Politics & Government
Oconee County Animal Control Advisory Board Agenda Does Not Include Discussion Of Changes To Ordinance
The Commission has not asked the county attorney to review the issue or the Animal Control Advisory Board to take action.
The Oconee County Animal Control Advisory Board will discuss a number of issues when it meets on Wednesday evening, but updates to the county’s animal control ordinance isn’t likely to be one of them.
Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis, when asked by a citizen last week about the status of a new ordinance, acknowledged that Commissioner Jim Luke had called for discussion of possible changes in the county’s existing law.
Davis said, however, that the Board had not asked the county attorney to review the issue and had not directed the Animal Control Advisory Board to take any action.
Magistrate Judge Eric Norris last week also put off action on another issue of interests to many of those involved in animal protection in the community.
At the request of Catlyn Vickers, director of the Oconee County Animal Control Department, Norris moved the arraignment of Douglas Lanier Orr, 1430 Broadlands Drive, east of Watkinsville, on five counts of animal cruelty from this coming Friday to 9 a.m. on March 11.
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Pictured: Davis at BOC meeting of Feb. 2, 2016.