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Committee backs forwarding lifetime dog license option; questions remain on rabies verification
Summary
The committee recommended council consider an ordinance allowing lifetime dog licenses alongside annual tags and approved new fee levels; staff and members raised questions about verifying long‑term rabies vaccination records.
The Finance Committee voted to forward an ordinance that would add an optional lifetime dog license to the Winchester City Code and adjust annual license fees.
Treasurer Jeff Barber told the committee the city currently offers only one‑year dog licenses and residents have increasingly requested a lifetime tag. The ordinance would make both options available. Under the proposed fees presented to the committee, an altered (spayed/neutered) dog’s annual license would rise to $5 (from $4 previously reported), and an unaltered…
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