Col. Chad R. Foster, commander, U.S. Army Garrison – Fort Hood, and Killeen, Texas Metropolis Supervisor Kent Cagle signal an Intergovernmental Service Settlement for animal companies at Fort Hood, Texas, June 29.
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FORT HOOD, Texas – Fort Hood is partnering with the Metropolis of Killeen for animal companies by signing an Intergovernmental Service Settlement on June 29.
The 2013 Nationwide Protection Authorization Act, Part 331, supplied authority to the army service secretaries to enter into partnerships with native and state governments, referred to as intergovernmental help agreements, for set up help companies.
Col. Chad R. Foster, commander U.S. Army Garrison – Fort Hood, and Kent Cagle, Killeen metropolis supervisor, put pen to paper, solidifying the settlement.
“Intergovernmental service agreements, I believe, are the way in which of the longer term in some ways for installations,” Foster mentioned. “Not each set up within the Army enjoys as shut and as supportive of a relationship with our area people as Fort Hood. I’ll let you know … it’s fairly distinctive and particular.”
“Each settlement we signal simply will get somewhat simpler, and will get somewhat higher,” Cagle added. “That is vastly helpful for each of us. It’s exhausting to beat a win-win scenario.”
Foster mentioned over the course of a yr, the Fort Hood shelter will accumulate round 1,000 stray animals.
“For those who do the maths, that’s little multiple a day,” Foster mentioned. “It’s one thing that we want some help with. We weren’t outfitted, manned or actually allowed to do something long run, at the least of the character that we have to help this sort of a scenario.”
Among the many metropolis and Fort Hood leaders in attendance, Mayor Debbie Nash-King, was there to help the continued partnership between Fort Hood and the Metropolis of Killeen.
“It’s at all times an honor to be on Fort Hood, the Nice Place,” she mentioned. “I’d wish to thank Mr. Joe Brown … simply having the innovation and considering outdoors of the field on what we may do as a crew, as a associate, to convey us collectively to this signing. We’re really, really happy and enthusiastic about our continued relationship Fort Hood.”
Fort Hood will see nice price financial savings over the course of the settlement whereas the Killeen animal shelter will obtain extra income, employees and facility enhancements.
“It permits us so as to add personnel,” Cagle mentioned. “We’re going to present a greater degree of service to Fort Hood, and it additionally permits us so as to add service to our residents.”
“Over the course of 10 years we’ll do about $2.5 million {dollars} of price avoidance for us,” Foster mentioned. “That’s definitely a profit on our facet. Hopefully, issues like this are simply the tip of the iceberg for different initiatives we’d wish to get underway within the subsequent few months and years going ahead.”
