CARROLLTON TO FORM Animal Control Committee

By Editor | June 17, 2026 |

By Carmen Ensinger

For the first time in at least the last two decades, Carrollton City Council will have an Animal Control Committee.
Police Chief John Goode asked the council at the June 11 meeting saying that Ghrist Veterinary Clinic, who had been handling the animals picked up by the city, would cease doing so at the end of the month.
“Ghrist notified us last month that they were going to cease being a pound for us as of June 30 so we need to look at some avenues and what we are going to do moving forward,” Goode said. “Also, because the animal control employees that were participating in that are resigning from their duties as well so we need to get together to discuss some options moving forward.”
Mayor Mike Snyder asked who Goode suggested be on the Animal Control Committee.
Goode said himself, Assistant Police Chief Shane Carter, Kevin Reed because he has been doing it for several years and a few aldermen.
“Maybe we can come up with some ideas and present them to the council in July,” Goode said.
The council approved amending the city’s solicitation ordinance to exclude Saturday’s plus up the daily and yearly fee.
“I want to exclude Saturday’s but still keep the 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays,” Goode said. “The second part would be amending the fees for the daily license to $100 per person from $25 and moving the annual license from $100 to $500.”
The council also approved the addition of three more cameras to Fry Park.
“This will basically fill the DVR that is at the pool,” Goode said. “The first camera wil go on the existing pole facing the north parking area covering that north pavilion a little better. The second and third ones will go on a pole to cover the basketball court and the new playground equipment.”
Goode said that the city will have to supply power to the pole that these cameras will go on, which will be an additional expense. Otherwise, the cost of the three additional cameras will be $2,049.
Goode said the cameras are needed.
“We have had two incidents in the last couple of months that we couldn’t see the north parking area and the new playground equipment,” he said. “The one that covers it now is just too far away. This one will get in closer where we can pick up and actually see and it will cover the basketball court as well.”
Mayor Snyder thinks it is money well spent.
“There has been a lot of damage at that park over the years,” he said. “This isn’t a drop in the bucket compared to all that damage.”
The pool was sustaining a lot of mischievous damage until they installed cameras and Alderwoman Bernie Faul said they have not had one instance of someone attempting to damage property at the pool since the installation of the cameras.
Still staying in the Fry Park area, Goode requested the addition of some stop signs in the area, especially since the pickle ball courts are being used more.
Currently, First Street and Walnut is a three-way intersection with a yield sign and Chief Goode wants to replace that yield sign with a stop sign because it is located next to the pickle-ball courts.
“I think by adding a stop sign there it will help patrons to park and cross over to the pickle ball courts,” Goode said. “I also want to make Second Street and Walnut a four-way stop.”
The council approved both changes.
The council approves two invoices from Benton Engineering. One in the amount of $1,901.65 for grant administration for the Carrollton Square Rebuild Project and the other in the amount of $11,525.81 to close out the water plant EPA and administration for the ground storage tank. Both of these come out of city funds, not grant funds.