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Public commenter urges council to allow Akron wardens to use new animal-control facility
Summary
A public commenter, identified in the transcript as Mr. Johnson, asked Akron City Council to allow city wardens to use a new building being set up by a local animal organization so police and wardens would have space for seized animals and to reduce turn-downs.
A public commenter identified as Mr. Johnson asked Akron City Council during the public comment period to allow city wardens to use space in an animal-control facility the commenter’s group is developing.
Johnson said the group is working closely with Akron wardens and local police and that a local council member, Tina Boyes, helped secure a building. He said officers recently contacted him about an aggressive dog and that animal control told the officer to “piss off,” leaving police without a place to house the animal. Johnson asked council to allow city wardens—whom he named as Joe, Ron and Jessica—to operate from the new facility and to be able to bring animals there rather than forcing the commenter’s team to turn animals away.
“We cannot help you because we have nowhere to put the dog. But when we get our building, it will be different,” Johnson said. He asked council members to consider allowing the wardens to use the facility to reduce repeated late-night pickups and to save city resources.
Johnson said that if the wardens could use his group’s building they would still be able to use Akron’s facility, but access to the new site would reduce the need for the commenter and volunteers to pick up animals in the middle of the night.
Council thanked the speaker and closed the public comment period; no formal action on Johnson’s request was recorded in the meeting minutes.
