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Council Hearing Flags Management, Procurement and SOP Gaps After County Took Over Animal Shelter from APA
Summary
Council members at a June 26 Committee of the Whole hearing were told the county takeover from the Animal Protective Association left gaps in staffing, vendor access and written standard operating procedures; witnesses and public commenters urged more funding, clearer procurement and expanded spay/neuter and adoption tools.
St. Louis County Council members heard June 26 that the transition of animal shelter operations from the Animal Protective Association to county control this winter left operational gaps, failed procurement channels and delayed standard operating procedures that complicated timely clinical responses.
At the Committee of the Whole hearing, Dr. Douglas Pernicoff, who served as the shelter’s veterinary director for a period this year, told council members he did not receive the county’s finalized standard operating procedures until the first week of May, months after he began working at the facility. “Our SOPs came to us the last week I was there,” he said. Pernicoff also said he had sought critical items such as IV lines, testing kits and an IDEXX blood analyzer but that county procurement processes…
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