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Silver Creek supervisors decline proposed dog ordinance as insufficient to resolve resident complaint
Summary
The Silver Creek Township Board voted 4-0 with one abstention on Feb. 17, 2026, to reject a proposed dog ordinance submitted by the township attorney, saying it would not address a current resident complaint; Chairman Mike Helman abstained.
The Silver Creek Township Board of Supervisors voted on Feb. 17, 2026, not to adopt a proposed dog ordinance submitted by the township attorney. The motion not to approve the ordinance carried 4-0, with Chairman Mike Helman recording an abstention.
Board members said the draft ordinance would not resolve a specific complaint raised by a resident, and therefore declined to move forward with adoption. The transcript records that the motion was framed as a refusal to approve the draft as written; no substitute ordinance or immediate next steps were adopted at the meeting.
The decision leaves the matter open for further work by the township attorney or for new language to be drafted before the board considers the issue again. The board did not record a schedule for revisiting the ordinance during the Feb. 17 meeting.
No public comment on the ordinance was recorded in the meeting minutes. The board proceeded to other agenda items after the vote.
