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4 Longer Term Governance Both of the above options are provided as interim options while the County works toward a more permanent governance structure to have in place by July 1, 2004. If the Board's direction is that staff pursue a transition to a shelter operated and managed by County government, these options would allow time for that transition to occur. As part of that, the Board would need to decide whether the County administered operation would fall under the Health Department or under the direct authority of the County Manager's Office. Under either structure, the Manager's recommendation would be to couple Animal Control and the Animal Shelter together as an operating unit under the chosen departmental authority. Next Steps Therefore, County staff presents the following as a suggested sequence of events: October 21 BOCC Meeting 1. BOCC receives the County staff report and recommendation on the APS request for additional funding. The BOCC directs the County Manager to convey the BOCC decision to the APS. A written response by APS would be requested no later than November 5 in order to ensure and maintain concurrence on the continuity of services. 2. BOCC reviews and provides comment on the key components to be included in a Request for Proposal, which will be solicited on or about October 22, 2003. Any resulting agreement with the successful proposer is currently projected to begin no later than February 1, 2004. The Request for Proposal would be issued with responses due by November 4, in sufficient time for staff analysis and report back to the BOCC by the November 18 meeting. November 18 BOCC Meeting County staff further suggests that on November 18, the Board makes its determination whether or not to: o Amend the APS contract extension with an agreed upon increase in the monthly contract amount and for what time period. OR o Approve a bid award to a contractor for the interim management and operation of the Animal Shelter through the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 2004). (The BOCC may also decide to reject any and all bids.) o Authorize the County Manager to begin formalizing plans for County operation of the Animal Shelter, and determining the departmental authority and an effective date to begin County operation. o Direct the County Manager to work with designated Board members to develop a Task Force process including the composition of the task force, to address recommendations within the final HSUS report. This process will be brought back to the BOCC in December.