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Bartlett removes animal-control provisions from charter, advances local ordinance rewrite
Summary
The board ratified a state chapter removing animal-control language from the charter so the city can update animal-control rules locally, and it advanced a separate ordinance (first reading) to revise animal-control ordinances with a public hearing set for Nov. 25.
The Bartlett Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted unanimously to ratify a state law that removes animal-control provisions from the city charter, a step that city staff said was necessary to allow local amendments to animal-control rules.
City Attorney Ed McKinney said the legislature adopted the provision (private Chapter 27) and certified it through the governor and secretary of state. “All this will do will be to remove the animal…
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