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Councilmember Decker accuses leadership of delaying animal-control code review, asks for recusal
Summary
At the Oct. 6 Lynnwood City Council work session, Councilmember Decker criticized council leadership for waiting months to place an animal-control code discussion on the agenda, alleged ex parte drafting of ordinance language, and requested that Councilmember Escamilla be recused from related discussions; no formal action or vote was recorded.
Councilmember Decker used council comments at the Lynnwood City Council work session on Oct. 6 to sharply criticize council leadership for what he described as months of delay in scheduling a review of the city’s animal-control code.
Decker said he first asked that the council form a task group months ago after a friend was attacked by a dog. He said he initially withdrew a procedural request to trigger a guaranteed 45‑day agenda placement after the council president offered to put the item on the agenda. “Now, months later, months and months later, we still have not had that discussion,” Decker said. He told colleagues the item has been tentatively scheduled for November but warned it…
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