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Resident asks council to rescind cat citation and raise neighborhood safety concerns
Summary
At the March 24 Northglenn City Council meeting, resident Jordan Stransky urged the council to reconsider a citation for a community cat and asked police to address suspected drug activity and long-term RV habitation across the street.
Jordan Stransky told the City Council on March 24 that officers woke her family at about 11 p.m. on March 12 to deliver a citation for a cat at large and lack of a rabies tag. Stransky, who identified herself as a long-time Adams 12 employee and single mother, said she had spayed, neutered and vaccinated the animals and asked the council to help recover a cat seized by animal control and to reconsider the city’s enforcement approach.
Stransky said the animals are “community cats” and that she removes collars because the cats prefer to be outdoors. “This ticket…seems to be a misapplication of the law,” she told council, adding that the seizure and associated retrieval fees would create a financial hardship for her family. She asked the council to “reevaluate the ordinance concerning cats at large and consider whether it is an appropriate use of police and animal control resources at this time.”
She also raised separate safety concerns about a neighbor’s property across the street, which she said has had multiple cars, parked RVs with people living in them for extended periods, and suspected drug activity. “I cannot allow my children to play outside unattended, or walk to and from school in this environment,” Stransky said, and asked the Northglenn Police Department to investigate.
Council members thanked the speakers during council communications later in the meeting; Councilmember Jaramillo specifically acknowledged Stransky and said she was “proud to see her here.” No formal action or vote on the cat citation or on the reported nuisance at the neighboring property was recorded during the meeting. The remarks occurred during the public-comment period, and staff or council did not indicate an immediate policy change or a specific follow-up timeline during the session.
The issue of animal-control enforcement and how the city applies the cats-at-large ordinance surfaced as a request for policy review from the public speaker. Councilmembers also referenced other agenda items and community meetings during the evening but did not adopt any ordinance amendments or motions addressing Stransky’s complaints during this meeting.
Stransky’s full remarks were delivered during the public-comment period and included both the citation appeal and separate neighborhood-safety allegations; councilmembers later thanked her in council communications but did not make an on-the-record commitment to a specific next step at this meeting.
