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Public speakers press council on animal shelter operations; council praises shelter’s live‑release rate and asks staff to follow up
Summary
Public speakers and advisory‑board members urged Rosenberg city leaders to accept outside, pro‑bono assistance and to resolve advisory‑board dysfunction as staff reported a March live‑release rate above 90% and described recent rescue transfers and spay/neuter efforts.
Public comments and advisory‑board members at Tuesday’s Rosenberg City Council workshop focused on several long‑running issues at the Rosenberg Animal Shelter: stalled standard operating procedures, an outside nonprofit offer to provide pro‑bono consulting, and concerns about how the animal advisory board is operating.
Multiple residents and volunteers urged the council to accept a pro‑bono consulting offer from the nonprofit Friends for Life. Claudine Vass, who said she introduced the nonprofit to the shelter advisory board, said Friends for Life offered a “complimentary consultation along with a detailed plan valued at around $60,000” and that…
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