Kansas City - File #: 250188

• File #: 250188
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Referred
• File created: 2/7/2025
• In control: Council
• On agenda: 3/6/2025
• Title: Sponsor: City Manager's Office Directing the City Manager to transition animal control operations from the City's current contractor, Kansas City Pet Project, to the Neighborhood Services Department no later than December 31, 2025, and to cooperate with such contractor to facilitate a smooth transition of such responsibilities by providing contractor no fewer than 90 days' notice of the date on which such contract will terminate and City staff will assume all animal control operations; reducing the contingent appropriation in the General Fund by $500,000.00; appropriating $500,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund for the purposes of hiring a manager of animal control services, negotiating equipment purchases, and public engagement efforts with residents and relevant stakeholders; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
• Sponsors: City Manager's Office

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/4/2025	1	Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee
2/27/2025	1	Council	referred

ORDINANCE NO. 250188

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Sponsor: City Manager's Office

Directing the City Manager to transition animal control operations from the City's current contractor, Kansas City Pet Project, to the Neighborhood Services Department no later than December 31, 2025, and to cooperate with such contractor to facilitate a smooth transition of such responsibilities by providing contractor no fewer than 90 days' notice of the date on which such contract will terminate and City staff will assume all animal control operations; reducing the contingent appropriation in the General Fund by $500,000.00; appropriating $500,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund for the purposes of hiring a manager of animal control services, negotiating equipment purchases, and public engagement efforts with residents and relevant stakeholders; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, Chapter 14, Animals, of the Kansas City Code of Ordinances sets forth the City's animal regulations; and
WHEREAS, City staff previously performed the City's animal control enforcement services before City outsourced such operations to Kansas City Pet Project pursuant to a contract beginning September 1, 2020, as authorized by City Council in Ordinance No. 200533; and
WHEREAS, since September 1, 2020, Kansas City Pet Project has performed animal control operations for the City pursuant to contract, with the current term expiring on April 30, 2025, and the option of a final renewal term extending the contract as far as April 30, 2026; and
WHEREAS, in August 2024, the City released a Request for Proposals ("RFP") inviting potential contractors to submit their proposals for providing continued animal control services; and
WHEREAS, the City's Evaluation Team tasked with reviewing any response to this RFP specifically rejected Kansas City Pet Project's response to this RFP and did not...