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Volunteers propose to run Macon County animal shelter, ask that animal control return to sheriff’s office
Summary
Positive Shelter Volunteers presented a plan to run the county animal shelter as a 501(c)(3), seek grants and donations for renovations and staffing, and asked that animal-control enforcement be placed under the sheriff’s office before the nonprofit assumes shelter operations.
Positive Shelter Volunteers asked the Macon County Board of Commissioners on Thursday to let the nonprofit operate the county animal shelter and to shift animal-control enforcement to the sheriff’s office as a precondition for the transfer.
Meg Kramer, who led the proposal, said the group has daily volunteer experience in the shelter and would use its nonprofit status to pursue grants and private donations for kennel repairs, play yards and staffing. "We can reach out for grants," Kramer said, explaining that…
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