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Volunteers and shelter staff urge council to fund additional animal care positions and finalize organizational move
Summary
Speakers including volunteers and Animal Care & Control representatives urged the council to approve additional staff positions and to have the Animal Care & Control director report to General Services for streamlined decision-making; speakers said proposed budget did not include requested positions.
Several residents and volunteers urged the Charlotte City Council to provide more staff and funding for Animal Care & Control (ACC) and to complete a proposed organizational change placing the department under General Services.
Kimberly (Kim) Wade, a longtime volunteer and foster with the city’s animal care program, thanked council for proposing funding for a shelter expansion and adoption center and for moving Animal Care & Control under General Services. But Wade said the additional staff positions requested by ACC were not included in the proposed budget and warned that intake…
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