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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Public Safety Committee
November 17, 1971
Committee: Chairman Petrocine; Trustees Tregent and Brownfield
Attending: Chairman Petrocine; Trustees Tregent and Brownfield
Also Attending: Town Administrator Hill, Police Chief Ault
AMBULANCE:
After considerable discussion the Committee decided to recommend the fol-
lowing be added to the ambulance contract between Estes Park Ambulance,
Inc and the Town of Estes Park:
1. Increase the subsidy from its present $4,800.00 per year ten
percent to $5,280.00 per year, effective January 1, 1972.
2. The Police Department will assist the Estes Park Ambulance,
Inc. in filling out the legal forms for the collection of
bad debts.
DISPOSAL OF 1968 PATROL CAR:
The Committee reviewed the need existing in the department for the 1968
Plymouth and recommends it be retained in the department until such time
as a new vehicle is purchased during 1972.
DOGS:
The Committee recommends the following changes in the dog control
ordinance:
1. Add the following: "it shall be unlawful for any person to
keep or maintain any animal within the Town which habitually
or continuously disturbs the peace and quiet of the neighbor-
hood and the keeping of any such animal shall be declared a
nuisance".
2. Add the following: "vicious dogs - no biting, vicious or
dangerous dogs shall be harbored, kept or be permitted to be
kept or permitted to be at large within the Town. Whenever
such biting, vicious, or dangerous dog shall be outside the
enclosure of its owner or keeper it shall be deemed a public
nuisance and shall be taken up and disposed of, whether such
dog is licensed, registered, or numbered or otherwise.
3. Include a provision in the ordinance allowing the use of tran-
quilizers or tranquilizer guns.
4. In Chapter 18 increase the fees and penalties to double the
present fee for the second offense and triple the fee for the
third offense, etc.
5. Define the word "premises" so that the meaning is clearly
understood.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
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Dale G. Hill, Town Administrator