Chair: Animal Shelter Won’t Get

$100,000 From County This Year

HARTWICK SEMINARY – The Susquehanna Animal Shelter is asking Otsego County for $100,000 to help fund its operations.

The organization, formerly known as Susquehanna SPCA, made an appeal Tuesday to the Health and Education committee, according to Chair Janet Hurley Quackenbush, R-Town of Oneonta.

The committee took no action on the funding request but did invite the organization to try again in the early stages of the 2017 budget process.

“There is no doubt that they are a worthy cause, unfortunately entities like animal control are a lot easier to pass by then requests from human organizations,” said Quackenbush.

Currently the “no kill” shelter receives no money from the county or any national organization.

In other matters before the committee, members directed staff to apply for a state grant that would pay for county residents to get free radon testing.

And they heard a proposal from Pro Act Drug Plan that would offer discount drugs to county residents.