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Johnson County advances animal-shelter fee changes and approves outreach campaign to boost adoptions
Summary
Commissioners granted first reading of an animal-shelter ordinance to raise some adoption fees, approved staff travel to a national conference and backed a local outreach “Pit Stop” campaign and several grant applications to increase adoptions and sponsorships.
Johnson County commissioners on May 12 gave first reading to an animal-shelter ordinance (Ordinance 02/2025‑O‑9) to raise certain adoption fees and approved related measures including grant applications, staff travel to a June conference and a local outreach campaign designed to boost adoptions.
The actions matter because shelter officials said adoption fees have been below the cost of care, and the changes are intended to reduce net losses while keeping adoption fees competitive with other regional shelters.
Carrie Kletchy, director of the Johnson County Animal Shelter and Animal Control, told commissioners the proposed ordinance would raise some adoption fees because "we're losing money with every animal even…
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