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Mayor asks council to pause city-funded vet voucher program after invoice from Rocking P
Summary
Mayor Lori Landin told the council Rocking P Veterinary Services invoiced the city after distributing discounted vouchers; council voted 2–3 not to refuse payment and did not adopt a city-funded program, leaving the matter unresolved.
Mayor Lori Landin told council that Rocking P Veterinary Services provided vouchers for spay/neuter and rabies shots, and that 25 animals have been spayed or neutered through the program. She said 17 vouchers were used in the first quarter, then 10 additional vouchers were distributed before the city received an invoice and that the program should be paused until the budget and responsibilities are clarified.
Resident Karin Furnish said the public had been led to believe the services were free. "The way the vouchers were being presented sounded like the Rocking P Vet Clinic ... was going to perform free services," she said, and that Rocking P then told her the clinic was offering discounted vouchers and that the city would be billed for the difference.
Council debated whether the city should pay the invoice. Council Member Rhonda Cypert moved that the city not pay; Council Member Cheryl Birdwell seconded. The motion failed, 2 in favor and 3 opposed, so the invoice payment was not blocked and the council agreed to pause the program pending budget review and clearer terms.
Mayor Landin said she had paid for promotional signs and flyers herself and that the clinic’s emails were vague about billing. Council members asked staff to clarify the written terms from Rocking P and to determine whether pet owners were told they would be charged.
