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Fiscal Court approves amended second reading of animal-control ordinance; authority moves to sheriff
Summary
Magistrates added a cross-reference on definitions for 'physical injury' and 'physical trauma' and the Fiscal Court approved the amended second reading; the judge stated animal control will be under the sheriff's office going forward.
The Boyle County Fiscal Court approved the second reading of a revised animal-control ordinance after a magistrate requested restoring a statutory sentence to clarify the definitions used in the ordinance.
A magistrate asked staff to add a cross-reference so that the ordinance's shorter definition would point to the fuller statutory definition used later in the draft. The magistrate amended the motion "to include that line," the judge said, and the court voted. The judge then announced, "2nd reading is approved," and noted that, "animal control is officially, as of right now, under the sheriff." The vote carried and the ordinance advanced on second reading.
Court members said their amendment was intended to ensure internal consistency between the ordinance's definition sections and the fuller statutory text; staff committed to inserting the agreed sentence before further readings.
