ORDER NO. 3735
AP'P'ROVAL OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
KERB COUNTY AND CIfiY OF INGRAM
FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES AND AUTHORIZE THE
COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN SAME
On this the E°th day of November 199, upon motion made by
Commissioner Holekamp, seconded by J~_~dge Robert A. Denson, the
Cour-t unanimously approved by a vote of 4-0-0, the
interlocal agreement between Kerr Co~_-nty and City of Ingram
for Animal Control Services and a~_-thor•ize the Co~_-nty J~_-dge to
sign same.
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES
BETWEEN KERR COUNTY
AND
THE CITY OF INGRAM
This Agreement (herein "Agreement") is made by and between the City of Ingram (herein
"City") and the County of Kerr (herein "County"), pursuant to the terms and provisions of
Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code (Interlocal Cooperation Act).
ARTICLE 1
TERM
1.01 The initial terms of this Agreement shall be from October 1, 1996 through
September 30, 1997.
1.02 This Agreement shall be renewed automatically, without action by any party
hereto, for successive periods of one (1) year each, commencing on October 1, 1997, unless
notice of cancellation is given by any party hereto not less than sixty (60) days prior to the
commencement of the renewal term in question.
ARTICLE 2
PURPOSE
2.01 The purpose of this agreement is for the county to provide animal control services,
as that term is defined below, within the corporate limits of the City, pursuant to the terms of all
currently existing and hereafter enacted City animal control ordinances, and all other applicable
state laws and or county regulations.
2.02 The parties to this Agreement hereby agree that animal control services can be
provided more efficiently and economically to all citizens of both parties by virtue of this
Interlocal Agreement than such services could be provided independently by either entity.
ARTICLE 3
"ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES" DEFINED
3.01 "Animal Control Services", as used herein shall mean detention of live
unrestrained, unowned or stray dogs or cats under the rules and regulations imposed for such
detention by the Kerr County Animal Control Order, Ordinances of the City of Ingram, and state
law.
3.02 Such animal control services shall specifically include detention of animals subject
to quarantine, unless the animal in question is to be home quarantined.
ARTICLE 4
CONTRACTED SERVICES
4.01 The County agrees to provide animal control services within the corporate limits of
the City of Ingram during the term of this agreement, in return for the consideration set out below
in Article 5.
ARTICLE 5
CONSIDERATION
5.01 In return for the animal control services provided to the City pursuant to Article 4
of this Agreement, the City agrees to reimburse the County As follows: the City shall pay a
monthly amount of $250.00 with the total being $3,000.00 annually with a cap of 18 animals per
month or 216 annually and charges for excess animals will be at $25.00 per head. This amount to
be paid to the County in return for the County's provision of animal control services. The first
such payment shall be due and payable to the County on or before October 1, 1996, and each
payment thereafter shall be due and payable on or before the first calendar day of each subsequent
month during the contract period.
ARTICLE 6
ANNUAL BUDGET
6.01 The County shall establish an annual budget covering the animal control services
by the county and shall thereafter submit a report to the City of the County's actual costs of
providing these services to the City, within thirty days of receiving a written request from the
City, but in no event shall the County be required to provide such budget figures before July 1,
1997.
ARTICLE 7
ACCESS TO RECORDS
7.01 The County's animal shelter services' books and records shall be available for
inspection and copying by the City at reasonable times and upon reasonable request.
ARTICLE 8
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
8.01 In the performance of its obligations hereunder, the County is an independent
contractor, with exclusive right to supervise, manage, control and direct the performance of
animal control services.
8.02 The City shall look to the County for results only, and shall not have the right at
any time to direct or supervise any county personnel, agents or employees in the performance of
animal control services, nor as to the manner, means or methods in which the services are
performed.
ARTICLE 9
GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.01 In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall for any
reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof and this Agreement shall be construed
as though the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
9.02 This Agreement constitutes the sole and only Agreement of the parties hereto and
supersedes any prior understandings or written or oral Agreements between the parties with
respect tot he subject matter hereof.
Approved and adopted by Kerr County Commissioners' Court on this ~~
day ~of ~ivv~ber 1996.
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Patricia Dye, Kerr County Cler~/and
Ex-Officio Clerk of the Commissioners'
Court of Kerr County, Texas
FROM Kerr County Judge PHONE N0. 1 21@ 792 2218 Nov. 19 1996 @4:31PM P2
Approved and adopted by the City Council for the City of Ingram on this __~ ~___
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Nina Jean Bird Raymer
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Attest
City c?erx
Asst. City Secretary
Approved and adopted by the City Council for the City of Ingram on this
day of November 1996.
MAYOR, CITY OF IN;GRAM
Attest:
City Clerk
Order Nc. 23735
P.pproval of Interlocal
Agreement Between
Kerr County and City
~f Ingram for Animal
Control Service and
authorize the County Judge
to sign same
November 25, 1996
Vol. U Pg 8~1