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County staff seek state capital funding for animal shelter expansion; board says more info needed on alternate sites
Summary
Public Health presented a state capital funding request to expand the Josephine County animal shelter’s intake, adoption and clinical areas; commissioners asked for consultant reports and a second opinion on an alternate site before moving the request forward.
Josephine County public health officials asked the Board of Commissioners on March 3 to support a state capital funding application to build the first phase of an animal shelter expansion that would add a new intake/adoption area and an in‑house veterinary clinic.
Staff said the application packet and a contractor’s probable cost estimate are complete and that the county could apply for capital funds that are allocated on a three‑year cycle. The packet presented requests roughly $2.4 million for the phased build; staff said local donors have pledged about 5 percent of the project cost and that the…
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