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Gulf County tables rewrite of animal control ordinance after Humane Society and shelter manager ask for more review
Summary
Commissioners voted to table consideration of a proposed repeal-and-replace animal-control ordinance and directed Commissioner Macron to meet with the Humane Society and staff to resolve wording and implementation concerns raised publicly and by shelter leadership.
Gulf County commissioners on July 22 voted 5-0 to table a proposed repeal-and-replace of the county’s animal-control ordinance, instructing Commissioner Macron to meet with Humane Society leadership and county staff to resolve outstanding language and implementation questions.
The ordinance—advertised for two public hearings and described at the meeting as a repeal and replacement of the county’s 2021 animal-control ordinance—would change several enforcement and accountability provisions and shift certain responsibilities from the local Humane Society to county animal control for…
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