ORDINANCE NO. 250246
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Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Parks-Shaw
Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a thirteen month Animal Campus Management Services Agreement (EV3989) with Kansas City Pet Project to provide animal shelter management services up to the amount of $232,222.22 for services provided through April 30, 2025, and $3,800,000.00 for fiscal year 2025-26 services, subject to the appropriation of funds; and authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to renew and amend the Agreement for an additional one-year term.
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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 A...
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