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Commissioners approve final fees
for animal control
By Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE
– On Aug. 14 Darke
County Commissioners approved the final schedule of fees for Dog
Licenses and
related services.
Beginning
in 2014, dog license fees
will be as follows: 1-year $16, 3-year $48 and permanent $160. The new
kennel
fee is $80 with the shelter fee continuing at $15 per dog, first day,
and $5
per day thereafter.
Additional
fees are as follows:
Pickup of owned dog $30, receive non-licensed dog $25 (new), receive
puppy less
than three months $10, receive non-resident dog $40, quarantined bite
dog $10
per day, pickup of stray dogs no charge, receive licensed dog $20
(new),
receive cats/kittens $5 each (drop off only), euthanasia $40 per dog,
removal
of head for testing $40, adoption fee $64 (new, includes $30
certificate),
carcass disposal $30 (mass cremation), transfer of ownership $5 and
duplicate
dog license $5.
Director
of Darke County Solid
Waste Krista Fourman recommended commissioners Environmental
Enterprises of
Cincinnati (EEI) on its bid of $9,645 for the county’s annual Household
Hazardous Waste pickup on Oct. 26. The bid is based upon anticipated
participation, but will be billed on poundage collected. Fourman told
the
commissioners she has gotten good reports on EEI. The commissioners
approved
the request.
As
an information item. Fourman
told the commissioners a contract has been signed between Darke County
Solid
Waste, Rumpke of Ohio and the Greenville City School District,
including GHS,
the junior high, middle, intermediate and elementary schools.
“Everyone
(all the school
districts) in the county is now into recycling,” Fourman added.
Greenville
citizen Charlie James
commented on the detail with which the county approves its spending in
its
public meetings.
“I
see value in letting citizens
know how their dollars are being spent,” he said.
Published
courtesy of The Early Bird
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