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Pacific TNR volunteer outlines sharp rise in cats and funding needs
Summary
Pacific TNR volunteer Gina Braden reported a rise from 104 cats in 2023 to 225 animals in 2024 (including 125 kittens), described current expenses and donations, and requested that public documents omit individual addresses for privacy; she said city payments due in December will largely cover current shortfalls.
At the Nov. 19 meeting, Pacific TNR volunteer Gina Braden presented the organization’s year-to-year activity and finance summary and asked the city for administrative privacy protections on her submitted reports.
Braden said her 2023 records showed about 104 cats handled (60 in city limits) and that in 2024 she has recorded 225 animals in total — including 99 adults and 125 kittens — and that in-city counts were 82. She said the sharp increase in kittens has constrained Trap–Neuter–Return (TNR) activity because the group must foster and care for many animals through the winter. “We actually did 104 (in 2023)… This year, I did 225 animals in total,” Braden said.
On finances, Braden said 2023 expenses were about $15,748 with revenue of $14,825 (including roughly $6,000 from the City of Pacific), leaving a small shortfall. For 2024 she reported expenses to date of about $9,086 and revenue of $45,100 (the transcript lists the sum of some donation lines), with a combined net loss across years she expects the city’s December payments to cover. She asked that her report omit private addresses before the city posts the packet publicly, citing privacy and vulnerability of some residents who care for cat colonies.
Aldermen thanked Braden and discussed redacting address columns from the distributed PDF; one member suggested hiding the address column when printing so that the public record does not expose private homeowner information.
What happens next: Braden will submit invoices for October, November and December; she expects the city’s December disbursements to reduce the reported shortfall. The board directed staff to accept a redacted report for public distribution (hide addresses column) so that counts and financial totals remain available but private addresses are not publicized.
