Township Council Meeting - Wednesday — Packet

174-26 Formatted: Right SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES THIS SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made and entered into on this 24th day of June, 2026 by and between the TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, a Deleted: ________ municipal corporation of the State of New Jersey, having principal offices at 66 Main Street, Deleted: _________ West Orange, NJ 07052, hereinafter referred to as the “Provider,” and the BOROUGH OF Formatted: Superscript ESSEX FELLS, a municipal corporation of the State of New Jersey, having principal offices at 255 Roseland Avenue, Essex Fells, NJ 07201 hereinafter referred to as the “Recipient” (collectively referred hereinafter as the “Parties”). RECITALS WHEREAS, the Uniformed Shared Services and Consolidation Act, N.J.S.A. 40A:65-1 et seq. allows for any local unit to enter into an agreement with any other local unit(s) to provide or receive any services that each local unit participating in the Agreement is empowered to provide or receive within its own jurisdiction, as set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:65-4; and WHEREAS, the Recipient seeks to utilize Animal Control Services to be provided by the Provider for a three (3) year term beginning January 1, 2026, and ending December 31, 2028; and WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:65-5, the parties each adopted resolutions authorizing entry into this Agreement, copies of which are annexed hereto and made part of this Agreement; and NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms set forth herein, the parties agree as follows: 1. The Provider shall make their Animal Control Services available to the Recipient on a daily basis, as needed, for five (5) days a week. Saturday, Sunday, holidays and night emergency services will be provided as needed and billed to the Recipient at a minimum of 4 hours per call at $35 per hour in addition to the rates set forth in Paragraph 2 of this Shared Services Agreement. Emergency service shall be defined as “the care of injured animals, trapped animals, sick animals, animals whose lives are endangered or animals that are providing a danger to humans or have entered the living space of a residence (also on an emergency basis,

animals, trapped animals, sick animals, animals whose lives are endangered or animals that are providing a danger to humans or have entered the living space of a residence (also on an emergency basis, the Provider will assume control as described in paragraph 9 below of animals that have bitten a human being).” 2. Recipient agrees to provide payment to Provider a total amount of $19,241.00 with payment made in the following manner: (i) For the period January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026, quarterly payments of $1,572 for a total of $6,287;