DeWitt County municipalities participate in intergovernmental agreements, or IGAs, with the county to provide animal control services to the communities. 

At Thursday night's Public Safety Committee meeting, the committee discussed the growing budget for animal control. While animal control is not intended to be profitable and Chair Megan Meyers wants to continue supporting the municipalities in some way, the committee believes the IGAs need to be renegotiated. 

For this change to become official, the full County Board must approve it. Meyers reiterates that they will be encouraging municipalities to stay at the table and renegotiate with the county, while still giving either party the option to go another direction. 

While the main concern of the current agreements is the amount being paid to the county by the municipalities, Meyers adds that much of the language is outdated. She notes that they are required by the state to provide certain services. 

The motion will now move on to the full County Board to be decided on. The committee was firm in its belief that the IGAs only need to be renegotiated, and they would like to continue working with the municipalities.