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Residents press council on vacant animal shelter and shore-news contract as reorg meeting continues
Summary
During prolonged public comment at the Toms River reorganization meeting, residents pressed council members about the vacant animal shelter, a county renovation estimate of $3,000,000 and a roughly $40,000 social-media contract with a vendor called Shore News Network; council asked the CFO and staff to follow up.
At the Jan. 1 reorganization meeting, residents used public comment to press the new council for details about a vacant animal shelter and a municipal contract with a social-media news vendor.
A commenter who identified himself as Brian from Manalpin Township, who said he has reviewed animal-welfare records, asked for an update on a shelter building that has stood vacant for more than a year and pressed the council to explain "the county's anticipated $3,000,000 in renovation costs, and whether the township taxpayers would be responsible for those costs if the…
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