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Commissioners debate Humane Society three-year sheltering contract, TNR and ordinance language
Summary
Sheriff Brad Thurman and municipal representatives presented a proposed three-year contract with the Humane Society of Southwest Washington; commissioners questioned costs (county share presented as $225,000 for year one and rising thereafter), whether the Humane Society should require ordinance changes (trap-neuter-release for feral cats), and legal/operational implications for the county.
Sheriff Brad Thurman and Longview officials outlined a proposed three-year animal-sheltering contract with the Humane Society of Southwest Washington and answered questions from the Board of Commissioners.
Thurman said the county's 2026 share under the proposal would be $225,000, rising in later years to the figures presented by staff (a 2027 increase and a 2028 figure transcribed in meeting material as $304,003). He described a cost-allocation formula based on historical usage that would place the county and Longview at roughly 41% apiece, Kelso at about 12%, and the remaining municipalities covering smaller shares. Thurman said the Humane Society's proposal included a request that participating jurisdictions adopt an ordinance…
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