Politics & Government
Oconee County Animal Control Board Heard About Citizen Concerns Near End of Three-Hour Meeting
The Board received its most vocal criticism for its unwillingness to consider strengthening the county's existing animal control ordinance.
When the six members of the Oconee County Animal Control Advisory Board began their meeting Wednesday night, they were facing an audience of nearly 30 people in a small, overly warm room at the Community Center in Veterans Park.
A few people drifted in and out as the nearly three-hour meeting progressed, but when the Advisory Board let the citizens speak at two hours and 20 minutes into the meeting, 25 people were still present.
Nine of those took the opportunity to talk.
While speakers mixed in compliments for the Advisory Board, all also offered some criticism or urged the Advisory Board to be more aggressive in supporting the work of the county’s Animal Control Department.
The Board received its most vocal criticism for its unwillingness to consider strengthening the county’s existing animal control ordinance to ban tethering of dogs and hoarding of animals.
For more on the story, go to Oconee County Observations.
Pictured: Board Member Janet Calpin.