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4MUARX.21. 1997 -
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular
Session on Tuesday, January 21, 1997, 7:00 p.m.,
in the
Commissioners' Meeting Room of the Iredell County Government
Center.
Present: Chairman Sara K. Haire
Vice Chairman Steve D. Johnson
David A. Boone
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
Susan Blumenstein, Finance Director
William Allison, Planning Supervisor
Jean Moore, Clerk to the Board
Chairman Haire called the meeting to order.
STATESVILLE MONTESSORI STUDENTS WELCOMED: Chairman Haire
welcomed the eighth grade class of Mrs. Joanne Dodick to the
meeting. A special guest attending was Miss Caroline Johnson, the
daughter of Commissioner Steve D. Johnson.
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA: MOTION by Chairman Haire to
delete: Request from Sheriff's Dept. for additional jailers and to
add: Request for Approval of Jail Population Task Force's
Recommendation on Expenditure of Grant Funds ($18,623).
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
SPEAKERS IN REFERENCE TO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL
ORDINANCE:
• etaraaret Lane President of the Iredell County Humane Society
said this organization appreciated the work done by the Animal
Control Staff. Lane had a problem with Section 3-8 in the proposed
amendment. The section reads, "It shall be unlawful for any person
to tease, molest, or bait any animal not belonging to him or under
his control." The Humane Society feels it should be unlawful for
any person to do this to anv animal. Lane suggested the sentence
just read: "It shall be unlawful for any person to tease, molest,
or bait any animal."
In addition, Lane expressed a problem in allowing hunting dogs
to not wear collars with valid rabies vaccination tags in the
course of hunting. (She mentioned if the collars were noisy they
could be riveted.) Mrs. Lane said hunting dogs were the animals at
greatest risk to contract rabies. If the hunting dog is wearing a
rabies tag (when crossing various properties) and there is an
altercation with a person then this individual will know if the
animal has been vaccinated. (The person would not have to endure
painful rabies shots.)
Under the proposal for exotic animals, Lane said that having
Animal Control do licensing/permitting for these animals was a good
idea; however, the labor intensity involved
might be o costly
for
the County to absorb. Further, Lane suggested
tic
animal ordinance was adopted a change should made to the segment
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