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99 amend the present ordinance concerning the issuance of cages by Animal Control for trapping animals. According to Ms. Walker, the ordinance should require that everyone in a neighborhood be notified whenever a trap is set in that neighborhood. She also stated that persons picking up a cage should be required to take the cage to their home and not deliver it to someone else's home as had occurred in their neighborhood. During her presentation, Ms. Walker referenced the following Petition, which she had submitted to the Board with 24 signatures. April 25, 2001 We, the undersigned neighbors, do vehemently oppose the very inhumane .and cruel treatment rendered to family pets owned by neighbors in the Hillside, Miller Avenue, Sedgefield and Sylvan Lanes, and surrounding areas. Luring animals into a cage, keeping them caged up for several days without food and water, then taking them to the dog and animal control to be killed is being done by Lorie Cha££ee, 177 Hillside Ave., Concord, NC. Not only do these cats not belong to her but also are pets of neighbors of hers and animals who may cross her path at any given time day or night. Being an employee of Cabarrus County, (she is a dispatcher with Sheriff's Department) we feel she is given special treatment as far as having these animals picked up unlawfully and against the will of their owners without giving them opportunity to return them to their safe haven. Sheriff Brad Riley explained that the Sheriff's Department and Animal Control are charged with enforcing the Animal Control Ordinance. He stated the issue is not the fact that the case involved a Sheriff's Department employee, but is whether the Department should make notification to neighbors when a trap is set. He reviewed the Department's procedures for responding to complaints and efforts to notify the owners whenever an animal is picked up. Sheriff Riley reported Animal Control picked up 2,534 cats during the past year, of which 23 were returned to their owners. The Department also works with the Humane Society in adopting out the cats. Further, Sheriff Riley stated that the cat that was trapped in Ms. Walker's neighborhood had not been claimed. He stated he had addressed the employee situation and ordered traps removed from that neighborhood when he learned there was a possibility the employee's child had fed the cats. However, he pointe~ out the Department would act to enforce the ordinance if another person in that neighborhood files a 'complaint. There was lengthy discussion regarding the responsibility of pet owners, Animal Control's procedures for responding to complaints and the importance for persons in a neighborhood to be able to talk with each other and work out problems that may arise within their neighborhood. Chairman Fennel asked Mr. Clifton and Sheriff Riley to study the issue concerning the trapping of cats and bring back recommendations/options for the Board's consideration at the next meeting. Mr. Sherrill Laney of Kannapolis presented comments concerning the rezoning request by Mr. Ronnie Hinson. He stated he found it significant that Mr. Hinson and Mr. Joyner had come to an accommodation and that Mr. Joyner did not speak in opposition to the rezoning. He disagreed that the rezoning would be spot zoning because he stated the adjoining property to the north, south and across the street is to some degree already commercialized. Further, he stated in his opinion Mr. Hinson's business would be a nice transition type of business between pure residential and commercial property located at the intersection of Highway 601 and Flowes Store Road. Finally, Mr. Laney advised of a similar type of rezonihg that he stated had occurred on Highway 24-27 in the Midland area to permit the location of. a CPA office. There was no one else to address the Board during the Informal Public Comments and Chairman Fennel closed that portion of the meeting at 8:00 p.m. NEW BUSINESS Contract Administration Policy - Blair Bennett~ Deputy County Manager for Administration Mr. Bennett reviewed the proposed Contract Administration Policy that would set up a uniform method for handling contracts.