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Osage Beach aldermen reject proposed Dogwood Animal Shelter contract after debate over $10,000 flat fee
Summary
On a recorded roll call the board declined to adopt a contract that would have authorized a $10,000 annual flat payment to Dogwood Animal Shelter for city animal intake services. Members debated a flat annual fee versus per-animal billing and the city's legal limits for holding animals beyond five days.
The Board of Aldermen considered and rejected on Oct. 16 a second-reading ordinance (Bill 25-76) authorizing a contract with Dogwood Animal Shelter to accept stray and abandoned animals from the city for a flat fee of $10,000.
Alderman Colin Osteen questioned the flat-fee approach and urged a per-animal rate. "That $10,000 flat fee to me feels like it's more of a community investment or a gift in kind," Osteen said, noting the city submitted six animals to the shelter year-to-date and two the…
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