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Council renews dog-license canvassing contract month-to-month while considering in-house alternative
Summary
The council voted to renew the city's dog-licensing canvassing contract month-to-month to avoid a lapse while staff and committees consider whether to bring the function in-house, following public comment urging in-house administration and higher licensing counts under county-run systems.
The Los Angeles City Council approved a month-to-month renewal of the city's dog-licensing canvassing contract to avoid a lapse while the administration and relevant committees evaluate whether to bring the function in-house.
A member of the public, Lois Newman, told the council that license counts have fallen since the program was outsourced (the city had 225,000 licensed dogs in 1976, she said, versus a current count of about 160,000) and urged the council to take the work in-house, noting the county's higher licensing totals. Newman also argued the contract as written did not meet the original RFP's intent to canvass the entire city.
Councilmember Misikowski said the month-to-month renewal preserves continuity while staff determine if the Department of Animal Regulation can assume the canvassing function; she noted the department requested in-house provision previously but that the work had not been budgeted. Councilmember Jackie Goldberg said she would support a month-to-month renewal but asked that the matter be referred to personnel (and public safety committee) to study bringing the function in-house.
On roll call the council approved the month-to-month renewal (recorded vote noted in the transcript as 10 ayes). The council directed that the issue continue to be reviewed in committee and that staffing and budgeting implications be examined in the next budget cycle.
