A county discussion on Thursday detailed the existing operations and partnership between Williams County's dog warden and the local humane society, and raised capacity and funding concerns as stray intakes rise. A humane society representative said the shelter recently ran an adoption promotion that momentarily reduced kennel counts to about four dogs but within days returned to roughly 26 animals because of unreclaimed strays and new intakes. "We have 20 kennels, but when we started that dog sale, we had dogs in our meet and greet rooms. We had dogs, doubled up in panels. I think we had, like, 26," the representative said.The meeting reiterated that stray animals picked up by the dog warden remain in the warden's custody for 72 hours before transfer to the humane society, in line with the Ohio Revised Code. "72 hours, and then you transfer it to Humane. Yes," the speaker said.The county and humane society discussed fees and tag revenue. Current impound and housing fees were listed in the meeting: a $25 base fee and then $10 per day for housing; impound fee $15 and housing $10 per day (as stated in discussion). The shelter noted dog-tag sales are a significant revenue source; the humane representative said license revenue is seasonal and that December sales historically boost totals. "If you look, we are about, $4 behind this year so far, but, obviously, we haven't sold any in September, October, November," the speaker said, adding that license sales renew starting in December.The speakers described a working arrangement that routes strays, humane complaints and some owner surrenders to the humane society; the dog warden reported a near-zero euthanasia rate for animals handled by the warden because potentially adoptable animals are transferred to the humane society for assessment. The group discussed a recent field situation that removed six dogs from a property and noted some matters are tied to pending litigation, so the board may discuss those portions in executive session. Commissioners and staff discussed the costs of accepting more animals and possible fee adjustments, and an option to lower redemption costs for honest owners to encourage reclaiming pets. No formal fee change was adopted during the meeting.