Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes a sole source contract with the Dane County Human Society through the remainder of 2026. The cost of the contract will depend on the quantity and type of services provided but is expected to total approximately $800,000 based on services provided in 2025. Public Health’s 2026 adopted operating budget includes $390,000 for the contract. The total Public Health budget is $34.2 million. The potential over budget amount represents 1.2% of Public Health’s total budgeted expenditures and will be supported by underspending within Public Health’s budget and/or the use of additional fund balance. Public Health’s actual spending versus its budget will be monitored through the City’s mid-year and year-end budget projection process. Any requests to transfer budget or authorize additional fund balance will require approval in accordance with the terms of the intergovernmental agreement between the City and the County.
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Authorizing the Director of Public Health to sign a Sole Source contract for Purchase of Services with Dane County Humane Society for 2026
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WHEREAS, Public Health Madison & Dane County (Public Health) through its Animal Service Program 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 Agreemen...
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