Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: PHSS - Public Health & Social Services

Directors' Update: May 31, 2023

Business Meeting: June 6, 2023

Summary:

Temporarily reduce Animal Shelter adoption fees

Publications:

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Meja Handlen Kendra Garrison

Resolution

WHEREAS, the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) passed Resolution 22-386 on November 29, 2022, to adopt a Schedule of Fees for various sections of Lewis County Code, including Titles 5, 8, 12, 15, 16, 17 and 18; and

WHEREAS, Resolution 22-386 established the Lewis County Animal Shelter adoption fee for adult dogs (those over the age of 6 months) at $200, which includes mandatory spay / neuter and vaccinations; and

WHEREAS, the Lewis County Animal Shelter currently has a large number of dogs available for adoption; and

WHEREAS, it is in the best public interest to find suitable homes for the dogs under the shelter's care; and

WHEREAS, temporarily reducing the county's adoption fee for adult dogs (those over the age of 6 months) may help increase the number of adoptions.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the BOCC hereby reduces the Lewis County Animal Shelter adoption fee for adult dogs (those over the age of 6 months) from $200 to $100 for the time period of June 10 to June 17, 2023, with the adoption rate returning to $200 thereafter.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 6th day of June, 2023.