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Iroquois County adopts amended animal-control ordinance but removes proposed mandatory microchipping
Summary
The County Board approved Ordinance No. 2026-6 to amend Chapter 6 (Animals) and the county’s fee schedule, but members voted to remove Section Three — a proposed requirement to microchip all dogs and cats — and sent that provision back to committee for further review.
The Iroquois County Board on March 10 adopted an amended Ordinance No. 2026-6 revising Chapter 6 (Animals) and establishing an Animal Care & Control fee schedule. During discussion, board members voted to remove Section Three, which would have required microchipping of all dogs and cats at the time of rabies vaccination and set microchip numbers as registration numbers; Section Three was sent back to the Health Committee for further review.
Health Committee Chair Donna Crow said the microchipping language had been prepared with County Clerk input and State’s Attorney review, but the board decided additional consideration was warranted. The board approved the remaining amendments and the fee schedule by roll-call vote. The Health Committee also reviewed Animal Control operational updates, including low-cost microchipping and rabies vaccination events and the arrival of a credit/debit card system for Animal Control operations.
The transcript records a removal motion: "On motion to remove Section 3 on the Ordinance that was presented and send it back to the committee for further review and discussion" which passed. County staff indicated further committee work will cover implementation details, costs, and whether to pair microchipping with rabies-vaccination events.
