Fremont City Council Meeting: 02/13/24 07:00 PM
3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: City Council
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Council Referrals & Appointments
SCHEDULED
Sponsors:
COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5087) DOC ID: 5087
Updated: 2/9/2024 9:25 AM by Alberto Quintanilla Page 1 COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN REFERRAL: Animal Shelter
Contact Persons:
Name: Jenny Kassan
Title: Councilmember
Div/Dept: City Council
Phone: 510-284-4018
E-Mail: [email protected]
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN REFERRAL: Animal Shelter
COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN REFERRAL:
Whereas, the Bay Area is experiencing a shortage of available skilled veterinarians resulting in the City’s inability to secure stable veterinary services for the animal shelter;
Whereas, the Police Department has traditionally applied rigorous background checks to staff and volunteers in the shelter, creating impediments to recruitment;
Whereas, the City currently has no program to spay and neuter un-owned community cats;
This referral requests that City Council direct staff to as expeditiously as possible
1. Create a full-time employment classification for a veterinarian with competitive salary and benefits and recruit for a full-time veterinarian as an employee for the animal shelter;
2. Review vet tech position salaries and benefits to ensure that they are competitive;
3. Reinstate the trap-neuter-release program to address cat overpopulation in partnership with local community organizations;
4. Reduce backgrounding requirements on potential volunteers and paid staff;
5. Open the animal shelter in the evenings and on weekends;
6. Provide sufficient free and low cost spay and neuter services for the Tri City community;
7. Expedite the hiring of front desk staff to respond to the animal shelter’s high volume of calls.