Neutering

The renovations would add 1,600 jobs to the payroll.

The council also approved grants from the Best Friends Animal Society for a new fence for its outdoor dog run and participation in the Spay-Neuter program, a construction contract for the second phase of the Rabbit Foot Trail, a 2D stormwater study to look at potential flooding problems arising from future development, and the purchase of new lounge chairs for the Springdale Public Library.

The other major government business took place October 15th, as Washington County Judge Patrick Deakins would present his concerns over the potential for fraud affecting most governments, particularly regarding sole-source purchasing.

Spurred by this job and me moving on, I have become a certified fraud examiner.

So let's talk about what's causing it.

Reason number one, we lost ground on spay and neuter.

I think spay and neuter truly is the number one problem that we have in this state.

This is one of the most important pieces of this entire conversation.

During the pandemic, veterinary services across the country were disrupted.

Spay and neuter surgeries were postponed.

Low-cost clinics reduced services, and veterinary practices became overwhelmed.

And some of the safety net programs that communities depended on disappeared or became much harder to access.

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S-P-A-Y-E-D, spayed.

Oh, spayed.

Yeah.