Commissioners discuss building public animal shelter

By Aubrey Woods
First Posted: February 12, 2013 - 11:13 pm
Last Updated: February 12, 2013 - 11:13 pm

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Tribune photo by Aaron Piper/ Humane Society of Jackson County President Ellen Mirer gives a dog a bowl of food on Saturday at the Humane Society. Jackson County Board of Commissioners will be discussing whether to build an animal shelter of its own on Tuesday.

Jackson County commissioners are exploring the idea of severing ties with a local animal shelter and establishing a shelter on county-owned property east of Brownstown.

Jason Fee, a consulting engineer with Janssen & Spaans Engineering Inc., Columbus, talked about the issue with county commissioners during their meeting last week.

He presented commissioners with an estimated cost of $275,000 for a building that could house 100 dogs or more.

“That’s the real high end,” Fee said of the estimated cost.

Fee, a Jackson County resident, is working with an animal control committee that includes Sheriff Michael Carothers, Debbie Hackman, commissioners’ President Jerry Hounshel, county council member Brian Thompson, a local veterinarian, Ron Harrison, and Seymour Mayor Craig Luedeman.

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