Council hears timeline and cost implications for new animal shelter and associated debt

May 20, 2025

Staff said design work will begin soon with a construction-manager procurement and projected debt service of roughly $600,000 per year over 10 years for the animal shelter; council members asked for timelines and options for financing.

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City staff told council members they intend to hire a construction manager and begin design work on a new animal shelter within months so the project can be bid in a timely fashion. "We would really like to get that construction manager in place and start design now so that the timing is in the next few months that we can have that ready to go to bid," the presenter said, calling the shelter a "dire need."

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