WARREN — Trumbull County is incomes 13 % much less in revenue from the sale of canine licenses as we speak than it acquired in 2019, based on Trumbull County Auditor Martha Yoder.
In 2018, the county had $355,716 in whole canine license gross sales, based on auditor data. The county had $303,387 in canine license gross sales final yr.
“It has been a downward trend,” Yoder informed commissioners throughout their weekly workshop assembly. “We have an issue of compliance. There are dog owners not registering their pets.”
All canine homeowners are speculated to get licenses for his or her dogs.
The county’s data know-how 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 a web based canine licensing middle via which residents can get hold of registration for his or her dogs. Fairfield will arrange and prepare 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 know-how, stated.
Yoder steered 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 steered 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 might be obtained by going to the Trumbull County Auditor’s Office. Licenses cost $18 per canine.
Mahoning County has a web based canine license registration system and licenses might be bought on the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
