Iroquois County committee moves to rebuild animal-control operations, seeks CareCredit and card payments

The county committee overseeing animal-control matters voted to recommend that animal control apply for a CareCredit account for veterinary services and approved seeking quotes to set up a credit-card payment system to collect fees, members said Tuesday. Angela, animal-control staff, told the committee the CareCredit account “gives us an automatic 20% discount with veterinarians” but that the discount applies to medical care only, not supplies.

The recommendation to the full board to pursue CareCredit followed a committee motion by Steve Hughes and a second from John Grant; members gave the motion a voice vote to send the request to the full board. Later the committee approved a separate motion — moved and seconded on the record — to pursue a card-acceptance system so the shelter can accept debit and credit payments at the desk and in the field.

The vote followed a lengthy operational update from Angela, who described a steady caseload: “there were 65 cases, 7 abuse calls,…