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Public and board advocates say Cumberland County animal services is understaffed and needs isolation facility
Summary
Multiple speakers at the June 16 meeting urged the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners to retain the animal services director and act on staffing, pay and facility upgrades, including a previously budgeted isolation building said to be unstarted.
Several speakers during the public-comment period told the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on June 16 that the county's Animal Services Department is under-resourced and at risk of collapse without immediate action.
"We are currently facing a backlog of over 800 unresolved calls," said Lee Ward, who identified himself as serving on a county advisory board. Ward spoke at length about the director's resignation and recommended four actions: begin construction on the isolation building approved in the FY2025 budget;…
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