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Mayor and council weigh options for animal control after parish contract lapses; city considers building its own shelter
Summary
City leaders discussed negotiating one more contract with the parish, but also said the city may need to consider borrowing to build and operate its own animal shelter if a stable joint solution cannot be secured.
The mayor and New Iberia city council spent significant time discussing the future of animal-control services after the parish signaled it would stop the existing arrangement. The council debated a short-term negotiated contract with the parish and longer-term options including a city-owned shelter.
Mayor said he will meet with the parish president to seek another negotiation and emphasized his preference to try one more time to reach a partnership. “I’m going to see one more time if we can work something out,” the mayor said, adding that his fallback plan would be to borrow roughly $1.5 million to build a municipal shelter and assume ongoing operating costs.
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