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Minutes from the Public Safety Committee work session on May 17, 2006.
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Public Safety Committee Minutes
Work session
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
11:30 p.m.
Members present were: Jim Hargis, Tim McCall and Chris Moore. Councilwoman Furr, Councilman Johnson and Councilman Perrin were unable to attend.
ANIMAL CONTROL
Councilman Hargis read a memo he had prepared stating the history of the new animal shelter project. He presented the committee with a copy of an article printed in December’s edition of City and Town magazine written by Ms. Glen Gossett stating the price of a new building would cost $250,000. He stated a contract building approximately 124x167 was estimated at a cost of $175,000. With the addition of concrete slab and footing, the total cost would increase to approximately $295,000. He added the City should hire an architect and take bids for the project.
Mr. Brian Wadley stated they do not have a proposal yet; the project is still in the visionary stage of trying to determine what type of facility is needed and how much should be spent on it. The Animal Control Department, with help from the Engineering Department, put together what they thought they would want in the new building and passed the information on to Nabholtz. Mr. Gene Vance was given the plans and put together some figures on how much the plan would cost. Discussion was held regarding the three animal shelters that were they visited.
Mr. Vance stated the estimated cost of the new Animal Control shelter would be $2,009,848. He presented the committee with copies of the facility plan. It will have 120 kennels to hold dogs and will be four times bigger than the shelter that was looked at in Bowling Green. He added if the City wants anything similar to the facility in Bowling Green it would cost in the range of $2.09 million. He further stated the facility would last a long time, would be air conditioned and easily washed out when needing cleaning. Discussion was held regarding t...
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