Finding F5
The City Manager’s Office failed its fiduciary responsibility to review the financial stability of NBAS. This increased the risk that Petaluma and other cities that depended upon NBAS would be left without animal services they depended on for the health and safety of animals and residents.
Jury report: Animal Services Revisited: A City Asleep at the Wheel · PDF page 17
Permanent linkOfficial response
Petaluma City Council
Rejects a fiduciary duty over an independent nonprofit or neighboring jurisdictions, describes financial information review and proposes stronger future contract monitoring.
Read official response · PDF page 9Explains disputed duty and risk-attribution propositions, identifying contractual reporting and annual financial statements; page 10 continues the jurisdiction and improvement discussion. This review does not resolve the legal dispute.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.