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INTRODUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN CLAYTON
BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. 2 , SERIES OF 1979
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD,
COLORADO, AN D THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, CITIES OF LITTLETON,
SHERIDAN AND CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, COLORADO, RELATING TO THE
USE OF THE AN IMAL SHELTER FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD,
COLORADO.
WHERE AS, the City of Englewood, a municipal corporation,
operates and maintains an animal shelter and disposal facility
within the Ci t y ; and
WHE REAS, Arapahoe County as well as the cities of Littleton,
Sheridan and Cherry Hi lls Village desi r e to participate in the use
of s aid facility; a n d
WHEREA S, i t is mutually desirable under the provisions of
Title 29, Arti c le 2, C.R.S. '73, as amended, to enter into said
agreements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ENGLE WOOD, COLORADO, as follows:
Section 1.
That t he City of Englewood, Colorado, and Arapahoe County,
cities of Littleton, Sheridan, Cherry Hills Village shall enter
into separate c ontract agreements whereby the City of Englewood,
shall provide a n i mal shelter f ac i lities and services incidental
thereto for said County and ad j o i ning cities. Said contracts are
attached hereto, identical in form and content, consisting of
five (5) typewr i tten pages, and incorporated herein by this ref-
erence. Said i nstruments provide generally as follows:
Article I, consisting of thirteen sections, provides
that Englewood agrees to maintain an animal shelter
facility and service incident thereto, to provide
for the ma i ntenance and confinement of small animals
and faci l i t i es, i nclud i ng an euthanasia chamber and gas-
fired incinerator, met h ods of receiving, housing, feed-
ing and otherwi s e c a ring for animals ordered impounded
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by county and city autlDrities; provides methods for
advising t~ general public as well as county and
city authorities of the method of releasing animals
and collecting charges, fees, and fines, providing
for the disposal by the City after the sixth day of
confinement or upon written notice from the county
or cities, provides generally for the disposal through
adoption, transfer to research agencies, or euthanasia
and cremation .
Article II, containing seven sections, generally
provides a basis for the fees to be charged each
political entity, for the boarding and disposal of
animals, a minimum adoption fee and the mandatory
neutering of small animals by qualified veterinarians
as well as the requirement to administer rabies
vaccinations when required by Tri-County Health
regulations .
Article III, containing one section, provides that
the agreement shall be in effect commencing January 1,
1979 for three months, terminating April 1, 1979.
Section 2.
The City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado,
hereby authorizes and directs the Mayor of the City of Englewood
to subscribe his name to said contract for and in behalf of the
City Council and the City of Englewood, Colorado, and that the
Director of Finance, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer, attest and
execute the same.
Introduced, read in full and passed on first reading on
the 18th day of December, 1978.
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 20th day of
December, 1978.
Read by title and passed on final reading on the 2nd day
of January, 1979.
Published as Ordinance No. __ 2 __ , Series of 1979, on the
10th day of January, 19 79.
Attest: Mayor
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!,.William D. James, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true, accurate and complete copy of the Ordinance
passed on final reading and published by title as Ordinance No. 2 ,
Series of 1979. ---
ex officio~k-Treasurer
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