The Vandalia City Council heard an update on animal control in the county during Monday’s second council meeting of the month. Fayette County Board member Merrell Collins was on hand for the meeting to inform council members on where things stand with the issue. The county board approved an animal control ordinance during their December meeting in order to have the county’s registration program in place. Collins explained that they have received the new tags for one-year registration that pet owners can take care of when their animals are receiving their rabies vaccine. It was brought up that some people may have had their dogs vaccinated with the three-year rabies vaccine prior to the new registration rules being put in place and Collins said next year, the county will have three-year registration tags to match those using three-year vaccines. For those people who may have just recently had their animals vaccinated prior to the passing of the new ordinance and registration regulations, when questioned, Collins said those people will register in line with their vaccine. Collins also answered questions concerning what other area counties and municipalities have in place for their animal control. Collins stated that the cost for the facilities and salaries that other counties have, having a separate facility and services is not feasible for the county this time. When the county board passed their animal control ordinance, it was discussed that they would continue to look at the issue and would make possible amendments as needed to the measure.
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In Fayette County, the turnout for the March 17th Primary Election was just 25%–that is despite having early voting for 45 days prior to the election, along with mail-in ballots and other options.
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