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Buffalo County adopts ordinance letting sheriff address repeat nuisance calls
Summary
The Buffalo County Board approved Ordinance #26-03-01 allowing the Sheriff’s Office to address properties with three or more calls in one month or six or more calls in 12 months; the ordinance had prior committee approval and passed at the March 23 meeting.
Buffalo County supervisors voted to adopt Ordinance #26-03-01, a measure that allows the Sheriff’s Office to take action on properties that generate repeated calls for service — defined in the ordinance as three or more calls in a single month or six or more calls over a 12‑month period. The ordinance had been reviewed and passed by the Law Enforcement and Finance Committees before coming to the full board.
Mr. Taylor moved to approve the ordinance, seconded by Mr. Sendelbach, and the motion carried. During committee review, county staff said the ordinance is intended to give law enforcement a tool to address chronic public-safety or quality-of-life problems while working with residents before fines are issued, a point noted in the Law Enforcement Committee report to the board.
