Residents split over liability, fencing costs and whether dissolution would revive open-range rules
Public testimony split: some residents want clarity and enforcement; others say dissolution transfers fencing costs and liability to non-livestock landowners unless village boundaries and exemptions are clearly mapped.
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Public comments at the hearing highlighted contrasting priorities: residents who suffer repeated livestock incursions urged the county to require custodians to fence and be liable for damages, while others warned that dissolving herd districts without careful drafting would shift fencing costs onto neighbors and could restore open-range liability for motorists.
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