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Windcrest advisory committee refines draft foster policy, flags contract and quarantine inconsistencies
Summary
The Windcrest Animal Services Advisory Committee reviewed a draft foster-program policy and application, recommending a 10‑day quarantine minimum, a pre-placement home check, added emergency/landlord contact fields, and a review against the city's kennel contract/RFP; staff will reconcile and return a cleaned draft.
The Windcrest Animal Services Advisory Committee spent the bulk of its Oct. 28 meeting reviewing a draft animal fostering policy and a five‑page foster-care application, identifying formatting errors, inconsistent quarantine language, and potential conflicts with the city's existing kennel contract and RFP.
Committee members pointed out typographical and numbering issues in the draft and asked staff to reconcile discrepancies before formal adoption. Members flagged inconsistent quarantine language across the packet — one place stated 10 days, another 14 days or '2 weeks' — and recommended standardizing the form to a 10‑day minimum unless a veterinarian specifies a longer period for contagious disease.
The committee also recommended operational and administrative changes to the application: adding an emergency contact (in addition to the foster's contact and veterinary information), adding landlord contact information for…
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