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Sigourney council advances animal-control ordinance in first reading
Summary
Council members approved the first reading of revisions to Title IV — Mental and Physical Health, Chapter 1 (Animal Control), updating nuisance and fee language and clarifying bodily-injury terms; the city attorney reviewed the changes before the vote.
The Sigourney City Council on Feb. 6 approved the first reading of an update to the city's animal-control ordinance, revising nuisance and fee sections and clarifying language related to bodily and serious injury.
Council member Clark summarized the updates and said the ordinance had been reviewed by the city attorney. The council voted to approve the ordinance's first reading by roll call. The minutes record Ayes for Conrad, McLaughlin, Iosbaker, Schultz and Clark; one member (Lentz) is not recorded in the Ayes list for this motion in the minutes.
Council members cited a recent courthouse-yard incident — noted in an email from Christy Bates to the city clerk — as an example of where the updated ordinance's enforcement provisions would apply. The item will return to the council for a subsequent reading before final adoption.
