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DOK 1r I <br />DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED LEASE WITH HUMANE SOCIETY FOR COUNTY PROPERTY <br />BARBARA NOLTE, PRESIDENT OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY, CAME BEFORE <br />THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED LEASE WITH THE COUNTY FOR PROPERTY <br />FOR AN -ANIMAL SHELTER. SHE HAD A PROBLEM WITH CALLING THE SHELTER <br />A aHUMANE ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTER,`t NOTING THAT THE TITLE SEEMS TO <br />INVOLVE TWO SEPARATE FUNCTIONS - THE FUNCTION OF ANIMAL CONTROL BEING <br />SIMPLY TO TAKE STRAY ANIMALS OFF THE STREETS AND DISPOSE OF THEM; <br />WHILE THE HUMANE SOCIETY, ON THE OTHER HANDS TAKES UNWANTED ANIMALS <br />AND TRIES TO JAKE CARE OF THEM AND ADOPT THEM OUT. IT IS A PHILOSOPHI- <br />CAL DIFFERENCE. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED WITH REGARD TO CALLING THE SHELTER A <br />HUMANE SHELTER, AND MRS. NOLTE FELT THEY MIGHT ENCOUNTER SOME DIFFI- <br />CULTIES WITH VARYING INTERPRETATIONS OF THE WORD `tHUMANE It BECAUSE <br />THEY DEFINITELY DO HAVE TO DO AWAY WITH SOME ANIMALS. MRS, NOLTE <br />STATED THAT THE HUMANE SOCIETY DOES HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE <br />COUNTY AND HAS ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF THAT ON A CONTRACTUAL BASIS. THEY <br />WOULD, HOWEVER, LIKE TO CONTRACT SEPARATELY AND NOT HAVE THE BURDEN OF <br />ANIMAL CONTROL A CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED LEASE. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS AND COMMISSIONER FLETCHER DID NOT INTERPRET <br />THE PROPOSED LEASE AS LOCKING THE SOCIETY INTO BEING THE COUNTY'S <br />ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS ALSO DID NOT INTERPRET <br />THAT FUNCTION AS BEING SPELLED OUT IN THE LEASE. HE DID, HOWEVER, RAISE <br />THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER IT WOULD BE THE COMMISSIONS INTENT TO LEASE <br />THE PROPERTY FREE OF CHARGE TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY IF THEY SHOULD REFUSE <br />TO PERFORM THEIR PRESENT ANIMAL CONTROL FUNCTION - NOT PICKING UP THE <br />DOGS, BUT KEEPING THEM AND DISPOSING OF THEM, <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER NOTED THAT THE REASON WE ARE HELPING <br />THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS BECAUSE THEY ARE HELPING US, AND MRS. NOLTE <br />CONTINUED TO CONTEND THAT ANIMAL CONTROL AND THE HUMANE SOCIETY ARE <br />SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FUNCTIONS. ATTORNEY COLLINS BELIEVED THAT THE <br />ISSUE IS TO DECIDE WHAT SERVICE THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE THE HUMANE <br />SOCIETY TO PERFORM IN RETURN FOR THE LEASE OF THE LAND. <br />