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Motion to give $2,000 from Riverboat fund to animal shelter fails for lack of second
Summary
A council member moved to allocate $2,000 from the Riverboat fund to purchase food for the New Castle animal shelter, specifying the money would not cover salaries or maintenance. The motion was not seconded and did not proceed; members asked staff to clarify existing contracts with Richmond.
A council member proposed a narrowly drawn $2,000 Riverboat-fund payment earmarked solely for food at the New Castle animal shelter, saying the facility was overwhelmed and needed immediate assistance.
"So I'd like to make a motion to give $2,000 out of riverboat just to feed the cats and dogs," the council member said, adding the funds "will not go for any salaries or maintenance." The member described recent overcrowding at one residence ("33 cats at this one residence" and reports of roughly 50 dogs on a property) and framed the request as an emergency food allocation.
Other members pressed for details about existing contracts and where prior Riverboat funds had gone. One council member said the city previously allocated $10,000 from Riverboat funds to Richmond; another noted a contract that Ngh(sic) the Richmond Police Department to house animals picked up by the police. Citizens and council members asked staff to confirm whether contracted money was being used for animal food and to report back.
The motion failed to proceed after the chair said he did not have enough information and a second was not recorded. No formal vote on the $2,000 allocation took place.
The council did not adopt any immediate funding at the meeting; members asked staff to gather more information about the Richmond arrangement and the shelter's current needs before reconsidering.
