The Jefferson City Council voted 3-0 Thursday morning in a special-called meeting to ask the Humane Society of Jefferson County give the city back $3,700 of this fiscal year’s allocation.
“That’s for the remaining three months,” said City Manager John Johnson.
The Jefferson County Humane Society recently agreed to leave the animal shelter and services have been handed over to a newly-organized nonprofit, Companion Animal Rescue and Education or CARE.
The Jefferson County Commission voted in March to reallocate its funding from the Humane Society to CARE because of concern’s the Humane Society was not taking in county resident’s animals.
Now the city is asking for its remaining portion of its $14,800 donation for the 2017-2018 fiscal year, which ends July 1.
Johnson said he was not sure if that funding would be redirected to CARE. He said for municipalities there will be some state guidelines met for vetting before the city can make a donation to the nonprofit.
But, he said if CARE meets the guidelines the city would possibly provide them funding in the future.
“We’re interested,” he said. “We have animals that need shelter.”
