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County supervisors press city of Madera on animal services cost-sharing; fee study under way
Summary
Supervisors questioned whether city payments cover 40% of animals handled by county shelter; county staff said a county-city fee study is underway and recommended using prior 2018 work with an NBS study due this fall or winter to set fees and calculate true cost-sharing.
Madera County supervisors raised concerns June 9 about the countyanimal services budget and whether partner cities pay their fair share of costs for intake, medical care and euthanasia.
Amy Toller, director of Animal Services, told the board the department faces constrained service levels and that the county currently bears the bulk of high-cost medical and euthanasia cases from the city of Madera. When asked about the share the city pays, Toller said the city contributes about $180,000 annually while city-origin animals account for roughly 40% of intakes, and she told supervisors the county is "unfortunately burdened with the cost of their euthanasia, their intake, their medic- medical cases." Supervisor Rogers said the disparity was large enough that it "could be solved right then and there" if the city…
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