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Commissioners discuss Humane Society contract, seek longer term and audit language after price and service changes
Summary
County leaders reviewed a proposed 2025 contract with Humane Society of Southwest Washington covering animal intake and care. Negotiations flagged a new condition linking a lower fee to termination of jail-based kennels; commissioners asked staff to pursue a one‑year concession and seek a multi-year contract with audit and clear scope language.
Jason Lorraine, a prosecutor in the county attorney’s office, briefed commissioners on recent email exchanges with the Humane Society of Southwest Washington over a proposed 2025 contract to provide sheltering and intake services for animals the county seizes or delivers.
Jason Lorraine said the Humane Society initially indicated a reduced county fee of about $111,000 for 2025 but later appeared to link that lower price to a requirement that the county cease use of its jail kennel facility. Lorraine said the connection between the reduced fee and ending county kennel operations was not part of…
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