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Recent animal-control coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
Two proposed ordinances scheduled for second reading would create a discretionary civil citation system and replace Ferndale’s 2005 animal-control code, but the available record does not show the council’s Oct. 21 action.
The council authorized the first construction step for a permanent police animal kennel and set a goal of covering about 30% of the roughly $125,000 project with donations and grants.
At the June 15 budget hearing, supervisors directed staff to plan workshops on the county’s structural deficit and to look for spay-and-neuter funding through the Sheriff’s Office Animal Control Division.
The council unanimously backed an emergency kennel build to keep impounded dogs housed locally while the city transitions animal services.
The June 15 agenda includes budget adoption, a public hearing on city fees, an animal-control ordinance update, water-plan approvals and a discussion of River Lodge lease options.