Seaton pressed the fee issue with fellow supervisors, but it turns out that it had first been raised by a Waynesboro resident, Sherry Helsel, to members of Waynesboro City Council in 2022.

In a May 16 e-mail, Sherry Helsel, a state shelter inspector, wrote that the shelter's care was "deficient," with food provided in an unsanitary manner and dogs unable to avoid urine and feces.

Sherry Helsel, who spoke in the November meeting, was also critical of these three topics. However, Helsel also felt the new ordinance provided overall improvements to the code. “After being ...