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Board presses city manager to act on volunteer program; members raise concerns about laundry, kennels and isolation space
Summary
Advisory board members urged faster action on volunteer recruitment and asked staff to seek direction from the city manager without hiring a consultant; the meeting also highlighted facility constraints, a planned 2026 washer/dryer purchase and concern about kennel and isolation-room capacity.
Members of the Salina Animal Control Advisory and Appeals Board on Monday pressed staff and city leadership for faster action to reestablish volunteers and improve shelter conditions.
Board members argued volunteers could handle many recurring tasks — from laundry to walking dogs — and questioned why a consultant was being considered. "We never had this forward with it... I would move that we talk to the city manager, and that we try to get this volunteer program going, and that we do so without a consultant," one board member said before the…
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