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Sheriff proposes shared animal-control service; Londonderry to consider joining
Summary
Windham County Sheriff Mark Anderson proposed a pilot consortium to provide shared animal-control services (22 hours/week position) to towns; assessment is currently $3.51 per capita based on the 2020 census. Londonderry would be added to the town meeting budget process for non-binding consideration.
Windham County Sheriff Mark Anderson presented a pilot program to the Londonderry Selectboard on Nov. 3 to provide shared animal-control services to towns that lack personnel and equipment for 24-hour response. The current part-time position covers 22 hours per week and provides welfare checks, neglect investigations, animal-at-large and vicious-animal calls, and registration support for town clerks. Nine towns participate now; Londonderry would be the tenth if the consortium accepts the town.
Anderson said the current assessment for participating towns is $3.51 per capita, calculated using 2020 census data. He told the board that membership requires approval by existing participating towns and that Londonderry’s next step would be non-binding inclusion in the town budget process with a possible article for town meeting. Selectboard members, including Martha Dale, expressed support for municipal collaboration, and Josh Dryden noted beaver-related incidents would be contracted separately.
