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Council hears animal-services update: $483,000 contract with West Valley Humane Society, limited kennel capacity and data gaps
Summary
City staff said Nampa has budgeted $483,000 this year to pay West Valley Humane Society for sheltering; the shelter has limited kennel capacity (about 25'3 kennels), and council and staff asked for better data and an interlocal agreement to share costs regionally.
City staff briefed the council on animal-services operations and the city's contract with West Valley Humane Society, saying Nampa budgeted $483,000 this year to cover shelter services and that the shelter's limited kennel capacity and gaps in intake data complicate regional cost-sharing discussions.
Leanne, an animal-services officer introduced during the presentation, described efforts to rehome animals before shelter intake and said the shelter currently has roughly "25 to 30…
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