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Sheriff, prosecutor ask board to authorize hearing-examiner role for dangerous-dog appeals; cities invited for joint sheltering RFP
Summary
Cowlitz County sheriff and prosecutor recommended amending the county ordinance to let the hearing examiner decide dangerous- and potentially dangerous-dog appeals and sought permission to join Longview-led talks on a joint animal-sheltering interlocal agreement and RFP; board signaled consent to proceed and to draft ordinance language.
Cowlitz County Sheriff Matt Bridal Thurman and a prosecutor’s office representative briefed the Board of Commissioners on April 8 and urged the board to amend county code so the county hearing examiner can preside over appeals for dangerous- and potentially dangerous-dog determinations.
“We discussed [the hearing examiner] would be willing to do Zoom hearings or in-person hearings,” Bridal Thurman said, summarizing a follow-up conversation with the county hearing examiner, Mark Scheibmeyer, and describing his willingness to take on the animal cases under the existing agreement. The sheriff’s office and the prosecutor’s office recommended an amendment to include dangerous-animal appeals under…
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