WARREN — Trumbull County is incomes 13 p.c much less in revenue from the sale of canine licenses right now than it acquired in 2019, in keeping with Trumbull County Auditor Martha Yoder.
In 2018, the county had $355,716 in complete canine license gross sales, in keeping with auditor information. The county had $303,387 in canine license gross sales final 12 months.
“It has been a downward trend,” Yoder instructed commissioners throughout their weekly workshop assembly. “We have an issue of compliance. There are dog owners not registering their pets.”
All canine house owners are alleged to get licenses for his or her dogs.
The county’s info expertise division, which is run from the auditor’s workplace, is asking the commissioners to approve spending $3,480 for FairField Computing Services of Lancanster, Ohio, to offer an internet canine licensing heart by which residents can get hold of registration for his or her dogs. Fairfield will arrange and practice the suitable county personnel for the operation of the gear.
“The system will allow dog owners to either register or renew the registration of their dogs,” Tim Haniford, director of knowledge expertise, stated.
Yoder advised the county must search for methods to encourage residents to register their dogs.
“We should make the system for registration as easy as possible,” Yoder stated. “I would rather encourage them to register their pets than to punish them.”
Yoder advised getting extra distributors throughout the county to offer the licenses.
“We need to get the word out about the need to license their dogs,” she famous. “Some people simply do not know they have to license them.”
Dog licenses could be obtained by going to the Trumbull County Auditor’s Office. Licenses cost $18 per canine.
Mahoning County has an internet canine license registration system and licenses could be bought on the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
