Wednesday, December 12, 2012 • Whidbey News-Times
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City looks at options for animal control management By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter
Oak Harbor city officials are looking for someone to provide and operate an animal shelter to care for lost and unwanted pets. The city council voted Tuesday to issue a request for proposals for animal control management and operations services, even though it’s still unclear whether the Navy is going to continue to partner with the city on animal control. Whidbey Animals’ Improvement Foundation, commonly known as WAIF, has been managing the city’s
rundown shelter on the Navy Seaplane Base for years, but the Navy is closing it down because of its state of disrepair. The State Auditor’s Office recommended the city prepare a request for proposals to seek out qualified organizations, instead of just handing a new contract to WAIF. The applicant must have a minimum of five years experience in housing and caring for dogs and cats. The primary shelter facility must be within 15 miles of the Oak Harbor Police Department. City Administrator Larry Cort said the WAIF shelter,
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south of Coupeville, would qualify. But if the primary shelter is more than five miles away, the applicant must also provide a temporary shelter within the five-mile radius where the animal control officer and police can take both cats and dogs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Under the current arrangement, the city provides animal control at base housing and shelter strays from base housing; in exchange, the Navy provides the animal shelter building. The facility license expires at the end of the year, but the Navy has granted an exten-
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Cort said city officials have had informal talks with Navy officials about continuing to partner on animal control, but nothing has been decided.
sion to allow the city to use the shelter until Sept. 30 of 2013. As a result, the council approved a contract extension with WAIF for continued shelter management until that date. The city pays WAIF $7,000 a month. But the issue of the Navy’s future involvement with the city remains unclear. In answering a question from a council member, WAIF shelter manager Shari Bibich said about half of the animals at the Oak Harbor shelter come from base housing and about 75 percent are from military personnel throughout the community.
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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Oak Harbor City Council REGULAR MEETING 6:00 p.m. Tues., Dec. 18, 2012 CALL TO ORDER PLEDgE Of ALLEgiAnCE inVOCATiOn ROLL CALL MinUTES COnSEnT AgEnDA 1.a. Approval of Accounts Payable Vouchers available on December 13. b. Adoption of Resolution 12-41 Increasing Finance Petty Cash HEARingS AnD ORDinAnCES/ RESOLUTiOnS 2.Public Hearing 2012 Comprehensive Plan Code Amendment and adoption of Ordinance 1647 3. Public Hearing and adoption of Ordinance No. 1643 Impact Fee Deferral 4. Public Hearing and adoption of Ordinance No. Public Nuisance Abatement. 5. Public Hearing to consider adopting Ordinance 1642 granting a franchise 6. Adoption of Ordinance 1637 amending Title 6, Public Peace, Safety & Morals of the OHMC 7. Adoption of Resolution No. 12-29 Purchasing Fire Aid Truck under special market conditions. 8. Adoption of Resolution 12-25 Utility Tax Allocation 9. Adoption of Resolution 12-28 Award of 2% Grant – Lodging Tax 10. Resolution No. 12-39 Employee Manual revision for the Wellness Program 11. Adoption of Resolution 12-36 Policy Enactment Fire, Bomb Threats, Guns & Earthquakes 12. Interlocal with Island County for Solid Waste Services 13. Resolution 12-40 Amending Agreement for Art Donation for One Year – Three Settlers Memorial OTHER BUSinESS 14. Emergency electrical repairs at the Seaplane 15. Base Wastewater Lagoon Treatment Plant. 16. Extension of City Attorney Contract 17. Chamber Contract ADJOURnMEnT This is a tentative agenda, which is subject to additions and/or deletions. A complete agenda summary is available at Oak Harbor City Hall on Thursday afternoon prior to each meeting. If you have a disability and are in need of assistance, please contact the City Clerk 360.279.4529 at least two days before the meeting. You can view Council meetings by going to the City’s Website, click videos or watch on Channel 10 and DVDs of the meetings can be checked out at the library.