The Franklin County Commission voted
Tuesday night to withhold over 36 thousand dollars in county funding
to the Franklin County Humane Society over access to the gun range on
Highway 65.
The Humane Society closed the only
access road to the County gun range on September the 15th.
The road runs across Humane Society
property that was donated to them by Franklin County in 1988.
The Humane Society says the noise from
the gun range is negatively affecting the animals at the shelter and
people are shooting improper targets, such as tvs.
Franklin County Commissioners were not
pleased with the decision, especially this close to hunting season
when more people use the range to site their rifles.
The commission said it finds it
unacceptable for the humane society to accept public property for
free, accept public tax dollars to operate and then claim that the
pre-existing road and gun range interfere with their operations.
During the final public budget hearing
on Tuesday the County commission voted to move the Humane Society
funding to a “reserve for contingency fund” which means the money
can be given to the Humane Society in the future if the two groups
can work out their differences.
The county is also taking legal action
against the Humane Society to try to resolve the issue in court.
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