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Votes at a glance: Coeur d'Alene council approves ordinance on goats, approves several resolutions including street work and equipment purchases
Summary
At its May 6 meeting the Coeur d'Alene City Council adopted an ordinance authorizing limited use of goats for vegetative abatement and approved several resolutions covering recreational transit, sale of a modular building, purchase of a brine system and a mill‑and‑inlay change order.
The Coeur d'Alene City Council took multiple formal actions on May 6. Key outcomes below summarize motions, vote results recorded in the transcript and brief details included in council discussion.
Votes at a glance
- Council Bill 25‑1010 (ordinance amendment allowing limited goat use for abatement): Adopted. The ordinance adds a permitting path for homeowners associations to use goats in certain open‑space areas for vegetation management. The police department will review permit applications; the city and police added conditions limiting the number and timing of grazing events, prohibiting unneutered male goats because of odor concerns, and reserving the right to modify conditions to maintain peace and safety. Council noted two amendments discussed the night of the meeting: lowering an insurance requirement from $1,000,000 to $500,000 and adding flexibility on how “pinning” of areas smaller than a half‑acre is determined by animal control. (Roll‑call: unanimous…
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