CAMPBELL — City officials have adopted a resolution to authorize the sale of a parcel to a longtime animal and rescue facility for $1,500.

“It is not maintained. The roof leaks; when snow melts, it’s raining inside nonstop,” Maria Guyan, who owns New Lease on Life animal shelter in Struthers, said after Wednesday’s regular city council meeting.

Guyan was referring to the business she opened 15 years ago and now operates in a 12,000-square-foot, one-story building she says remains in deplorable condition. As a result, Guyan plans to set up shop and have a new facility built on about 4 acres near Murray Avenue and Jefferson Street, she said.

The parcel is vacant for the 5,700-square-foot shelter she wants to open.

The move is essential largely because the landlord of the current site on East Midlothian Boulevard, formerly a furniture store, has for several years neglected to maintain the structure and make necessary repairs, she contended. In addition, the gas bills and other utility costs have skyrocketed, Guyan said.

“Half of the space I can’t use due to the leaks,” she added.

In addition to housing mainly cats and dogs, the new all-volunteer shelter will have capacity for other animals such as ferrets, birds and porcupines, she continued.

Faith Adsit of Lowellville, who has volunteered at New Lease on Life for two or three years and is fostering several dogs, found the location for the new facility, she said.

Guyan is seeking donations for the new building, as well plumbers and those in the construction trades. To make a monetary contribution, go to www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=WPVFKJ3SYTQUG.

The New Lease on Life building also will include a spay-and-neuter clinic, which should help control the animal population in the city of about 7,900, and will be fenced in for safety reasons, according to the resolution, which also states that Guyan has agreed to work with Jim Conroy of the Campbell Police Department, who is the animal control officer.

In addition, the agreement includes a provision for providing indoor and outdoor kennel space when needed, the resolution shows.

As per a memo of understanding upon deed transfer from the city to the shelter, the rescue has one year to begin construction and three years to finish “or the property will revert back to the city,” the resolution also states.

In other business, Mayor Bill Valentino said he was pleased with snow-removal efforts after the Jan. 25 storm that dumped about a foot of snow. Since then, repairs have been conducted on a few water main breaks, including a major one on Struthers-Liberty Road, he noted.

Also at the session, Valentino announced that the annual City Fest is set for Aug. 27 to 30 in Roosevelt Park, and will coincide with the 100th anniversary of when Campbell was officially incorporated as a city in 1926. The park committee is set to meet Tuesday to discuss the details, he said.