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Commissioner urges pause on $16.5 million animal shelter over cost and seismic concerns
Summary
A commissioner asked the Davis County Commission to consider pausing a planned $16.5 million animal shelter project, citing a feasibility study that recommended a $20 million-plus facility and raising geotechnical uncertainty about Wasatch Fault risk; no motion to delay was made.
At the March 24 Davis County Commission meeting, the chair raised concerns about the county’s planned animal shelter — a capital project budgeted at $16,500,000 — urging the commission to consider whether the design and site selection are sufficient.
The chair said a feasibility study recommended an optimal building cost of more than $20,000,000 and warned that the county’s $16.5 million allocation may omit durable materials and necessary seismic protections. “Are we…
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