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Council keeps Mesabi Humane Society invoice under unfinished business, asks staff to seek negotiation and legal opinion
Summary
Councilors sent a Mesabi Humane Society invoice back to unfinished business July 11 and directed staff to seek negotiation, segregate non-city cases from the bill and obtain a legal opinion before making payment decisions.
The Committee of the Whole on July 11 returned the Mesabi Humane Society invoice from July 8 to unfinished business and directed staff to pursue negotiations and a legal opinion after councilors questioned charges arising from a recent, high-volume animal-control response.
Councilor Johnson said the invoice appeared to bill full price for animals (including pregnant cats and kittens) and expressed concern about paying the full $32,000–$37,000 invoice for animals that Mesabi Humane Society did not collect directly from the property. Johnson asked…
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