NATCHEZ — Willie Woods can’t sleep at night.

But it’s not anxiety that’s keeping her awake — it’s dogs.

And she wants something done about it, she told the Adams County Board of Supervisors Monday.

Woods was one of several citizens who showed up at the Monday meeting under the impression that the board was going to have a public hearing about a proposed nuisance animal ordinance.

Rather than have the citizens go home having wasted their time, the supervisors decided to allow them to state what they would at the public hearing and transfer their comments to the hearing when it takes place June 1.

“I only got two hours of sleep last night,” Woods said. “I cannot rest at night, and it seems to be an ongoing thing.”

When she turns her kitchen light off at night, that is when the neighbors’ dogs start barking, but if she calls the sheriff’s office the neighbors hear the call go out on the police scanner and hide the dogs, Woods said.

And the problems aren’t limited to night.

“I can’t even walk into my backyard because that’s where (the dogs) use the bathroom,” Woods said.

Bertha Lollies, who lives down the street from Woods on King’s Circle, said she, too, was bothered by barking dogs.

But she also said she was concerned about vicious dogs that were not chained.

“I have a handicapped child, and he can’t go outside,” Lollies said.

Supervisor S.E. “Spanky” Felter asked if there was any way for the sheriff’s office to approach the dog owners about the problem even before the county passes an ordinance.

“If a deputy came up and talked to me about my dog, I would take care about it,” Felter said.

Even though there is not yet an ordinance on the books, Sheriff Angie Brown said the sheriff’s office can still respond to some calls.

Later in the meeting, Supervisor Mike Lazarus read a resolution that would allow the supervisors to enter into a 5-year, $50,000 a year contract with the Natchez-Adams County Humane Society to house animals picked up under the new ordinance.

If the resolution is passed, the NACHS will be able to go to their bank and show the bank that they have a commitment for that much money a year, and in turn get the funding they need to break ground for a new shelter, said Vidal Davis, who spoke on behalf of the NACHS.

The supervisors did not vote on the resolution, which will depend on the adoption of the nuisance animal ordinance.