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St. Louis health commissioner outlines animal-control contract, tag shortage and new respiratory campaign
Summary
St. Louis City’s acting health commissioner told the Health and Human Development Committee Thursday that the department has signed a contract to extend sheltering services with Care St. Louis, is addressing a temporary pet-tag shortage, and is launching expanded multilingual public outreach for the respiratory-illness season.
Victoria Anne Worry, acting commissioner of health for St. Louis City, told the Health and Human Development Committee on Thursday that the health department is operating “business as normal” while the mayor’s office continues a search for a permanent department director.
Worry said the city entered a six-month contract with Care St. Louis for animal sheltering that is scheduled to end in December and that the city has signed a version of the longer contract to reach $1.3 million; the signed instrument will be sent through the city’s channels for full execution. She said the initial short-term arrangement was used because city staff were still identifying funding sources; part of the earlier…
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