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I <br />THAT WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS ORDINANCE WILL GIVE THE SHERIFF AND THE <br />STATE'S ATTORNEY MUCH MORE LEEWAY TO HANDLE THE DOG PROBLEM. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy SAID SHE DEFINITELY FELT THAT WE HAVE A I <br />PROPOSAL TO BE CONSIDERED AT BUDGET TIME THAT WILL HAVE. TO DO WITH THE <br />EMPLOYMENT OFA DOG WARDEN. SHE FURTHER NOTED THAT WE DO HAVE OTHER <br />REGULATIONS AND ONE STATES THAT A DOG DESTROYING PROPERTY OR ENDANGERING <br />LIFE MAY BE PICKED UP, IMPOUNDED AND DISPOSED OF. <br />MARGARET HARRIS OF PARK AVENUE, WHO WORKS WITH ANIMAL CONTROL <br />WITH THE CITY, ASKED IF THE BOARD WILL ONLY TRY TO ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE <br />AFTER DECIDING ABOUT A DOG WARDEN AT BUDGET TIME. MRS. HARRIS NOTED THAT <br />SHE HAS CHECKED, AND OUT OF A POSSIBLE 6,000 DOGS, THERE ARE ONLY 209 <br />LICENSED DOGS, <br />IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE LAWS, AND THE SHERIFF AND <br />HUMANE SOCIETY CAN PICK UP DOGS. <br />i <br />CORINNE BLAKE OF ROCKRIDGE STATED THAT SHE GETS A LOT OF CALLS <br />IN REGARD TO ANIMALS IN HER AREA AND ASKED WHOM SHE SHOULD TELL THESE <br />PEOPLE TO CONTACT ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS. <br />THE BOARD INSTRUCTED HER TO CALL THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT <br />FIRST. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE READ TO THOSE PRESENT A LETTER FROM .JOHN CHENEY, <br />SAFETY ENGINEER, OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, WHICH IS HEREBY MADE A PART <br />OF THE MINUTES. <br />JUN 2 21971 <br />20 <br />JUN 2 21971 <br />