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CONTRACT NO. 3
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF TARRANT §
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR RABIES CONTROL
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between the City of Fort Worth, a
home -rule municipal corporation situated in Tarrant, Denton, Parker, and Wise Counties, Texas,
acting by and through its duly authorized Assistant City Manager (hereinafter referred to as
"City"), and the City of Blue Mound, Texas, a Type A general law municipal corporation located
in Tarrant County, Texas, acting by and through its duly authorized
&Y er- i9/an yko ks (hereinafter referred to as "Blue Mound").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code authorizes the formulation of
interlocal cooperation agreements between and among municipalities and counties for the
performance of governmental functions; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 826 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, also known as the
Rabies Control Act of 1981 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), requires governing bodies of
each municipality to designate a local rabies control authority to enforce the Act and minimum
standards for rabies control adopted by the Texas Department of State Health Services; and
WHEREAS, Section 826.016 of said Act authorizes a municipality to enter into
agreements with public entities to carry out activities required or authorized under the Act; and
WHEREAS, Blue Mound wishes to participate in an interlocal agreement with City for
the purpose of limited rabies control in the City of Blue Mound; and
WHEREAS, Blue Mound and City mutually desire to be subject to the provisions of
Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code, also known as the Interlocal Cooperation Act.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:
1.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this Interlocal Agreement is to enter into an Agreement between City and
Blue Mound whereby, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth and consideration
specified below, City agrees to provide Blue Mound with limited rabies control services, and
further that City agrees to provide for the impoundment and quarantine facilities for animals
impounded and quarantined under this Agreement for the benefit of Blue_Mound. -
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2.
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:
ACT shall mean the Rabies Control Act of 1981, codified as Chapter 826 of the Texas
Health and Safety Code.
ANIMAL shall mean any living, vertebrate creature, domestic or wild, other than homo
sapiens.
ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL CENTER shall mean the facility located at 4900
Martin Street, Fort Worth, Texas, which is operated by the City for the purpose of
impounding and caring for animals as prescribed by law.
BITE shall mean a bite or scratch capable of transmitting rabies, which is inflicted by an
animal on a human.
CAT shall mean a commonly domesticated member of the Felidae (feline) family, other
than a lion, tiger, bobcat, jaguar, panther, leopard, cougar, or other prohibited animal.
DANGEROUS DOG shall mean a dog that makes an unprovoked attack on a person or
other animal that causes bodily injury and occurs in a place other than an enclosure in
which the dog is being kept and that was reasonably certain to prevent the dog from
leaving the enclosure on its own; or a dog that commits unprovoked acts in a place other
than an enclosure in which the dog was being kept and that was reasonably certain to
prevent the dog from leaving the enclosure on its own and those acts cause a person to
reasonably believe that the dog will attack and cause bodily injury to that person.
DAY shall mean a calendar day or any part thereof.
DOG shall mean cams familiaris.
QUARANTINE shall mean the strict confinement of a biting animal, in accordance with
the Act and the Rules.
RABIES shall mean an acute viral disease of man and animal affecting the central
nervous system and usually transmitted by an animal bite.
RULES shall mean the rules adopted by the Texas Department of State Health Services
for rabies control and eradication under 25 TAC § 169.21 et seq.
STRAY shall mean roaming with no physical restraint beyond the premises of an
animal's owner or keeper.
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3.
TERM
The term of this Agreement is for a period of one (1) year commencing on October 1,
2009, and ending on September 30, 2010.
4.
SERVICES BY CITY
A. Hours
City agrees to perform the services in Subsection B., C., and D. for Blue Mound, between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. week days and weekends, excluding holidays. In the
event of an emergency, involving potentially rabid animals that occur after-hours,
weekends, or holidays, City agrees to provide services in Subsection B. and C. in the
manner and extent that the City deems appropriate.
B. Calls For Service
City will screen and respond to the incoming calls listed below in the manner and to the
extent that it deems appropriate, including but not limited to the impoundment of stray
animals and the euthanizing of sick or injured animals. Incoming calls include:
(1) Reports of stray injured animals;
(2) Reports of stray dangerous dogs;
(3) Reports of captured animals;
(4) Reports by officials of public or private elementary and secondary schools
of stray animals upon or near school property; and
(5) Requests by Blue Mound to patrol for stray animals in specific areas on a
limited basis.
C. Rabies Response
In the manner and to the extent that it deems appropriate and in accordance with the
Rules and the Act, City will:
(1) Screen incoming calls, take reports and investigate such reports of bites or
of animals that are suspected of being rabid;
(2) Place animals referred to it in C (1) above in rabies quarantine or
euthanize such animals for rabies testing;
(3) Process and ship other animal specimens for rabies testing which are
presented by the Blue Mound to the City; and
(4) Provide surveillance and trapping of suspected bite animals and of animals
that are suspected of being rabid.
D. Educational Services
City will provide, upon written request by Blue Mound and as practicable and available,
educational programs and speakers on the topic of rabies control and eradication.
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5.
DUTIES OF BLUE MOUND
A. Blue Mound agrees that it will retain all responsibility for enforcement of all aspects of
the Act not covered in Paragraph 4 of this Agreement, including criminal enforcement.
B. Blue Mound agrees that it will provide prompt response by the Blue Mound Police Office
to calls for assistance by the City when performing services under this Agreement.
C. Blue Mound agrees that it will pursue, at its discretion, the issuance and execution of
warrants or other court orders necessary for the seizure of animals requiring quarantine or
testing under Paragraph 4 (C) of this Agreement, whose owners have failed or refused to
place them for quarantine or testing. Blue Mound further agrees that City is not required
to pursue the issuance and execution of such warrants.
6.
IMPOUNDMENT AND DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS
A. Any animal presented by a resident of Blue Mound may be accepted by the City provided
that Blue Mound shall pay one (1) day's board for such surrendered animals and four (4)
four days' board for delivered stray animals, as specified in Exhibit "A." A live, stray
animal impounded by the City under this Agreement shall be held for a period of not less
than three (3) days, excluding the day it is impounded, unless released earlier to its
owner. A quarantined animal shall be held or presented for testing according to the Act
and the Rules.
B. Prior to the expiration of the impoundment period, the City may destroy an impounded
animal if the Animal Services Administrator or Animal Control Manager of the City or
the Animal Care and Control Center's veterinarian recommends and approves such
action.
C. Impounded animals will be released to their owners upon:
(1) Proof of identification;
(2) Receipt or other proof of payment to Blue Mound of kenneling, quarantine or
other fees required by Blue Mound;
(3) Purchase of a City license tag if the animal is a dog or cat and the owner resides
within the City;
(4) Arranging for a rabies vaccination for the animal if it is a dog or a cat and its
vaccination is not current and the owner resides within the City.
D. The ownership of impounded animals that have not been released to their owners on the
expiration of the impoundment period reverts to the City, and the animals may be placed
for adoption, transferred to other animal welfare agencies or euthanized, at the discretion
of the City.
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E. All quarantined animals from Blue Mound not reclaimed by their owner will be
euthanized and Blue Mound will be billed for the cost of quarantine, euthanization, and
disposal.
F. Blue Mound will be billed for boarding of all impounded animals delivered by Blue
Mound for the number of days held during the impoundment period and/or for the
number of days held up to the date reclaimed by the owner. The number of days, for
billing purposes, will begin on the day that the animal is impounded.
7.
EXCLUSIONS
A. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed as designating the City or an officer or
employee of the City as the "local health authority" or "local rabies control authority" of
Blue Mound as those terms are defined or used in Title 10 of the Texas Health and Safety
Code.
B. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed as requiring the City to investigate reports of
dangerous dogs, to register dangerous dogs, or otherwise regulate dangerous dogs in Blue
Mound under the authority of Chapter 822 Subchapter D. of the Texas Health and Safety
Code.
C. City shall not patrol for or impound stray animals if Blue Mound fails to enact and
maintain rules or ordinances pursuant to Sections 826.015 and 826.033 of the Texas
Health and Safetv Code that reauire animals to be restrained at all times.
8.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYEES
City employees who provide services under this Agreement are deemed to be City
employees when providing such services. City will exercise complete control over the hiring,
training, supervision, and conduct of such employees. City will be responsible for all wages and
applicable payroll deductions, unemployment taxes, workers' compensation insurance,
vacations, holidays, and fringe benefits for such employees and for all uniforms, vehicles, and
equipment (except as provided in Paragraph 5(D) of this Agreement) used by such employees for
providing services under this Agreement. Blue Mound shall have no direct supervisory authority
over such employees except in emergency situations where the exercise of supervision by Blue
Mound becomes necessary. Regarding workers' compensation insurance, the City shall not
waive its right to subrogate against Blue Mound for losses incurred in the course of City's
services rendered to Blue Mound under this Agreement.
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9.
COMPENSATION
A. As fair compensation for the services rendered by City to Blue Mound from October 1, 2009
through September 30, 2010, Blue Mound agrees to pay City for its services based on the
schedule attached hereto as "Exhibit A", which is hereby incorporated as a part of this
Agreement as if it were set forth at length. City may adjust any fee listed in "Exhibit A"
during the term of this Agreement by giving Blue Mound 120 days notice. Blue Mound will
not pay City more than $ CCO, cv total for services during the term of this Agreement,
and when such amount is reached, City will cease providing such services. City agrees to
provide Blue Mound with an itemized monthly bill. Blue Mound agrees to promptly pay
such bills upon presentation by the City, such payments to be made from current revenues
available to Blue Mound. In the event of the termination of this Agreement, City shall bill
Blue Mound for any outstanding balance, regardless of the amount, and Blue Mound agrees
to promptly pay such bill.
B. Pursuant to the requirements of Section 791.011(d)(3) of the Texas Government Code, the
amount due City under subparagraph A. above shall be paid from revenues available to Blue
Mound in fiscal year October 2009 through September 2010.
10.
LIABILITIES
A. To the extent permitted by law, Blue Mound shall be responsible for all work -related
deaths, injuries or diseases of Blue Mound employees, and for property damage, personal
injury or death caused by such employees, relating to work provided pursuant to this
Agreement.
B. To the extent permitted by law, City shall be responsible for all work -related deaths,
injuries or diseases of City employees, and for property damage, personal injury or death
caused by City employees or volunteers relating to work provided pursuant to this
Agreement.
C. Blue Mound shall be responsible for all property damages, personal injuries and death
caused by the use of City and Blue Mound equipment and vehicles pursuant to this
Agreement. Furthermore, Blue Mound shall be responsible for the repair or replacement
of all such equipment and vehicles damaged, destroyed, lost or stolen by Blue Mound
employees or volunteers during the provision of services hereunder.
City shall be responsible for all property damages, personal injuri
D. es and death caused by
the use of City equipment and vehicles caused by City employees or volunteers pursuant
to this Agreement. Furthermore, City shall be responsible for the repair or replacement
of all such equipment and vehicles damaged, destroyed, lost or stolen caused by City
employees or volunteers during the provision of services hereunder.
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11.
IMMUNITY & THIRD PARTIES
A. Blue Mound expressly waives its right to assert immunity from suit for a claim forming
the basis of a suit between the City and Blue Mound alleging a breach of this Agreement.
Blue Mound does this as consideration for the City's offer to enter into this Contract with
Blue Mound. No third party may use this waiver in any way and no waiver of immunity
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n favor of a third party is intended by this Agreement.
B. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to benefit any third party other than an
employee or officer of Blue Mound or City while in the performance of this Agreement.
This Agreement may not be construed to expand the liability of City or Blue Mound
beyond the scope of chapter 101 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code unless
specifically stated herein.
12.
TERMINATION
It is further agreed by and between City and Blue Mound that City and Blue Mound shall
each have the right to terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days written notice to the other
party.
13.
ENTIRETY
This Agreement contains all commitments and agreements of the parties hereto, and no
other oral or written commitments shall have any force or effect if not contained herein.
14.
MODIFICATION
This Agreement may be modified by the mutual
modification is in writing and signed by City and Blue Mound.
15.
SEVERABILITY
agreement of the parties, if the
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 thereof and this Agreement shall be
construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provisions had never been contained
herein.
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10.
AUTHORITY
This Agreement is made for City and Blue Mound as an Interlocal Agreement pursuant to
Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code.
17.
AUTHORIZATION
The undersigned officer and/or agents of the parties hereto are properly authorized
officials and have the necessary authority to execute this Agreement on behalf of the parties
hereto, and each party hereby certifies to the other that any necessary resolutions extending such
authority have been duly passed and are now in full force and effect.
18.
FORCE MAJEURE
It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties to this Agreement that if the
performance of any obligations hereunder is delayed by reason of war; civil commotion; acts of
God; inclement weather; governmental restrictions, regulations, or interferences; fires; strikes;
lockouts, national disasters; riots; material or labor restrictions; transportation problems; or any
other circumstances which are reasonably beyond the control of the party obligated or permitted
under the terms of this Agreement to do or perform the same, regardless of whether any such
circumstance is similar to any of those enumerated or not, the party so obligated or permitted
shall be excused from doing or performing the same during such period of delay, so that the time
period applicable to such design or construction requirement shall be extended for a period of
time equal to the period such party was delayed.
19.
FISCAL FUNDING LIMITATION
If for any reason, at any time during any term of this Agreement, the Fort Worth City
Council fails to appropriate funds sufficient for the City to fulfill its obligations under this
Agreement, the City may terminate this Agreement to be effective on the later of (i) thirty (30)
days following delivery to Blue Mound of written notice of the City's intention to terminate or (ii)
the last date for which funding has been appropriated by the City Council for the purposes set forth
in this Agreement.
20.
HOMELAND SECURITY
If the United States Department of Homeland Security issues a Level Orange or Level
Red Alert, City, in its sole discretion, may terminate the Lease immediately.
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EXECUTED in triplicate this
County, Texas.
CITY OF FORT WORTH
W. Daniels
Assistant City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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SCHEDULE OF FEES PAID BY COUNTY
DAILY BOARD FEE
Kenneling (per dog, cat or other small animal)
Quarantine (per animal)
SERVICE CALLS AND RABIES RESPONSE
(Excluding head preparation and shipment)
Per Request
HEAD PREPARATION AND SHIPMENT
Per Animal Head
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
Per Staff Hourly Charge
EUTHANIZATION AND DISPOSAL
Per animal
$15.00 per day
$20.00 per day
$87.00
$100.00
$70.00
AFTER-HOURS WEEKEND AND EMERGENCY ANIMAL CONTROL RESPONSE
Per Request
$100.00
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COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 8/11/2009
DATE: Tuesday, August 11, 2009
LOG NAME: 23RABIESCONTROL
REFERENCE NO.: **G-16649
SUBJECT:
Authorize Execution of Interlocal Agreements with Various Tarrant County Municipalities for the Purpose of
Providing Animal and Rabies Control and Rabies Specimen Shipment from October 1, 2009, Through
September 30, 2010
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute interlocal agreements with
various Tarrant County municipalities for the purpose of providing limited animal and rabies control and
rabies specimen shipment from October 1, 2009, through September 30, 2010.
DISCUSSION:
The Code Compliance Department, Animal Care and Control Division, (Animal Care and Control Division)
has historically assisted some Tarrant County municipalities in providing animal control and in the
processing and shipment of specimens to the Bureau of Laboratories in Austin for testing related to rabies
control. Services associated with processing specimens include the kenneling of impounded animals,
euthanization, disposal services and specimen shipping. Section 791.011 of the Texas Government Code
provides that a local government may contract with another local government to perform "governmental
functions and services," which includes functions and services related to public health and welfare. Under
this provision, the City of Fort Worth may enter into an interlocal agreement so that the Animal Care and
Control Division may provide animal control, animal impoundment, boarding, quarantine, euthanization
and disposal services to a municipality.
In Fiscal Year 2009, the City of Benbrook contracted for specimen shipment services. The cities of Forest
Hill, Kennedale, Edgecliff Village, Pantego and Dalworthington Gardens contracted for boarding,
quarantine, specimen shipping, euthanization and disposal services. The City of Blue Mound contracted
for these services plus animal control. Municipalities desiring to contract for any of these services are
required to execute a new agreement annually.
The proposed fee schedule for Fiscal Year 2010 is:
SERVICE
Daily Board Fee
Euthanization/Disposal Fee
Quarantine Board Fee
Service Request
Emergency Service Request
Educational Services
Animal Head Shipment/Rabies Testing
FEE
$15.00
$15.00
$20.00
$87.00
$100.00
$70.00/hour
$100.00
Based on revenues received from interlocal agreements in Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009, staff anticipates
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kenneling revenue in Fiscal Year 2010 to total $47,000.00; service response revenue to total $3,500.00
and specimen shipping revenue to total $500.00.
FISCAL INFORMATION /CERTIFICATION:
The Financial Management Services Director certifies that the Code Compliance Department, Animal
Care and Control Division, is responsible for the collection and deposit of funds due to the City.
FUND CENTERS:
TO Fund/Account/Centers
GG01 4VARIOUS 0239002
CERTIFICATIONS:
Submitted for City Manager's Office bv:
Originating_Department Head:
Additional Information Contact:
$51, 000.00
ATTACHMENTS
1. accountverification.pdf (CFW Internal)
FROM Fund/Account/Centers
Charles Daniels (6199)
Brandon Bennett (6322)
James Agyemang (3743)
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