Taft council approves separating animal control from code enforcement

Jun 9, 2026

Taft's council unanimously approved separating the combined animal control and code enforcement functions into two distinct departmental roles and accepted associated budget and staffing impacts, after Councilman Molina argued the combined position is excessive for one employee.

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Councilman Molina told colleagues the combined animal control and code enforcement position imposes too large a workload for a single employee and urged the council to separate the functions. "The number of hours that each job requires is a lot for one person to do both jobs," Molina said.

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