Board approves amendment clarifying Mr. Bertrand’s kennel policy language in June 1 minutes

The board approved an amendment to its June 1, 2026 work session minutes that replaces the recorded wording of a comment attributed to Mr. Bertrand with a longer, clarified instruction on how kennels and loose-dog incidents should be handled.

The amended text, recorded in the minutes as Mr. Bertrand’s corrected statement, reads: "Add kennels into the zoning law, have Code Officer look at structure and permits, let law enforcement deal with any animal cruelty issues, have the state deal with licensing regulations of boarding kennels and have dog control officer deal with loose dogs." The minutes amendment was presented and adopted by roll call.

Why it matters: the change specifies which agencies and officers should handle separate aspects of kennel regulation and animal-control issues — zoning enforcement and permitting, criminal animal-cruelty enforcement, state-level kennel licensing, and local dog-control responses — which clarifies responsibilities that were previously summarized more briefly in the original minutes.

The record shows a motion to approve the amended minutes; the transcript does not specify who moved or seconded the motion. The roll call printed in the minutes lists the following surnames with a mark under the "Yea" column: Mr. Deyo, Mrs. Turner, Mr. Menard, Mr. Sand and Mr. Dyer. The minutes record indicates the amendment passed on that roll call.

The transcript does not identify the full governing body name, nor does it supply given (first) names for the board members listed in the roll call; surnames are presented as they appear in the minutes. The corrected wording for Mr. Bertrand was entered into the official minutes as part of this procedural approval.