PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners today will consider approving a $99,774-per year agreement with the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society for sheltering animals.
The cost of the three-year agreement is the same as a one-year contract the county signed last year.
Clallam County pays the west Port Angeles-based Humane Society for holding animals that it needs to impound.
“We do the enforcement and all that, but if we need to put an animal up, they take it in,” Clallam County Undersheriff Ron Peregrin said.
Sheriff’s Deputy Tracey Kellas is the county’s animal control officer.
The only change in the agreement is a daily fee to the county for animals that need to be housed for longer than 96 hours.
Clallam County cut funding to Olympic Peninsula Humane Society by 4 percent at the end of 2009 as part of an across-the-board budget cut.
Sheriff Bill Benedict told the commissioners Monday the county is working closely with the Humane Society to find ways to cut costs.
Also in today’s 10 a.m. business meeting at the county courthouse in Port Angeles, the three commissioners will consider an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility of the Lower Dungeness dike setback project.
A public hearing will be held at 10:30 a.m. on proposed changes to the county’s six-year transportation plan.
Road officials have recommended moving the Ward Bridge scour repair project and McDonald Creek Bridge seismic retrofit project from the unfunded to funded category.
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Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be reached at 360-417-3537 or at rob.ollikainen@peninsuladailynews.com.