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Hicksville council rejects final reading of Ordinance 2025-10 to amend animal-keeping rule
Summary
At its Oct. 6 meeting the Hicksville Village Council held a final reading of Ordinance 2025-10 to amend Section 505.13 of the codified ordinances (pertaining to keeping animals near dwellings). The motion to adopt failed 3–1 (Bailey, Beverly and Miller voted yes; Bassett voted no).
The Hicksville Village Council held the final reading of Ordinance 2025-10, an amendment to Section 505.13 of the Hicksville Codified Ordinances relating to keeping animals near dwellings, at its Oct. 6 meeting.
Councilman Ron Beverly moved to approve the ordinance and Rob Bailey seconded. Council Members Rob Bailey, Ron Beverly and Kent Miller voted in favor; Council Member Eric Bassett voted against the measure. The minutes record the result as: the measure did not pass.
The meeting minutes do not specify the detailed changes proposed in the amendment to Section 505.13 beyond the notation that the ordinance pertains to keeping animals near dwellings. No public testimony or extended debate on substance is recorded in the minutes.
The council did not adopt Ordinance 2025-10 at the Oct. 6 meeting; the minutes do not record whether the ordinance will be reintroduced or modified for a future meeting.
