HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2021-102RESOLUTION NO. 2021-102
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA WAIVING THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING
REQUIREMENT AND APPROVING A CONSULTANT
SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH DR. DOROTHY DAVIDSON-
YORK, DVM, MPVM FOR RELIEF VETERINARY SERVICES
AND SPAY/NEUTER SURGERY SERVICES
WHEREAS, the City owns and operates the Chula Vista Animal Care Facility, a
municipal animal care facility (“the Facility”) that serves the cities of Chula Vista, National City
and Lemon Grove; and
WHEREAS, the Facility requires on-site veterinary services, which include checking
animals for signs of disease/injury, providing or supervising treatment for sick/injured animals,
adhering to current medical protocols performing medical procedures requiring sedation,
performing general surgery as needed, and performing spay/neuter surgeries; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Dorothy Davidson-York, DVM MPVM has provided these services on a
relief basis in a satisfactory manner since 2009, ensuring full veterinary coverage at the Facility;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council most recently approved the Dr. York contract to provide
relief veterinary services in 2015 which covered July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2021 with extensions,
and a new contract is needed; and
WHEREAS, since 2009 Dr. York has been part of a veterinary team that enables the City
to meet a standard of care deemed necessary by the Facility, as well as to provide services in
accordance with State and Federal Drug Enforcement Agency regulations related to the care and
treatment of animals; and
WHEREAS, shelter medicine is a unique area of veterinary medicine, due in part to a
high volume of spay-neuter surgeries, which are required for all shelter animals adopted in
California; and
WHEREAS, Dr. York has unique working knowledge and performance capabilities of
the Facility’s procedures, policies, and staff as a result of her work with the City that would be
difficult to replace; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Chula Vista Municipal Code §2.56.070, competitive
bidding requirements/sole source, Dr. York is selected to continue to provide relief veterinary
services at the Facility based on her experience and demonstrated satisfactory performance
capabilities in the unique practice area of shelter veterinary care and high-volume spay/neuter
surgeries; and
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WHEREAS, Dr. York has agreed to provide relief veterinary services at the Facility
under a three-year Agreement that may be administratively extended up to three additional one-
year terms, at a daily or hourly rate not to exceed $30,000 per Fiscal Year, according to a work
schedule agreeable to both parties; and
WHEREAS, these funds are budgeted in the Facility’s Fiscal Year 2021/22 budget and
any future allocations will be considered as part of the annual budget process.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, that it waives the competitive bidding requirement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council approves a consultant services
agreement with Dr. Dorothy Davidson-York, DVM MPVM for relief veterinary services and
spay/neuter surgery services, in the form presented, with such minor modifications as may be
required or approved by the City Attorney, a copy of which shall be kept on file in the Office of
the City Clerk, and authorizes and directs the City Manager to execute the agreement.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Amanda Mills Glen R. Googins
Animal Care Facility Director City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 1st day of June 2021 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Galvez, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereb y certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2021-102 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 1st day of June 2021.
Executed this 1st day of June 2021.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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