In their regular meeting on Monday, July 14, Stephens County Commissioners approved additional funding for the Stephens County Humane Society, as well as a proposal to explore a federal grant opportunity for an emergency operations center and the purchase of new reporting software for the district clerk’s office.
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On Sept. 5, Kathy O’Shields, president of the Stephens County Humane Society; Cynthia Northrop, Breckenridge city manager; most of the Breckenridge City Commission; and the Stephens County Commissioners Court, met in a workshop for more than two hours to discuss some of the options for resolving the problems the community is facing.
When it comes to animal control in rural Stephens County, the problems are different than the animal issues inside the city limits and calls are handled differently than they are in the city.
The Stephens County Humane Society is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to helping the animals in the community.
Several local government boards and commissions will be meeting in this week and early next week for public hearings regarding tax rates and/or annual budgets, as well as routine business and other matters.
The Stephens County Commissioner and the City of Breckenridge Commissioners will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, to discuss the interlocal agreements between the City of Breckenridge and Stephens County.
For almost 30 minutes during the Breckenridge City Commission meeting last Tuesday, Aug. 6, local citizens and community leaders discussed the animal control problems in the area.
The Breckenridge Texan will publish a series of articles about the ongoing animal problems in Breckenridge and Stephens County.
Breckenridge has an animal control problem, one that some local residents would define as a crisis situation.
Earlier this year, City of Breckenridge employees were instructed by the new police chief to take a cat from the animal shelter and release it at Lake Daniel, an action the local Humane Society says was illegal. City officials maintain no laws were broken.
