The City of Sedan and the Chautauqua County Animal Shelter accept a use agreement between the two parties.

 

The agreement was reached at this week's Sedan City Council meeting and comes after nearly a year of back-and-forth between the two groups. The agreement will allow the City to help fund the Shelter while giving Sedan a place to house stray animals. As part of the agreement, the City will increase the amount of money it gives to the shelter by 5% each year through 2031. Council member Adam Clark says one of his concerns with the agreement was the City's ability to keep its financial promises to the Shelter.

 

In the event of future budgetary constraints, the City does have the option of terminating the agreement. Clark says that would be a measure taken only as a last resort.

 

Financial issues were a large part of the reason for the previous disagreements between the City and the Shelter. Council member Kathy Miller told the group she had attended the most recent meeting of the Shelter board and found their financial records open and in good order.