Council unanimously allows two requests to keep backyard chickens

Jul 13, 2026

The council approved requests from the Pietila family and the Sharshakov request to keep chickens in town yards as proposed; both motions passed unanimously.

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Council considered two separate requests to keep chickens and approved both motions without opposition. The minutes record that a motion was made to allow the Pietila family to keep chickens in their yard "as proposed," and a subsequent motion approved the Sharshakov request similarly; all votes were recorded Aye: Carothers, Glassett, Carroll, Russell, Viray.

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