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Commission updates animal-abandonment law, approves sewer backflow assistance and confirms fire-service appointments
Summary
Enid commissioners unanimously updated the animal-abandonment code to add definitions and raise penalties, approved a voluntary backflow-preventer assistance program that pays up to $1,000 per installation, and confirmed appointments to the Fire Civil Service Commission, including Joe Jackson and Joshua Sandwick.
The Enid Board of Commissioners on May 5 approved multiple local measures affecting animal welfare, utilities and municipal staffing.
Ordinance amendments to the municipal code modernize the animal-abandonment section by adding examples of abandonment, making attempted abandonment prosecutable, and creating a presumption of abandonment when an animal is left without adequate food, water, shelter or supervision for more than 24 hours. The ordinance also increases the maximum penalty for violations from $100 to…
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