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Otis signs shared Animal Control agreement with eight neighboring towns starting July 1

Town of Otis Select Board / Board of Health · June 9, 2026
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Summary

The Select Board signed an intermunicipal agreement to share a full-time Animal Control Officer (and backup) with Lee, Lenox, Stockbridge, Becket, Sheffield, Alford, Tyringham and West Stockbridge; the contract begins July 1.

The Otis Select Board reviewed and signed an intermunicipal agreement on June 9 to share a full-time Animal Control Officer and a backup officer with eight neighboring towns. The agreement lists Lee, Lenox, Stockbridge, Becket, Sheffield, Alford, Tyringham and West Stockbridge and takes effect July 1.

Board minutes note the arrangement is a formal IMA that consolidates animal control services regionally; the agreement was signed at the meeting and will govern staffing and backup arrangements starting with the July 1 implementation date. No vote tally was recorded in the minutes beyond the record that the board reviewed and signed the agreement.