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Residents Press Clermont County Commissioners on Animal Shelter Policy and ARPA Transparency
Summary
Several residents criticized the county’s new volunteer policy for the animal shelter, asked for accounting of donor funds and dog-bite procedures, and urged clearer, itemized disclosure of ARPA/COVID-era spending on projects such as a $4.4 million transportation center and a $2 million roundabout.
Several residents used the public-comment portion of the Clermont County Board of Commissioners’ Dec. 30 meeting to press officials on the county animal shelter’s volunteer policy, the handling of donor funds and transparency around American Rescue Plan Act spending.
Jody Wilson of Williamsburg told the board the volunteer policy prepared by county staff member Angie Linse was “ludicrous,” criticized what she described as shifting explanations about roughly $20,000 in donor funds and asked, “Who did you get your information from that was put into the volunteer policy?”
Julie Tolliver of Batavia, a former village council member, said she did not feel “stability” or “unity” in the county and described ongoing concerns about the shelter’s history. “The status…
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