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PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AMENDMENT
Department: Cook County Sheriff's Office
Other Part(ies): Chicago Commission on Animal Care and Control, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the County of Cook on behalf of the Sheriff of Cook County to enter into and execute a First Amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement ("IGA") with the City of Chicago's Commission on Animal Care and Control ("CACC") and the Cook County Department of Corrections ("CCDOC").
Goods or Services: CCDOC detainee volunteers to perform services, including: cleaning and disinfecting animal cages in the areas in which animals are housed and treated, and feeding and watering of housed animals per established schedules.
Agreement Number: N/A
Agreement Period: 2/21/2013 - 2/20/2016. Extension period 2/21/2016 - 2/20/2017, with the option of renewing for a subsequent one (1) year period.
Fiscal Impact: Revenue Generating
Accounts: N/A
Summary: Authorization for the County of Cook on behalf of the Sheriff of Cook County to enter into and execute a First Amendment to the IGA with the CACC and the CCDOC detainee volunteers to perform services, including cleaning and disinfecting animal cages and feeding and watering of housed animals.
Also, the CACC and the Sheriff's Office will work in partnership with Safe Humane Chicago, an Illinois not-for-profit focused on creating safe communities by inspiring positive relationships between people and animals, to create a pilot program called Lifetime Bonds Re-entry in which detainees will learn how to socialize and train shelter dogs; maintain the dogs' basic physical and emotional health; and will be introduced to animal-related employment opportunities which exist within the animal welfare and pet industries."
The CACC agrees to reimburse the Sheriff on a monthly basis in accordance with the work actually performed by the Sheriff plus a 10.28% administrative fee. The total per a...
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