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170 <br />9 56 <br />Orange County Animal Services <br />501 W. Franklin St, Suite 106, Chapel Rill, NC 27514 (919) 968 -2297 <br />Animal Control Robert A. ManXto, Anhual Shelter <br />PO Box 8181 Director 1081 Martin Ludmw Sing Jr. Blvd <br />304 Revere Rd Chapel iM NC 27514 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27218 (919) 967-7383 <br />(919) 245 -2075 <br />Animal Services Tethering Committee Meeting <br />Wednesday April e. 2008 6:30 p.m. -8:00 p m. <br />Unapproved Meeting Summary <br />Location: Conference Room, Economic Development Building, East Sing Street, Hillsborough <br />OCTC Members and Staff Present: Jew Connerat Anstin, Kristine Bragstrand, Suzanm Roy, Animal <br />Services Di caw Robert Marotto, and Office Assistant Lisa Smith <br />OCTC Members Absent: Mary Dow, Commissioner Mike Nelson, and Keay StDwd <br />Agenda Review: The proposed agenda for this meeting was reviewed and accepted <br />Discussion: Staff organized this at the request of the Animal services Advisory Board (ASAB). <br />At the last ASAB meeting on Match, 2008 the ASAB decided that the Tethering Committee should <br />reconvene to consider whether the proposed restriction of tethering should be limited to three hours <br />within a twenty four hour period or three consecutive hours within a twenty four -hour period. <br />Committee members discussed the difference between these definitions from the standpoint of animal <br />husbandry and cart, and from the standpoint of eifforceabiility. The committee members who were <br />present decided that the language for the proposed ordinance amendment should be, "not more than a <br />total of three hours in a twenty -four-hour period." <br />As only three members of the committee were present it was decided that the language should be ratified <br />by emar7 so that there was a record of the majority approval. All members of the Tethering Committee <br />approved that the language of the ordinance amendment should be, "not more than a total of three hours <br />in a twenty- four,4x r period." <br />Meeting Adjourned at 8:00 p.m. <br />Staff then brought this language back to the Animal Services Advisory Board for final approval at its <br />April 1616, 2008 meeting. <br />