DOG CONTROL PETITION
Hi neighbours!
At 9am next Wed-13-Aug the Council’s Community Committee meeting is being presented with a petition requesting a review of the operations and performance of the Animal Management team with respect to nuisance dogs, and more substantive enforcement of the Dog Control Act.
If you would like to encourage the Committee members to support this petition you could email them in advance of the meeting, and even attend the meeting yourself. It is open to the public.
Chairperson – Councillor Lorna Johnson
Deputy Chairperson – Councillor Pat Handcock
Members – Mayor Grant Smith and Councillors Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Lew Findlay, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor, William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin
Contact details can be found here:
www.pncc.govt.nz...
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