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Committee advances one‑month bridge contract with Kansas City Pet Project, asks CREO to report on utilization plan
Summary
The committee voted to advance a one‑month bridge contract for management of the Kansas City Animal Campus to Kansas City Pet Project, with a one‑year renewal contingent on approval of the contractor utilization plan (CUP) by the city’s civil‑rights office (CREO) and a report back to council by April 22.
The Finance, Governance & Public Safety Committee on April 1 advanced a committee substitute to authorize a one‑month management contract for the Kansas City Animal Campus with Kansas City Pet Project (KCPP) following the termination notice from the prior contractor.
The one‑month bridge contract is for $232,222 for campus services through April 30, 2025, with an annual renewal amount of $3.8 million if the contractor’s CREO contractor utilization plan (CUP) is approved. Committee members agreed to add an explicit requirement for the city manager’s office to report back to the committee by April 22 with CREO’s determination on the CUP and any requested waivers.
Why it matters: The animal campus provides municipal animal care and impound services and sits on Park Board property. The city must ensure continuity of shelter operations when a contractor changes, while enforcing MBE/WBE and workforce goals in city contracts.
Contract highlights: The contractor is required to meet Missouri Department of Agriculture animal care facility rules and Association of Veterinary Guidelines; supply medical and kennel supplies; operate foster, volunteer and adoption programs; maintain bite‑quarantine and dangerous‑dog processes; and perform incineration of dead animals collected by solid‑waste staff. The agreement includes a capital maintenance endowment fund reportedly valued at roughly $3.2 million that grows by contract payments into a reserve. CREO goals of 33% MBE/WBE participation were included; CREO approval of the contractor utilization plan is a condition of moving beyond the one‑month bridge.
Committee debate and decision: Committee members asked that, before a one‑year contract is executed, the council be able to review the CREO CUP and to receive a written report on the CUP’s terms, targets and any waivers that CREO might approve. City attorneys said that if CREO does not approve the CUP, no one‑year contract would be executed and the city would have to provide temporary continuity of shelter services.
Ending: Committee members advanced the substitute ordinance as amended to require a written CREO report to the committee by April 22 and to authorize the one‑month bridge contract; if CREO approves the CUP, staff may proceed under the terms described in the ordinance.
