The clinic offers surgery to low-income pet owners at prices below actual cost. “This generous grant from Two Mauds will help us close the gap so we can continue to make affordable surgery available to the animals and owners who need us most in our community,” said volunteer clinic director Katie Turbyfill.
The Two Mauds Foundation was created after the death of New York physician Dallas Pratt. Dr. Pratt wished to support “organizations whose work prevents or relieves the exploitation and suffering of animals.”
The Danville-Boyle County Humane Society opened the Happy Paws Spay/Neuter Clinic in October 2007. The one-day-per-week clinic makes affordable surgery prices available to individuals receiving public assistance, those with low incomes and social security recipients.
The clinic is staffed by a paid veterinarian and a technician, and more than 1,100 surgeries are performed each year. About 30 volunteers are responsible for the clinic operation.
For more information, call (859) 691-1137.
Meetings
Danville City Commission — 4:30 p.m. today at city hall for a special meeting. The agenda includes discussion of how to proceed with the city manager search process, including proposals from search firms and a scorecard for evaluating executive search firms, discussion of a proposed budget and determining the next step in the search process.
Danville City Commission — 5:30 p.m. today at city hall. The agenda includes citizen comment from Mark Morgan on improving code enforcement, city manager recruitment discussion, bid awards for Sub Basin D (Harding Street) and chemicals, a contract amendment with engineers HDR and update from HDR on the water plant project, including preliminary engineering report.
Boyle County Fiscal Court — 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Fiscal Court meeting room at the courthouse. The agenda includes renewal of employee health and dental insurance, third quarter report from the sheriff’s department, discussion of deputy staffing for the sheriff’s department, purchase of transport car for sheriff’s department, purchase of dump truck for public works, purchase of brine making unit for public works, September financial statements and reports from the solid waste and recycling, parks, jail and insurance committees.
