HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03221994 - 1.9 (2) TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS I •9a
' FROM: Contra
Diane Iwasa, Animal Services Director Costa
DATE: March 1, 1993 County
SUBJECT: Accept Bequests to the Animal Services Department Animal Benefit Fund.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. Recommended Action:
1. Acknowledge receipt of bequests from the estates of Edna Shelby Youll Shere in
the amount of $100,986.91 and $5,000.00 from the Jean F. Gordon Trust.
II. Financial Impact:
1. Acceptance of these bequests will allow the Animal Services Department to carry
out its responsibilities relative to public education, control of pet overpopulation and
fostering volunteer participation without expenditure of additional County funds for
these programs.
Ill. Background:
1. The Animal Services Department receives many donations from individuals
interested in the work the Department does relative to public education, control of pet
overpopulation and volunteer activities
2. County Administrative Bulletin 17.5 requires that the Board of Supervisors must
formally accept any gift or bequest of $5,000 or more.
3. There are no conditions or stipulations attached to the above noted bequests that
might prove prejudicial, discriminatory burdensome or illegal.
IV. Consequence Of Negative Action:
1. Rejection of the above bequests would deprive the Animal Services Department of
funds needed to carry out the above noted functions and would require the allocation of
additional County funds to carry out the above noted program components. In addition
other potential donors will be discouraged from making similar gifts or bequests in the
future.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD C M.1-TEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON _Marrh 22 , 1994 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
x_ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CONTACT:
Cc: Animal Services ATTESTED March 22 , 1994
Auditor/Control ler Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
M382/7-83 BYAM. , DEPUTY