R2007-12 AUTHORIZING INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ENTITLED "LUMP SUM"

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. • . , . . A. The City may prosecute violations of the City Code occurring within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur. B. The City shall be entitled to retain all fines, penalties, and late fees collected for enforcement and prosecution of violation of the City Code. Payments by the public to the City shall be made at a location or locations as determined by the City. C. The City shall maintain a central data base for all dogs and cats registered within Macon County under the Animal Control Act. Said data base shall include rabies inoculation information for all dogs and cats anywhere within the County of Macon, as well as registration information for all dogs and cats anywhere in the County of Macon. The City shall be responsible for the costs incurred in the maintenance of said data base. The City shall share the information contained in said data base with the County at the County's request. D. The City shall furnish and administer rabies inoculation and registration forms and serially numbered tags and any other forms or office supplies necessary for enforcement of dog and cat registration under the Animal Control Act. The registration tags shall be issued, and fees collected therefor, by licensed veterinarians in accordance with the Animal Control Act. Tags shall be distributed by the City to the veterinarians and registration fees will be collected from the veterinarians by the City. E. The City shall remit registration fees collected from the registration of said dogs and cats to the County. The City shall provide the County with a monthly and annual accounting as to the registration fees received, animals registered, broken down by City and County registrations, and fees remitted to the County, and a monthly accounting of those not in compliance with County registration. F. The City shall pay to the County for services performed by the County within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur an annual fee ("Service Fee") in the amount of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000). Said fee shall be paid quarterly and be due on or before the tenth day of the quarter for which it applies. G. On August 1, 2007, and each year thereafter (Adjustment Date) during the entire remaining term of this Agreement, the Service Fee shall be adjusted upward and calculated as to amount for each such yearly period. The Service Fee payments shall be increased on each Adjustment Date by the increase in the cost of living as provided herein according to the Consumer Price Index (all items)for all Urban Consumers -US City Average. The base for computing the adjustment is the Consumer Price Index (all items) for Urban Consumers US City Average published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (Index), which is published for the month nearest the Commencement Date (Beginning -4- �I�