Council questions whether it can legally make the sheriff's office an 'ordinance bureau'
Who it touches
- false-alarm ordinance violators
- animal-control ordinance violators
Tracked in the archive
Sheriff's office staffer Jeff Fox asked the council to formally establish the sheriff's office as an "ordinance bureau" so it can issue electronic citations for violations of the county's false-alarm and animal-control ordinances, instead of mailing violators a letter as it does now.
A council member questioned whether the council — rather than the county commissioners who wrote those two ordinances — actually has legal authority to make this change, since the council's role is limited to fiscal matters, and another council member suggested the commissioners should instead amend their own ordinance rather than have the council create what could become a competing one.
Sources
- Ordinance bureau request explained0:10:09 (10 minutes 9 seconds)
- Council questions its legal authority0:14:35 (14 minutes 35 seconds)
- "We're not going to vote on anything tonight"0:18:31 (18 minutes 31 seconds)
- Suggestion commissioners amend their own ordinance instead0:18:51 (18 minutes 51 seconds)
Outcome
No vote taken; council questioned whether the change is the commissioners' to make
No vote taken; council questioned whether the change is the commissioners' to make.
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