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County approves $50,000 transfer from animal shelter legacy fund for licensing/adoption campaign; updates interlocal agreements with municipalities

5737918 · September 9, 2025
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Oakland County approved a $50,000 transfer from its animal shelter legacy fund to fund a public awareness campaign and adopt new interlocal agreement provisions that require municipalities to pre-clear sick or injured animals and reimburse shelter medical costs.

Oakland County’s Public Services Department asked the committee to transfer $50,000 from the Animal Shelter Pet Adoption Legacy Fund to support a public awareness and advertising campaign aimed at increasing dog license sales and adoptions. The committee approved the transfer.

Shelter staff described a three-pronged approach: expand sales channels (including a planned contract with DocuPet), pursue state legislative changes to ease licensing and adoption processes,…

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