Clark County Keeps $6,500 Kennel Contract Over Per-Dog Fee Plan

Clark County Board Regular Meeting | May 15, 2026

Article Summary: The Clark County Board on May 15, 2026, set aside a proposed intergovernmental agreement that would have charged $100 for each dog the city of Marshall brought to the county animal shelter, voting instead to stay with an original contract at $6,500 per year.

Dog Kennel Agreement Key Points:

• State’s Attorney Kyle Hutson said the proposed agreement would have charged $100 per dog apprehended by Marshall and housed at the Clark County Animal Shelter.
• Martinsville and Casey do not participate, Hutson said, and the county handles only vicious dogs, not strays.
• After what the minutes describe as much discussion, the board voted unanimously to stay with the original contract at $6,500 per year.
• The motion came from Mike Parsons with a second from Brandon Burkybile.

CLARK COUNTY — The Clark County Board on Friday, May 15, 2026, voted to remain with an original dog kennel contract at $6,500 per year rather than adopt a proposed intergovernmental agreement that would have charged $100 for each dog the city of Marshall brought to the county animal shelter.

The item reached the floor as New Business No. 11(c) on the board’s agenda, titled “Approve Intergovernmental Agreement for Dog Kennel between City of Marshall and Clark County.” State’s Attorney Kyle Hutson explained the proposal: under the intergovernmental agreement, Marshall would be charged $100 per dog apprehended by the city and housed in the Clark County Animal Shelter.

Hutson told the board that Martinsville and Casey do not currently participate, and that the only dogs handled by the county are vicious dogs, not strays.

The minutes record that there was much discussion of the item, but do not record what was said, who said it, or on what grounds the per-dog structure was set aside. What the minutes do record is the outcome: it was decided to stay with the original contract, which is $6,500 per year.

Parsons moved to approve the original contract at $6,500 per year and Burkybile seconded. The chairman put the question, and on the roll being taken all members present voted aye. Chairman Rex Goble declared the motion adopted.

An agreement the record does not describe

The minutes do not identify the parties to the original contract, when it was signed, when it expires, whether it renews automatically, or in which direction the $6,500 flows. Neither the proposed intergovernmental agreement nor the original contract is attached to the materials released for the meeting, and no copy of either has been obtained. The board’s own agenda names the City of Marshall and Clark County as the parties to the proposed agreement; it says nothing about the original.

Tammy See of Animal Control and Warren LeFever of the Marshall City Council both appear on the meeting’s attendance line. The minutes do not record either speaking to the item.

The two documents that would settle the terms are the draft intergovernmental agreement Hutson briefed from and the original contract the board voted to keep.