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Newman animal services reports rising intakes, vaccine outbreaks and limited spay/neuter vouchers; resident seeks shelter timeline
Summary
Animal services staff reported rising cat and dog intakes, parvovirus outbreaks and limited voucher availability for spay/neuter. A resident asked the council to place an animal shelter update on a future agenda and requested clearer procedures for getting items on the agenda.
Mary Arreas Romo, a Newman resident, asked the council during public comment on Jan. 28 to place an item on a future agenda with updates and a completion timetable for the city’s animal shelter project.
“I was wanting to be placed on next month's agenda to discuss the animal shelter, its updates and its deadline on when it will be completed,” Mary Arreas Romo said, giving her Newman address and asking for clearer application instructions after an emailed request was denied for format problems.
City staff told Romo that the public works director and the chief of police are working on site plans…
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