Gary Chazen, chairman of the board of the Friends of the Zoo, talks to the Chattanooga City Council in this file photo.The Friends of the Zoo’s board, which took over the operation of the Chattanooga Zoo in September, has contracted a $25,000 consultant study to examine everything from the zoo’s management team to its policies.
“Everything is on the table,” said board Chairman Gary Chazen, who, with two other board members, addressed the Chattanooga City Council’s Legal and Legislative Committee on Tuesday afternoon.
In a separate meeting Tuesday, the group also talked with editors and reporters at the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
“We know there are some issues there [at the zoo], and obviously we’re going to try to get to the bottom of it,” Chazen told the Times Free Press.
The consultants began work last month and another meeting between the zoo board and the consultants is planned in the next few weeks. The board hopes to have the final report in March or April, members said.