ORD-2008-102a - Animal Control Ordinance - Tethering of Dogs

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108 (05 Anhn d Services Advisory Borad MCrft Apprrow -d Mlrmtes March 19,20W Page 2 Anfind Nome Ordnanc& –Irene phipps gave an update on an item that was discussed at the November 2007 AMB meeting regardng a requwt from an Ormage County cdwm (David Sylres) to review the current Animal Ordinance as it relates to the noise drsturbance associated with roosters. Presently the County's orduaance only addresses nuisance bar*mg and does not allow any type ofresohaun for other animal noises In 2007, the Animal Control Division ofAnimal Services received only three complaints to di, awd locations regarding roosters and spe ft ally the noise dx d they make, Research was conducted on Mradcode to determine which counties around the state had ordinance provisions to address these issues. .Ms Phipps provided members of the board with a report listing due fma ngs A motion was made by Jean Austin and seconded by A&W Cary that the Animal Services Advisory Board does not feel it is appropriate to movie forward with a recommendation that the Animal Ordinance be changed but that there be further contact with Mr. 4*vs_regardingpotential civil relief VOTE: Unanimous Pd o* population Comnrkum—Pat Sanford reported that they gathered a lot of informalion at the last meding and Beth Livingston ofAmmal Kind reported that at the present time they are spaying and neutering about 100 animals ayear in Orange County without arty funds from Orange County Animal Services and that at an average costper surgery of 3754100 they could do 100 more surgeries. Animal Kind would do all the administration and currently Animal n d has contracts with local V&WVkW7anL Ms Sanford also reported that the feral cat cardakffs are coming back to d1wuss how to handle feral cat colondes and to try and reduce the number offeral adds coming in to the shelter. Bob Movao reported that there is now 316, 000.00 in the County's Community SpayNeuterfwnd and that the amount is expected to grow to - ,125,000 or more before the end of theftwalYear. Some of the funds were used for the Spay Day USA program where we sterilized 20 animals belonging to clients of the Deportment of social Services. The actual list was 31 animals but duce to the exact compliment of males/females and cats /dogs, we were only able to process 20 drat particul ar day. We plan ongoing back to the veterinarian with a supplemental contract to capture the other eleven animals The plan is to use remaining money in this account in the last quarterfor a variety► ofprograms, which will help with the prevention of unwanted pets that and up in the shelter. The committee will come back at the meet board meeting with a specific programmatic and monetary recommendation and proceed on that basis Adopdoa/P&rzwurt ConarW ---Bob Marotto would Ii a to get suppo t from the ASAB for the agreement and the guideline documents that have been developed by the committee The idea is to be in a position to fnnalize the documents in the near future, and that would require review and approval by the Board of Cowdy Commissioners A motion was made byJeam Ausitm and seconded by Kris Bergstrand to add "appropriate socialization" after the word voter hung care of item 2 on page 2 of the document YO Unanimous A motion was made by Jean Austin and seconded by Kris Bergatrrrnd to remove the word "may" and replace it with the word " must" in item 10 ofpage 4 YOTE: Unanimous A motion was made by Moses Cary and seconded by Kris Bergstrand to strike the last sentence of item 10 ofpage 4. VOTE: Unimbnous