2025-038 Authorizing Purchase of Retired K-9

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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-038 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CORPORAL RYAN JOHNSON AND THE CITY OF SANTA ANA RELATING TO THE PURCHASE OF A RETIRED SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT K-9 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. WHEREAS, Corporal Ryan Johnson ("Officer") is a current police officer with the City of Santa Ana and is assigned to the Canine Unit as a K-9 officer; and B. WHEREAS, the City assigned a dog named Kaylee to be used in the K- 9 program and Kaylee was assigned to Officer; and C. WHEREAS, Kaylee has served the department for seven (7) years as a police service dog and Kaylee is 11 years old, a normal retirement age for police service dogs. Based upon her age and current physical condition, it would be impractical to Keep her in service and transfer her to a new K-9 officer; and D. WHEREAS, Officer has requested permission to purchase Kaylee and the City is agreeable to selling Kaylee to Officer due to their relationship as Kaylee's handler. Section 2. The City has declared Kaylee to be surplus property and due to the nature of Officer's relationship with Kaylee, the City Council authorizes the City Manager to enter into an Agreement with Officer on behalf of the City to sell Kaylee for $1 under terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney. Section 3. If any surcharge or fee, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this Resolution, and each and all provisions hereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more provisions may be declared invalid. Resolution No. 2025-038 Page 1 of 2