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Legislation was presented and discussed Monday night during a council work session.
The proposal, made by Councilman Mark Lombardi, R-Ward 1, would hire an animal control specialist for up to 28 hours a week. Further discussion was pushed to June 14.
Lombardi wanted to provide time to fulfill Councilwoman Linda Litman s request to review an updated job description for city building code enforcement officers, who Mayor Kathy Catazaro-Perry said have been handling animal control-related duties.
The mayor is not in favor of creating the new position, and said doing so would waste money. Police officers handle animal-related calls when code enforcement is off duty, she added.
The Independent
MASSILLON It s clear that revising a fee for landlords to register residential rental properties in the city will take significantly more time.
Ideas were aplenty when Members of the Health, Welfare and Building Committee met via videoconference for 30 minutes Monday night to mull options to the city s non-owner occupied building registration fee, currently a one-time rate.
In fact, the entire council took part in the special session. Comments were spirited and somewhat lengthy, prompting the committee chairman Councilman Jamie Slutz, R-at large to schedule a second meeting at 5:30 p.m. March 8.
The main topic Monday was to address a proposal presented two weeks ago, raising the city s landlord registration fee to $80 per unit from the current $50. The fee is now a one-time charge, but under the proposal, the $80 payment would be required each year.