Animal Control is not a department local governments look to make money on, but that doesn’t mean the spending can’t be controlled.
At Thursday night’s DeWitt County Public Safety Committee meeting, the committee reviewed the cost study for Animal Control. Committee Chair Megan Meyers explained they need to get a better idea of what expenses are causing the most overspending. Animal Control Administrator Grace Moore noted that spending can be tracked by individual animal.
John Werts pointed out that the last cost study done for Animal Control was in 2016. Since then, the budget has gone up alongside inflation, and Werts feels although Animal Control will never be profitable, there are ways to cut costs…