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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Jonathan Armas, Animal Care and Control Director
DATE: July 9, 2019
SUBJECT: Consideration of A) Waiving the formal bidding process as it would produce no economic benefit to the County, B) Authorizing the Public Services Director to issue a purchase order for a backup generator for the Animal Care and Control Shelter located at 4949 Helbush Drive, Lakeport, and C) Approving Budget Transfer in Budget Unit 2703, Animal Care and Control to Object Code 62-74, to purchase and install a backup generator in the amount of $75,000
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Lake County Animal Care and Control cares for animals that are stray, surrendered, and injured. It is mandated by law for the shelter to properly care for all animals that the shelter has impounded. The shelter also manages and uses drugs to help for any illnesses or needs the animals may have. It is important for these drugs to be kept at certain temperatures to prevent them from expiring. It is important that the shelter is operational within the law, to care for these animals and for the public to be able to get their animals in a timely fashion. It is also important that the public be able to bring in stray or injured animals. The shelter also takes in and stores deceased animals from county roadways and public. We keep the deceased in a large freezer to slow the process rot and decay. We use a vendor who picks up the deceased and transports them away and if our freezer is down we could run into potential issues with the only vendor available to us.
FISCAL IMPACT: __ None __Budgeted _x_Non-Budgeted
Estimated Cost: $75,000
Amount Budgeted:
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Annual Cost (if planned for future years):
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STAFFING IMPACT (if applicable): N/A
Recommended Action
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Animal Care and Control recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
A) Waive the formal bidding process as it would produce no economic benefit to the County.
B) Authorize the Public Services Director to issue a purchase order for a backup generator for the Animal Care and Control Shelter located at 4949 Helbush Drive, Lakeport.
C) Approve Budget Transfer in Budget Unit 2703, Animal Care and Control to Object Code 62-74, to purchase and install a backup generator in the amount of $75,000.