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PLACED BEFORE THE STATE'S ATTORNEY.' SHE NOTED THAT PROBLEMS ARISE FROM THE LACK OF VALID FACTS, THE INABILITY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT OWNERS OF THE DOGS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS, AND THE HESITANCY ON THE PART OF THE PUBLIC TO BECOME INVOLVED. COMMISSIONER LAY CONTINUED THAT IN DISCUSSING SECTION 3-22 OF OUR PRESENT ORDINANCE ON PAGE 111 OF THE COUNTY CODE OF ORDI- NANCES, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT INSTEAD OF STATING THAT "IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR THE OWNER", IT SHOULD BE CHANGED TO READ THAT "IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR THE PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION THAT HARBORS, KEEPS OR MAINTAINS.,.." COMMISSIONER LAY NOTED THAT THEIR SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE DO NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING THAT PERTAINS TO DOGS IN THE PROPOSED ANIMAL CON- TROL ORDINANCE, THEY FELT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO IMPLEMENT THE ORDI- NANCE WE ALREADY HAVE ON THE BOOKS WITH JUST A FEW MINOR CHANGES, AND TO KEEP DOGS IN ONE AREA AND HANDLE ALL THE SO-CALLED "BARNYARD" ANIMALS SEPARATELY. COMMISSIONER Loy CONTINUED THAT SHE HAS TALKED WITH MRS. GRAHAM, HEAD OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY AND DR. FLOOD, AND SHE IS NOT READY',TO MAKE A FULL REPORT AS THERE ARE MANY THINGS WE WILL BECOME INVOLVED IN WITH DC:,, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE THE CONSENSUS TO KEEP REGULATIONS ABOUT DOGS SEPARATE. SHE, THEREFORE, RECOMMENDED WE HAVE THE ZONING COMMISSION REWORK THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, DELETING ANYTHING TO DO WITH DOGS,HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN SEND IT BACK TO THE BOARD, COMMISSIONER Loy INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IN 1969 AND 1972 A DOG COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED EMPLOYING AND EQUIPPING A COUNTY DOG WARDEN TO BE SUPERVISED BY THE SHERIFF. THIS WAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED IN 1969, BUT IN 1972 MONEY WAS ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET TO PROPERLY IMPLEMENT OUR PRESENT ORDINANCE, AND AN HONEST EFFORT WAS MADE TO FIND THE PROPER PER- SONNEL. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE PERSON HAD TO BE DEPUTIZED, AND IN ORDER TO BE -DEPUTIZED, HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR TRAINING TO BECOME A FULL-FLEDGED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, NATURALLY, NO ONE WITH THIS TYPE OF TRAINING WANTED TO BE A DOG WARDEN AND NO ONE 'EVER APPLIED WHO MET THE STANDARDS WE WANTED SO THE MONEY EVENTUALLY WAS DROPPED OUT OF THE BUDGET. SHE DOTED THAT ?HE'SHERIFF NOW HASA PROCEDURE WHEREBY HE CAN AUTHORIZE A SPECIAL DEPUTY TO HANDLE A SPECIFIC DUTY OR AREA; I.E., HE HAS A SPECIAL DEPUTY JUST FOR THE KIWANIS-ROBERT PARK AREA, COMISSIONER LOY THEN NOTED THAT APRIL 1ST IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO PURCHASE THE ANNUAL DOG TAGS, AND SHE QUOTED FIGURES SHOWING THAT WHEN PEOPLE BELIEVE THE ANIMAL ORDINANCE IS REALLY GOING TO BE ENFORCED, THE TAG 58 APR 61977 La 245 I