Sutter animal shelter board OKs spending $6 million

A cap set in February expressed anticipated costs of less than $5.2 million.Construction is set to begin in mid-September, and planning is expected to continue on other matters related to running the shelter.The new facility is scheduled for completion next spring or summer, and Yuba City will take over operations from the county at that time.

Sutter County Supervisor Stan Cleveland said the current facility on Second Street in Yuba City — built largely with residential housing materials and planned accordingly — was outdated less than 20 years after it was built in the mid-1980s. Artificial Parasaurolophus-Dinosaurs Model By contrast, the new shelter, he said, is expected to serve the area for 40 years.

"It looks more expensive because you're taking longevity costs into account, and those costs happen up front," he said.Recent construction bids for the project came in at more than $6.1 million, Artificial Brontosaurus Sculpture-Jurassic Park a fact which led officials from the board — made up of officials from Yuba City, Sutter County and Live Oak — to revisit details of the construction plan.