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Sheriff’s office proposal to switch dog-licensing vendor paused after fee-structure concerns
Summary
The sheriff's office recommended moving dog licensing from ShelterBoss to Permidian LLC to streamline online payments and save about $4,200 annually; commissioners asked for the animal-control task force to weigh in and the original motion was rescinded for consideration at the next business meeting.
Steve Lewis, operations lieutenant with the sheriff's office, told commissioners the county has had repeated problems with the ShelterBoss dog-licensing portal and proposed an amended agreement with Permidian LLC, a vendor already used for concealed-handgun licensing. Lewis said the Permidian platform appeared more user-friendly and could reduce transaction issues.
Speaker 4 moved to approve an amended agreement with Permidian LLC and authorize the sheriff to sign, noting an expected approximate savings of $4,200 per year in software support and material services if ShelterBoss is canceled. Commissioners raised questions about how fee structures would affect citizens and whether online processing should be priced to incentivize online usage. Several commissioners asked to let the animal-control "brain trust" (task force) present recommendations before final action.
Speaker 4 then formally rescinded the motion to allow the task force to make recommendations at the next scheduled meeting. No final vote on a vendor was recorded in the transcript.
The transcript contains occasional vendor-name variants ("Permidian," "Permian"), which are treated here as references to the same vendor (Permidian LLC) as presented by sheriff's staff; the county should confirm the vendor name and contract language in records before execution.
