09/02/2026
Animal Control and Animal Shelter
Morning all I wanted to clarify a few things for everyone especially after last nights Board of Supervisors Meeting.
If you were there you obviously saw the many speakers but as always the parking lot meetings after the meeting is where most of the questions and information exchanges. I was asked by numerous folks what my role is when it comes to Animal Control and the Animal Shelter.
The short answer is I have no role, the two services fall solely under the County Administrator. Therefore any questions, concerns, policy issues, personnel issues should be addressed to him.
I agree that Animal Control typically falls under law enforcement (Sheriff or Police) in all of our surrounding counties. I have not done much research on the animal shelters themselves and who they fall under but from what I can find, they usually stay under county admin control.
My office gets many animal complaints and I pass them on to the county Animal Control officers. If they come across a case that requires a larger investigation, they can request help from our office and we will step in. The county administration can also ask for us to investigate personnel issues, misconduct, or larger scale animal cases. 
I try to answer as many of the tags on social media as I can, but I felt like this might be the easier route to let you all know where we stand currently.
As was stated in the meeting last night by one of the supervisors, it appears there is work to be done.
I can see the passion in the community and the outcry for change. Again, I do not know all of the facts so I won’t speak on any of that, but I will tell you that we will help if we can.
I will offer our help on all the social media platforms to try and get a larger reach with posting of the animals for adoption to begin with. As you all know both this page and our Sheriff’s office page hits probably close to 1 million people a week. Hopefully we can get a partnership going and leverage that reach.
As always my office is here to help, and I am looking forward to positive input from you all. I tell my staff all the time “If you come to me with a problem, bring me a solution too!”
I have read most of the comments on social media so please there is no need to repost those here. Come up with concerns and set a true point of contact to present the ideas and solutions to the County Administrator or your Board representative.
Tim