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Sheriff and prosecutor urge adding hearing-examiner option for dangerous-animal determinations
Summary
Cowlitz County sheriff and prosecutor reported they spoke with the county's hearing examiner, who is willing to take dangerous-animal hearings; the board was told an ordinance amendment and possible contract addendum would be needed to implement the change.
Cowlitz County Sheriff Bridal Thurmond and a prosecutor's office representative, Jason Loreen, told the commissioners they had discussed adding dangerous- and potentially-dangerous-dog appeals to the duties of the county's hearing examiner, Mark Scheidmeier.
Thurmond said he and Loreen met with Scheidmeier, who currently hears planning and health-and-human-services appeals and indicated he was willing to take dangerous-animal cases. Scheidmeier's contract has a current annual cap of $20,000, which the parties said historically has not been reached.
Loreen described the policy trade-offs…
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