HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Huntington Cabell Wayne Animal Control Shelter board is still working on its budget needs for the next fiscal year even as Huntington officials are deciding how much the city will contribute.
The board met Thursday, the second official meeting with all new members. Huntington Mayor Patrick Farrell, Cabell County Commissioner Liza Caldwell and Wayne County Commission President Travis Thompson asked financial questions and about the shelteròòò½ÊÓƵ™s application processes.
The board went into executive session for about 30 minutes to go over a new contract agreement among the three government entities. The board was established in 1979, and the agreement between them has been expired for four years, Caldwell said after the meeting.
The previous contract assured all three entities would contribute an even one-third share of funding to the shelter; however, all three board members have said in the past that the agreement has not gone that way. The city and Cabell County have contributed more than Wayne County, which Thompson said earlier this month was due to the county losing its coal severance tax in 2013.
After the meeting adjourned, Caldwell said the three board members are just beginning the process of budgeting. Minor changes will be updated in the future, she said. The board members received documents on the animal shelteròòò½ÊÓƵ™s finances a couple of weeks ago and are still in the process of figuring out what its needs are, she said.
The board members are still working on establishing an amount that works for everyone, Caldwell said.
During the executive directoròòò½ÊÓƵ™s report, Courtney Proctor Cross said the shelter is continuing to take in cats, kittens, dogs and puppies.
The shelter vet who is paid with the funds from Stanton Foundation for its new surgical unit is now working at the shelter most of the week, Proctor Cross said. The vet and the vet tech are also working at Mountwest Community & Technical College. The new shelter vet primarily does spaying and neutering; however, she has been running different tests and also did an eye enucleation, Proctor Cross said.
Proctor Cross expects the at-shelter care to save the shelter a significant amount.
The board also asked several questions on nonprofits in the community that help the animal shelter, such as One by One Animal Advocates.
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