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Council recommends hiring consultant and signals preference for sharpshooting as deer-management approach
Summary
Following an earlier presentation, council recommended engaging a consultant to develop a deer-management program and expressed a preference for a sharpshooting option. Administration estimated $75,000 for the first season (about $1,000 per deer on an assumed 75 deer) and said USDA assistance and infrared mapping may be used in scoping work.
Council revisited prior materials on urban deer management and asked administration for an implementation plan. Henry (administration) explained a budget figure used for planning: roughly $75,000 for the first season based on an estimate of 75 deer at about $1,000 per deer; he said a fuller program might total $150,000 over two seasons depending on the approach.
Council voted unanimously to recommend that the city engage a consultant to develop a deer-management program and, separately, to express a council-level preference for a sharpshooting approach for population control. Members discussed options (sterilization, hunting, sharpshooting) and asked that staff solicit proposals from available vendors, including the USDA or qualified private contractors, and return with a comprehensive plan and proposed legislation for committee review.
Administration clarified the $75,000 figure was a budgeting estimate and that final costs depend on the consultant's recommendation and the number of tags authorized.
