated to Account No. 25-1000-572620-B. A copy of the contract is on file with the City Clerk.
Section 2. That the Manager of Procurement Services is authorized to renew the Animal Campus Management Services Agreement in an amount not to exceed $3,800,000.00 from May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2026, subject to the appropriation of funds for Fiscal Year 2025-26, so long as the Director of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Department approves Kansas City Pet Project’s Contractor Utilization Plan/Request for Waiver.
Section 3. That the City Manager is hereby directed to report to Council on or before April 22, 2025 concerning the status of the Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Department’s review of Kansas City Pet Project’s Contractor Utilization Plan/Request for Waiver, including any determination made by the Director and the reasons therefor.
Section 4. That the appropriation in the following account of the General Fund is hereby reduced by the following amount:
25-1000-179990-B Contingent Appropriation $1,000.00
Section 5. That the sum of $1,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund in the following account of the General Fund:
25-1000-572620-B Animal Shelter $1,000.00
Section 6. That, subject to the appropriation of funds and pursuant to such Agreement (EV3989), the Manager of Procurement Services is hereby authorized to spend up to $3.8 million, during the FY 2026 budget, beginning on May 1, 2025, for a one-year period.
Section 7. That the Manager of Procurement Services is authorized to renew and amend the Agreement for an additional one (1) year term without additional council authorization.
Section 8. That this ordinance is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter in that it appropriates money and shall take effect in accordance with that section.
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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.
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Tammy L. Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Bret R. Kassen
Associate City Attorney