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Shelter staff report steady foster use, volunteer sign-ups and budget timing; cost study deferred to next year

2725541 · February 3, 2025
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Animal-control staff reported volunteer and foster statistics, staffing recruitment updates and a budget timeline; a requested cost-benefit analysis was not completed in time for the current budget and will be prioritized for next year.

Sandra Hill, Animal Control Manager for the Fairbanks North Star Borough, reported staffing and program updates to the Animal Control Commission on Feb. 3, including recruitment, volunteer activity, foster counts and the timing of a requested cost-benefit analysis.

Hill said an Administrative Assistant II position failed to fill on the first recruitment and will be reposted; the animal-tender position closed and interviews are being scheduled. Hill reported a first-aid class in November that the borough sponsored and noted classroom visits at Denali Elementary in November and December conducted by the animal-control officer team.

On volunteers and fosters, Hill said…

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