Agmt21 Animal Control Agreement Between San Mateo County and Cities

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9 2. Licensing fees that are deemed uncollectable by the Animal Licensing Contractor after reasonable efforts by the Contractor to collect; and 3. Any other fees for services provided to each City under the terms of this Agreement. The County’s cost to provide collection services will be included in the administrative cost to facilitate this Agreement. The Cities acknowledge and agree that the County is not responsible for any fees that remain uncollected after reasonable efforts are made to collect. In the event that a City determines that additional collection efforts are warranted, it may undertake such efforts at its own expense. Any shortfall in revenues caused by uncollected fees shall be the responsibility of all Cities based on the proportionate share of costs. i. Annually provide each City with the audit report required and completed as outlined in Attachment 1. j. Annually, arrange and oversee a performance audit or fiscal assessment following the, Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) to assess whether the Animal Control Contractor is achieving efficiency and effectiveness in performance of the services provided and provide a copy of the performance audit to the Cities. The parameters of the audit and cost will be determined by a subgroup of all Parties through a County Request for Proposal process. Cities will be invoiced for the actual cost of said audit as outlined in Section 3.7 (estimate cost of $81,000 has been added to the administrative cost table in section 4.2). k. For Spay/Neuter Assistance Vouchers: 1. Allocate one dollar from each annual license fee paid for a dog or cat to: i. When funds are available as determined by the County, assist pet owners and feral cat advocates with the cost to alter the dogs, cats, and feral cats that reside in the County on a county wide basis; and ii. As funds are available as determined by the County, execute outreach efforts to educate residents on the responsibilities of owning a pet and the importance of altering, vaccinating, and licensing all dogs and cats. 2. Issue, monitor and maintain a dog, cat, and feral cat database, allocating funds to the appropriate category of need based on the public’s requests.