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Board declines to adopt proposed dog ordinance, saying it doesn’t resolve resident complaint
Summary
Silver Creek supervisors voted 4-0-1 not to approve a draft dog ordinance submitted by the township attorney, with Chairman Mike Helman recorded as abstaining; the board said the draft did not address a specific resident complaint.
The Silver Creek Township Board of Supervisors voted not to adopt a proposed dog ordinance after concluding the draft did not resolve an ongoing complaint from a resident.
The ordinance draft was submitted by the township attorney and discussed by the board. Supervisor Ryan Nelson and others cited that the draft failed to address the specifics of the complaint; Chairman Mike Helman abstained from the vote. The motion not to approve the ordinance carried 4-0-1.
The board did not substitute an alternate ordinance at the meeting and left further action for a future agenda; no enforcement changes or new rules were adopted during this session.
