Legislative Minority Leader Lon Hofstein, R-New City, said he was concerned about higher costs, who will handle the facility and location. The shelter is run by a volunteer board of directors and has paid managers and volunteers. Legislature leaders said they are awaiting planning and financial information from city supervisors, who oversee the shelter and pay the costs in per-animal fees. There is also a traffic problem in the area on match nights. Some lawmakers said they had doubts about the price and the location near the Ramapo baseball stadium, which features fireworks and excessive noise that advocates say are unhealthy for dogs and cats. The time is over to achieve this.”īut lawmakers, while backing the facility, temporarily balked last week at adding Day’s proposed $10,000 to the construction budget - either through additional bonding or from the county’s provident fund. “The costs are what they are and they’re not going down,” Day said of the five deals.
These are the animals: Rockland executive says Hi Tor should focus on animalsĭay said he was unhappy with the further delay and noted that the current shelter is archaic for animal health and on its last legs.
Hi Tor: A change in leadership at the Hi-Tor Animal Center is coming: what’s on offer, when it might happenĬonstruction budget: Rockland is preparing to rebuild an $8.3 million animal sanctuary, but will Hi-Tor still manage it? Officials lamented that the weather has only increased the cost of the proposed 14,000-square-foot modernized facility on county property across from the Rockland Fire Training Center and Ramapo baseball stadium bordering a park off Route 45. However, bids from five contractors have recently been in the $14 million range, said County Executive Ed Day, who led the charge for the new shelter despite the issues. The nearly $10 million seemed to put the decade-long project on solid footing.
The Hi-Tor Shelter Fund added approximately $472,578 through donations and fundraising, while MP Kenneth Zebrowski secured a state grant of $500,000. Rockland committed $7.7 million for construction, plus $500,000 for architects and engineering. Some city officials also have doubts about the location. NEW CITY - The long-awaited construction of a multimillion-dollar Hi Tor animal sanctuary is temporarily on hold after bids for the work went over budget.
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