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m <br />MRS, ETHEL HALL, MRS, .JAMES MCCLEARY AND MRS, JOSEPH SIMON, <br />ALL STATED THEY HAVE HEART PROBLEMS, BUT ARE UNABLE TO TAKE WALKS OR <br />BICYCLE AS ADVISED BY THEIR DOCTORS BECAUSE OF BEING CHASED BY THE DOGS <br />ROAMING FREE AND THEY ARE ALSO AWAKENED AT NIGHT BY THEIR HOWLING, <br />MRS, NELLIE BOHANNON POINTEil OUT TO THE pOARD THAT MOST OF THE <br />COMPLAINTS RELATE TO -DOGS, <br />COMMISSIONER Loy SUGGESTED THAT THE POARD DO SOME MORE STUDY <br />ON THIS PROBLEM IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND CC'.E- <br />BACK WITH EITHER THIS ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE, SHE <br />AGREED THAT OVER THE YEARS, SHE HAS RECEIVED THE MOST COMPLAINTS IN <br />REGARD TO DOGS AND POSSIBLY THEY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY, <br />COMMISSIONER SOY POINTED OUT THAT EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT WOULD REQUIRE <br />A CONTROL OFFICER AND FACILITIES, WHICH WOULD BE EXPENSIVE, SHE <br />RECOMMENDED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING BE CLOSED AND THE MATTER BE GIVEN <br />FURTHER STUDY, <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SOY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, <br />THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING, <br />THE BOARD THEREUPON RECESSED AT 1:00 O'CLOCK P.M. FOR LUNCH <br />AND RECONVENED AT 2:00 P.M, WITH THE SAME MEMBERS PRESENT, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE CONTINUED DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THE <br />PROPOSED ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE AND STATED HE FELT WE SHOULD NOT <br />HAVE A LAW ON THE BOOKS UNLESS SOME AGENCY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO <br />ENFORCE IT, HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO GO ALONG WITH <br />COMMISSIONER SOY'S SUGGESTION TO GIVE THE ORDINANCE MORE STUDY AND THEN <br />COME BACK WITH SOME BETTER RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR <br />ENFORCEMENT, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THE PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY THE ABILITY TO <br />ENFORCE, IT IS THE WILLINGNESS TO ENFORCE OF CERTAIN AGENCIES, HE <br />POINTED OUT THERE ARE LAWS RIGHT NOW THAT COULD BE ENFORCED. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THIS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH THE <br />SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SOY, THE BOARDUNANIMOUSLYTABLED FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF AN ANIMAL <br />CONTROL ORDINANCE UNTIL THE MEETING OF APRIL 6TH, <br />CHAIRMAN HODTKE INSTRUCTED COMMISSIONER SOY TO RESEARCH THIS <br />39 <br />MAR 2 31977 29 , ,. 95 <br />