Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes a sole source contract with the Dane County Humane Society for services in 2027. The total contract cost is estimated to be $913,000 in 2027. The contract provides the same services and pricing as 2026 but adds two new categories of fees for situations involving surrender without arrangement and after-hours drop-offs. These new fees are expected to account for $13,000 of the total estimated costs. Funding for the contract is included in the 2027 executive operating budget for Public Health. No additional appropriation required.
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Authorizing the Director of Public Health to sign a Sole Source Contract for Purchase of Services with the Dane County Humane Society for 2027 (2026 C RES -005)
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WHEREAS, Public Health Madison & Dane County (Public Health) through its Animal Control Officers has the authority and obligation to enforce several Wisconsin Statutes, Dane County and Madison ordinances related to crimes against animals, animal control, and animal care; and
WHEREAS, since approximately 2018, Public Health has held a contract with the Dane County Humane Society (DCHS) to provide care, treatment, and humane disposal of stray, abandoned, and impounded companion, livestock and exotic animals within the geographic limits of Dane County and the City of Madison; voluntarily surrendered animals when initiated by Public Health, rabies related services for stray, abandoned, impounded, and wild animals known to have bitten a person or believed to be afflicted by or exposed to the rabies virus, and related services; and
WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Agreement creating the joint city-county health department requires Public Health to follow City of Madison purchasing and fiscal rules when purchasing services for the joint department, and the Board of Health for Madison and Dane County endorsed that process by Board resolution in 2008; and
WHEREAS, the City’s purchasing rules are in Section 4.26 of the Madison G...
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