WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2018
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Pendleton Animal Welfare Shelter ( PAWS ) pulls tax district proposal
By PHIL WRIGHT
STAFF WRITER
The tax to fund a Umatilla
County animal control district
will not appear on the November
ballot.
The Pioneer Humane Society,
which operates the Pendleton Ani-
mal Welfare Shelter, worked on a
petition to put the initiative to the
voters in all Umatilla County cit-
ies besides Hermiston and Mil-
ton-Freewater, which have their
own contracts with other shel-
ters. That required approval from
the Umatilla County Board of
Commissioners.
During the county board’s
meeting Aug. 1 in Pendleton, Amy
Word with the Pendleton-based
Humane Society said the orga-
nization wanted to postpone the
proposal. Word did not give a rea-
son for the move.
But Commissioner George
Murdock said voters in the county
have grown tired of new taxes
for districts, and some people are
going to breathe a sigh of relief
this measure is not going on the
ballot. Still, he said animal control
remains an issue in the county.
“I still think animal control is
a matter of policing,” he said, and
suggested the county should look
at its budget for possible funds to
cover the work.
Commissioner Larry Givens
suggested the Pioneer Humane
Society could look to how the
Blue Mountain Humane Soci-
ety in Walla Walla conducts busi-
ness because it receives no city
or county money. He added that
funding animal control would
open the door for other organi-
zations to ask the county to fund
their missions.
And Commissioner Bill Elfer-
ing said there is a need for the ani-
mal shelter and the work it does,
but providing for a county-wide
district would be difficult. He said
the county has to distribute its
funds equitably and suggested the
group look for grants, including
from the county.
“It’s absolutely clear we’re not
united in our belief where ani-
mal control fits into the scheme of
things,” Murdock responded, not-
ing that he felt it was an issue the
county should address.
Jackie Carey, Pioneer Humane
Society president, told the board
animal control is a county-wide
problem. Some locals dump their
pets in the county’s jurisdiction,
and the sheriff’s office is already
fielding those calls. And while
grants help cover the cost of spay-
ing and neutering animals, she
said they do not pay for day-to-
day operations.
But Pioneer Humane Society is
not throwing in the towel on pub-
lic funding. Carey said the organi-
zation plans to seek contracts with
cities for animal services.
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