Published 9:22 pm Wednesday, August 5, 2026 MOULTRIE — County Commissioner Paul Nagy, who is also the chair of the Moultrie-Colquitt County Humane Society, told the county commission at its most recent meeting that none of the small municipalities in the county have a contract with the organization for animal control. “It’s come to our attention that there are no contracts in place for the cities and it’s been this way at least since COVID,” Nagy said. “That means they’ve all been getting free service that they haven’t been paying for.” The Moultrie-Colquitt County Humane Society, which was founded in the 1980s, is a 501c3 non-profit organization that the cities and county governments are supposed to contract with to provide animal control services to all of Colquitt County and its municipalities. The county government and the City of Moultrie have contracts, but other cities in the county don’t, Nagy said. In Georgia Code 4-8-22, it states “The governing authority of each local government shall designate one or more individuals as dog control officers to aid in the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this article. Any county or municipality or any combination of such local governments may enter into agreements with each other for the consolidation of dog control services under this Code section.” It also states that a county’s jurisdiction for the enforcement of the code shall be the unincorporated area of the county and a municipality’s jurisdiction for…
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