In comment last week, Roper resident and avowed animal lover Sandra Floyd urged Washington County Commissioners to “make something good happen” at the county’s animal shelter, where state officials levied fines in August after a series of failed inspections at the Landfill Road facility.

The county paid a $1,650 penalty to the state for a laundry list of violations at its animal shelter — violations that went uncorrected for months after inspectors noted the shortcomings in April...