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Resident urges council to suspend payments to animal-services contractor, says reporting is months late
Summary
A resident alleged that Forever Home is not meeting its contract requirements (including accepting owner surrenders) and urged the council to halt monthly $20,000 payments pending compliance and a formal audit.
During the public‑comment period, Ray Tough of 1537 Brewer Drive told the council that Forever Home was not fulfilling its contract with the city. Tough said the organization had failed to consistently accept owner surrenders, was approximately four months behind on mandatory reporting, and that submitted reports were incomplete and unreliable.
"Taxpayer money is going out every month, but the city is not receiving the services or accountability in its contract that it is contractually owed," Tough said, and asked the council to stop $20,000 per month payments until compliance is restored, to require overdue reports on a strict deadline and to conduct a formal audit of intake reporting and owner-surrender handling. No staff response to the allegation was recorded during the public comment period; the council did not take immediate action on the podium during that time.
