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Lakewood public safety committee narrows TNR ordinance, defers final council vote
Summary
The City of Lakewood's Public Safety Committee continued work on a trap-neuter-return (TNR) ordinance on Oct. 20, approving a revised draft as a working document but failing to resolve registration and training rules. Council later deferred the ordinance at full council.
The Lakewood Public Safety Committee on Oct. 20 approved a revised Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) draft as its working document but left unsettled whether the city will require registration or proof of training for community trappers.
Committee Chair Council Member Matt Stupich opened the discussion and moved to substitute the latest TNR draft from the law department, dated Oct. 13, as the committee’s working document; the motion passed. The substitute document removes the city’s responsibility for financing the program, Stupich said.
The substitute draft, however, did not settle two central disputes: whether registration of volunteer trappers should be mandatory, and whether trappers must show proof of training. Nancy Binder, chair of Le SWAB, and Megan Galeta, community CATS director for CLAWS (Citizens’ Committee for…
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