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Council moves Department of Animal Services forward; technical amendment on —animal at large— adopted
Summary
Council considered the administration's bill to create a separate Department of Animal Services (moving animal care out of the Police Department). The council adopted a technical amendment clarifying the definition of an animal —at large— and scheduled the finalized ordinance for further action on May 19.
The council took up bill 25-25, which would establish Animal Services as a stand-alone county department separate from the Police Department. Administration representatives described the change as an organizational restructuring that would create a director position and a management assistant post to manage personnel and IT functions previously housed in police administration; other operational staffing proposals are being pursued through…
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