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Select board debates $1,000 request from Riverside Rescue for unclaimed animals
Summary
A select board member introduced a renewed request that the town provide Riverside Rescue $1,000 to help place animals taken from Kirby; the chair moved to send the money and a member seconded the motion, but the transcript contains no recorded roll-call on the donation.
A select board member told colleagues Riverside Rescue has asked the town for $1,000 to help care for animals the town’s animal-control officer brings to the rescue after holds expire.
"They want 1000 dollars from us," the committee member said, noting that the town’s contracted animal-control officer often brings unclaimed pets to Riverside Rescue for placement. Board members discussed whether the town pays the contractor directly, the contractor’s costs (mileage, holding animals at home), and whether Riverside Rescue could bill the town for placements.
Chair then moved to send Riverside Rescue $1,000, and another board member seconded the motion. "I'm gonna make a motion that we send, Riverside 1000 dollars," the chair said; a member replied, "I'm gonna 2nd it." The transcript records discussion afterward but does not show a formal roll-call tally or an explicit adoption of the motion in the excerpt.
Board members debated options for staggering payments or limiting exposure; one member suggested splitting payments into two $500 installments if needed. The item was raised as an addition to the agenda and treated as a discretionary appropriation from the select board rather than a line-item budget appropriation.
The transcript identifies the contractor by the name form "Cindy" or "Cindy Katie" and notes the town paid modest compensation (mileage/holding costs) in prior years, but specific vendor contracts or a formal billing arrangement for Riverside Rescue were not recorded in the excerpt. The transcript does not show a final vote tally or next procedural steps for the donation.
