Plan unveiled for Palo Alto Animal Services; cutbacks, increased revenues billed as answer to budget

By Jason Green Palo Alto Daily News/San Jose Mercury News July 19, 2012 Read original article at www.mercurynews.com Plan unveiled for Palo Alto Animal Services; cutbacks, increased revenues billed as answer to budget The budgetary woes of the Palo Alto…

Palo Alto eyes staff cuts, fee hikes at animal shelter

By Gennady Sheyner Palo Alto Online July 18, 2012 Read original article at www.paloaltoonline.com Palo Alto eyes staff cuts, fee hikes at animal shelter City unveils plan for reducing costs of popular operation by nearly $450,000 Palo Alto’s popular animal-services…

Surprise $47K for Palo Alto Animal Services from Santa Clara County

By Jason Green Palo Alto Daily News/San Jose Mercury News June 16, 2012 Read original article at www.mercurynews.com Palo Alto’s cash-strapped animal services division received a much needed shot in the arm Friday. The $4.1 billion budget passed by the…

Mountain view officially switches animal services

By Daniel DeBolt Mountain View Voice May 9, 2012 Read original article at paloaltoonline.com A group hoping to save Palo Alto’s animal shelter swayed only one member of the Mountain View City Council Tuesday, May 8, in an effort to…

Mountain View approves switch in animal services providers, ends partnership with Palo Alto

By Jason Green Palo Alto Daily News/San Jose Mercury News May 9, 2012 Read original article at www.mercurynews.com Mountain View officially pulled the plug Tuesday on its long-running partnership with Palo Alto for animal services, approving a new agreement with…

$83 million deficit projected for Palo Alto

By Aaron Selverston Patch.com May 8, 2012 Read original article at Patch.com The amount of cash Palo Altans are pouring into City coffers is steadily increasing, yet still not keeping pace with the skyrocketing costs of employee pensions and health…

Palo Alto mulls major reductions in animal services

By Gennady Sheyner Palo Alto Weekly May 7, 2012 Read the original article at www.paloaltoonline.com Palo Alto residents would lose many of the animal services they currently enjoy, including the ability to voluntarily surrender pets, if the city were to…

Outsourcing of Palo Alto Animal Services division to come at a price

By Jason Green Palo Alto Daily News/San Jose Mercury News May 5, 2012 Read original article at www.mercurynews.com Palo Alto could save hundreds of thousands of dollars annually by contracting out all or part of its Animal Services division, but…

‘Difficult’ cuts coming to Palo Alto budget

By Aaron Selverston Patch.com May 2, 2012 Read the original article at Patch.com The City of Palo Alto’s longstanding backlog of utility work will get a badly needed shot in the arm if the new budget passes, but will come…

Cuts eyed for animal services, traffic enforcement

By Gennady Sheyner Palo Alto Weekly April 30, 2012 Read original article at www.paloaltoonline.com Palo Alto would outsource its animal services, slash nine positions in the Fire Department and cut back on traffic enforcement to balance the books in 2013,…