Eager to demonstrate a heightened city commitment to animal control issues, Mayor Stephanie Terry has appointed longtime animal welfare advocate Missy Mosby to the newly created position of director of Evansville Animal Care & Control.
Mosby has spent 18 years on the City Council and is its longest-serving current member. She will resign her seat representing the Second Ward and begin as a full-time city employee Oct. 27. The position’s salary is $80,000. A Democratic party caucus will appoint someone to complete Mosby’s City Council term, which expires Dec. 31, 2027. A date for the caucus has not been announced.
“I thought, ‘Why not me?’” Mosby told reporters gathered Oct. 6 in Terry’s office. “My heart, my passion is Evansville … And I’m an advocate for animals. I’ve been to the statehouse trying to get bills changed. We started the first animal abuse registry here in Evansville, and one of the first in Indiana. I worked closely with our (police) officers on that. It’s just another passion that I have, and it’s another great step for me to help the city and work with Mayor Terry.”…