[1. CALL TO ORDER.]
[2. MINUTES.]
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COUNCIL MEETING FOR JANUARY THE 21ST, 2025. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THEIR PATIENCE. WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
THE CITY, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY 7TH COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE -- APPROVED TO, A MOTION TO
APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
[3. QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA.]
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. >> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? IN THE MINUTES CARRIE FOR SPIT QUESTIONS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR THE CITY MANAGER. ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? I KNOW WE HAVE A, A CORRECTED AGENDA THAT YOU'VE PUT UP, BUT BEFORE ALL OF US.
>> THE CORRECTED AGENDA IS DRESSED CHANGING THE DATE TO TODAY'S DATE, AND THEN THERE WAS AN INADVERTENT LISTING OF A, OF A PUBLIC HEARING THAT, THAT PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE DO NOT HAVE IN THEIR PRINTED COPIES, THE ONE THAT WENT OUT FOR THE 21ST THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT AN ANNEXATION. WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH ANNEXATIONS, SO THAT WAS JUST REMOVED, TO CLARIFY.
>> OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING
ELSE? MR. GRISWOLD. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OVER THE COLD SPELL, I HAD SOME CONSTITUENTS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFEGUARDING SOME OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS THAT WERE LEFT OUT DURING THE COLD, OR TETHERED, OR CAGED, OR WHATEVER. I'D LIKE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER HAVING THE STAFF PRESENT US A STATUS REPORT AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON WHAT OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS ARE FOR PROTECTION OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS, AND IF THEY HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT THAT THEY BRING THOSE FORWARD TO, AND IF SO, WE CAN ACT ON
THEM AT THIS TIME. >> CERTAINLY, KELLEY. I AGREE, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO WITH ANIMALS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. DOES ANYONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A COMMENT OR A THOUGHT ON THAT? WHAT MR. GRISWOLD WILL BE ASKING US TO DO, I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, MR. GRISWOLD, IS TO COME AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, TAKE SOME TIME TO JUST RECEIVE A REPORT ON THIS, CORRECT?
>> IS THERE, IN FAIRNESS TO THE STAFF, IS THERE TIME TO PULL TOGETHER SUCH A REPORT BY THE NEXT MEETING?
>> WELL, I THINK IT'S, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, AND COUNCILMAN GRISWOLD PRIME, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT OUR CURRENT POLICIES ARE AND PROCEDURES AND HOW THAT'S HANDLED, AND THEN YOU'RE ASKING IT STAFF SEES THE NEED FOR ANY CHANGES, AND WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE, AND IF WE TELL YOU WE THINK WE NEED CHANGES, THEN YOU WOULD SAY, HEY, YEAH, WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT, AND THEN WE PUT
IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA. >> YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
ONE ADDITION. AND ALSO WHAT STATE, NOT JUST LOCAL SAFEGUARDS, BUT WHATEVER THE STATE PUTS OUT AS WELL. IT SHOULD BE ONE AND THE SAME, BUT JUST IN CASE.
>> WELL, WE NEED TO DISTINGUISH WHAT JURISDICTION, WHAT LAWS HAVE WHAT JURISDICTION IN AUBURN. I THINK OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE WITH ANIMAL CONTROL THINGS IS IS WHAT YOU WOULD DO FOR YOUR OWN ANIMAL IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS WOULD, AND ONE CHALLENGE WE ALSO HAD IS YOU MAY NOT WANT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY AND CARE FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S ANIMALS WITHOUT THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO SO, AND POLICE WERE ALSO DEALING WITH THAT IN THIS EVENT. SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S CONCERNS. HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM, BUT I THINK IT'S A VERY EMOTIONAL THING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF GOES BOTH WAYS.
>> SO, MS. WITTEN ASKED, IS THAT POSSIBLE TO DO IN TWO
WEEKS, MS. KRAFT? >> -- IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING.
I'M GOING TO ASK HER IF, IF SHE CAN, AND IF THE CAVEAT IS IF SHE CAN'T, WE'LL INTO A FUTURE MEETING. I'LL SEND YOU WOULD AT ANY FUTURE EMAIL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GIVING YOU THE BEST INFORMATION, BUT, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEVERAL DAYS BEHIND IN SERVICES, AND SHE'S STILL RUNNING HER CREWS TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP.
>> AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT. -- IS EVERYBODY AGREEABLE TO
THAT? >> I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
>> OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL DO THAT POTENTIALLY IN TWO WEEKS. IF NOT, A TIME TO AFTERWARDS.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.