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Committee Hears Request to Accept $150,000 in Donations for City Animal Shelter Care
Summary
The Boston City Council committee reviewed Docket 0292, a message and order to accept and expend $150,000 for city animal shelter donations and medical care for sick or injured animals owned by Boston residents; committee members asked about fund use, recent spending and capital improvements.
Councilor Gabriela Colette Zapata, chair of the Boston City Council Committee on Environmental Justice, Resiliency, and Parks, opened a April 7 hearing on a city message and order (Docket 0292) asking the council to authorize the City of Boston to accept and expend $150,000 in donations to be administered by the Parks and Recreation Department.
The committee heard from Steve Bickerton, deputy commissioner of the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, who described the fund that allows the city animal shelter to accept donations and pay for medical care and basic supplies. "This is an annual accept-and-expend that we do…
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