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a <br />COUNCILMAN GREGG STATED THAT IT MAKES NO SENSE TO HAVE STRAY <br />DOGS RUNNING LOOSE WHEN THE COUNTY WARDEN CAN PICK THEM UP. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THIS ENTAILS A DEFINITION OF THE <br />WORD "STRAY," WHETHER THE DOG IS LICENSED, WELL CARED FOR, AND SIMPLY <br />OFF ITS OWN PROPERTY, OR AN ABANDONED ANIMAL ROAMING THE STREETS. <br />COUNCILMAN GREGG FELT THAT A STRAY DOG IS ANY DOG THAT IS <br />RUNNING LOOSE, AND DID NOT BELIEVE THERE ARE VERY MANY DOGS RUNNING <br />LOOSE IN THE COUNTY. 7 <br />THE BOARD AGAIN POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNTY CANNOT ENFORCE <br />MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES. CONVERSATION CONTINUED AND ATTORNEY COLLINS <br />SUGGESTED THAT HE COULD GET TOGETHER WITH ATTORNEY PALMER AND SEE <br />WHETHER THERE ARE ANY STATUTES IN EXISTENCE THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT <br />TO COVER THE SITUATION. <br />COUNCILMAN GREGG ASKED WHETHER. THE BOARD WOULD BE AGREEABLE <br />TO PROVIDING THESE SERVICES TO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH IF THE ATTORNEYS <br />SHOULD FIND A SOLUTION. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THAT -THE COUNTY CANNOT PROVIDE <br />THE SAME SERVICE THAT THE CITY HAS RIGHT NOW, AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT <br />NOTED THAT UNDER STATE STATUTE A WANDERING DOG CANNOT BE PICKED UP <br />JUST BECAUSE IT IS CAUSING A NUISANCE. <br />COUNCILMAN GREGG STATED THAT HE JUST WISHED TO KNOW IF THE <br />COUNTY IS AGREEABLE TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF THE ANIMAL WARDEN'S <br />TIME SPENT WITHIN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS DID NOT FEEL THE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE <br />COUNTY PROVIDE EXACTLY 1/3 OF THE ANIMAL WARDEN'S TIME, AND COMMISSIONER <br />SIEBERT NOTED THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY,. WE <br />WILL DECIDE THE HOURS, WHICH WILL BE EQUAL ALL OVER THE COUNTY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPLAINED THAT WE HAVE ONE ANIMAL WARDEN TO <br />COVER 400 SQUARE MILES OF LAND, AND HE COVERS IT DEPENDENT UPON WHERE <br />THE PROBLEM ARISES AND WHERE HE IS CALLED TO GO. <br />a COUNCILMAN GREGG REITERATED THAT HE WANTED TO KNOW HOW <br />MUCH OF THE WARDEN'S TIME COULD BE SPENT IN THE CITY, AND CHAIRMAN <br />WODTKE ASKED IF MR. GREGG COULD INFORM THE BOARD HOW MANY DOGS THERE <br />ARE IN THE CITY. <br />W <br />SEP 2 01978 <br />OAK egi FAri 24-0 <br />