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Rich County schedules public hearing on stiffer dog-ordinance fines; sanitation-language revision deferred
Summary
The commission set a Sept. 2025 public hearing to consider tougher fines for the county dog ordinance while declining immediate changes to sanitation-ordinance wording; a resident asked that the sheriff be authorized to issue citations.
Attorney Ben Willoughby offered to revise the county sanitation ordinance wording for clarity based on a departmental request, but Commissioner William E. Cox said he preferred to keep the current language and focus on administrative solutions. The commission did not adopt ordinance text changes at this meeting.
The commissioners agreed to schedule a public hearing for the September 2025 commission meeting to consider potential options for stiffer fines under the county dog ordinance. Resident Randall Knight requested that any amendment include authorization for the sheriff to issue citations when owners do not comply; the commission took the suggestion under advisement.
