(AP) — The cost of getting a wayward dog out of jail in may soon be going up in Lincoln.

The local Board of Health is recommending that the city council increase the animal impound fee by $5, from $35 to $40, for animals rounded up by the city and taken to the Capital Humane Society.

The increase will be a moot point for many owners whose dogs have tags and current rabies vaccinations and show up at the pound for the first time. Animal Control officers have recently been giving those first-time runaway pets a free ride home, as part of a campaign to encourage responsible pet ownership.