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City explores trap-neuter-release partnerships; no direct grants identified
Summary
City Manager Marcos Nichols said staff had not found grants the city could apply for directly to run a TNR program and recommended exploring partnerships with humane groups or veterinarians and learning from the City of Franklin's program.
City Manager Marcos Nichols told council he had been asked to investigate a community cats trap-neuter-release (TNR) program and "had not yet found any grants that the City could apply for directly." He said most grants in his review went to humane societies or municipalities that operate shelters, not to municipalities without an in-house shelter, and suggested the City could partner with the Humane Society, PAWS or local veterinarians to provide services.
Council discussed the model used by the City of Franklin and asked staff to explore that example as a starting point while reaching out to potential partners. Nichols noted organizations willing to take a limited number of community cats per person per day and recommended staff continue to evaluate feasible partnership and program-delivery options; no grant awards or program commitments were made at the work session.
