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Steuben County Council deadlocks on Humane Society allocation after heated debate over service and oversight
Summary
The council split 3–3 on a motion to approve a $44,530 additional appropriation for the Steuben County Humane Society, a proposal that would have brought county support to $62,530 and required the shelter to resume countywide services and submit annual budgets and expenditure accounting; the item will be revisited at the next meeting.
Lisa Caudell and Rita Nedele, representing the Steuben County Humane Society board, asked the Steuben County Council on April 14 to resolve a funding impasse so the shelter would again serve the entire county. Caudell said the Society sought county support to cover operating needs and necessary facility repairs.
"Our mission is to protect animals in this county," Caudell said, urging the council to move past the dispute over the shelter’s budget request. She told the council the Society would not begin construction on a new facility until it could be financially sustained.
Council members pressed for more detailed accounting and clarified what county support would mean. Dan Booher, identified as an animal advocate and concerned citizen, said he supported the shelter’s mission but "questions the recent…
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