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City and PAWS Humane negotiate management agreement for Animal Care & Control; public meeting set for Dec. 30
Summary
City staff and PAWS Humane presented a negotiated management agreement for the Columbus Animal Care and Control Center that would transfer facility operations to PAWS under a three-year contract with a possible two-year extension; a public meeting is scheduled for Dec. 30 and council will consider the agreement on Jan. 7.
City officials and representatives of PAWS Humane presented a negotiated management agreement under which PAWS Humane would assume operation of the Columbus Animal Care and Control Center (CACC), shifting shelter operations and many services from the city to the nonprofit.
City and PAWS negotiators described a proposed three-year contract with an optional two-year extension. Under the negotiated terms, PAWS would run shelter operations, expand services (spay/neuter, in-house veterinary care, behavior services, foster programming), and increase personnel from 26 city positions to a proposed 31 PAWS positions. The proposed annual budget for PAWS-managed CACC operations is roughly $3,292,536 as negotiated.
Why it matters
The management agreement would transfer day-to-day animal control services to a nonprofit with expanded shelter and animal-health services. The transition raises questions…
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