First reading moves animal control under sheriff's oversight; fee and enforcement changes proposed

County administrator Julie Wagner presented the first reading of a revised animal-control ordinance on July 28 that transfers management oversight to the Boyle County Sheriff's Department while maintaining fiscal-court funding for the program. The draft adds definitions (for example, tying a dog "bite" to puncture wounds), clarifies impound procedures and fees (a $50 impound fee payable to fiscal court that may be waived once for extenuating circumstances), and adjusts wording around "vicious" animals to reflect that only a judge can formally declare a dog vicious.