HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024 - RESO 35 - IGA Foothills Animal ShelterCITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 35
Series of 2024
TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDED INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT CONCERNING ANIMAL SHELTERING, DOG LICENSING
AND FUNDING OF THE FOOTHILLS ANIMAL SHELTER
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado (the “City), acting through its
City Council (“Council”) is a home rule municipality with statutory and
constitutional authority to enact ordinances and enter into agreements for the
protection of the public health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to its home rule authority under Section 6, Article XX of
the Colorado Constitution and C.R.S. § 31-15-401, the City is authorized to provide
law enforcement services, including animal control services; and
WHEREAS, in performing such animal control services, the City has the
periodic need to issue dog licenses and to detain and shelter animals; and
WHEREAS, since 2007 and in accordance with Part 2, Article 1, Title 29, C.R.S.,
the City has cooperated with Jefferson County and other area municipalities to
cooperatively fund and provide animal licensing and sheltering services through an
intergovernmental agreement (IGA) and the creation of the separate legal entity
known as the Foothills Animal Shelter (FAS); and
WHEREAS, over the past fifteen years, the logistics, practices and capital
improvement needs of the FAS have grown and changed, and it is necessary to
reflect the latest understanding among the parties concerning how the FAS will be
funded and operated; and
WHEREAS, the Council recognizes and affirms the value and benefit of the
availability of FAS as a City resource when needed, and therefore wishes to
continue to participate in the IGA to mutually fund and sustain the FAS; and
WHEREAS, Section 14.2 of the Wheat Ridge Home Rule Charter authorizes
the Council, acting by resolution or ordinance, to approve such IGA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge City Council
Section 1. IGA approved.
The Amended Intergovernmental Agreement Between Jefferson County and the
Cities of Arvada, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Golden, Westminster and Edgewater for
Animal Shelter/Dog Licensing/Funding, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A, is
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hereby approved. The Mayor and City Clerk are authorized and directed to execute
the same.
Section 2. Effective date.
This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 22nd day of July 2024.
Bud Starker, Mayor
ATTEST:
Margy Greer, Sr. Deputy City Clerk
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Exhibit A
Amended Intergovernmental Agreement Between Jefferson County and the
Cities of Arvada, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Golden, Westminster and Edgewater
for Animal Shelter/Dog Licensing/Funding
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