Public comment on dog odor and feces complaint
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The county’s agenda for Board of County Commissioners, Feb 8, 2022
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Uh here. Okay, so now is the time for public comment. Citizens are given an opportunity to comment on any current or future agenda item coming before the board and on any other business under the board's purview. Today's public comment will be handled as follows. First, we will take public comment from those who are here in person. Then we will take public comment from those who have pre-registered for a WebEx link and are currently on Cube. We request that when you address the board, comments are not directed
personally against the Commissioner Oak Member, but rather directed at the issue. This provides mutual respect between board members and the public. After stating your name and address to the clerk A three-minute timer will be activated. After two minutes, a single beep will indicate you have one minute left, and when your time is up, two beeps will sound. And you should close your comments. WebEx participants will be disconnected automatically when their time is up. So do we have anyone signed up for public comment?
We have one person here in the chambers, Mr. Richard Raymond. Mr. Murray, if you come to the uh podium and give us your name and address for the record. Thank you.
Uh Richard Raven, [address removed].
Hello, give my line. Good morning.
Yeah, I'm here because um I have a problem with um dog odor, dog feces. I've this has been going on for like four months. I've called code enforcement. Um, they were slow at it, but they finally got there. It was Um they were given a warning. Um They didn't comply, they come back, they gave them a court date. The court date is March twenty-fourth. I cannot open my windows. I
cannot breathe. Without gagging, I can't have guests, family at my house. I've called the health department. I've called County Commissioner's Office. Um After calling the commissioner's office yesterday, I started getting calls back this morning from code enforcement. Um There's a lot of health issues with this. I have a breathing problem. My girlfriend has a breathing problem. I've
brought a lot of this up to where Um It's an environmental problem. We have well waters. We have Twenty foot. From their house. They have nine dogs on a 70 by 110 lot. I'm told that you can have nine dogs. But They do not pick up the dog. Pooh. Um they urinate, they have other feces everywhere. I've called
Animal control. I wasn't home but last Friday my neighbor said that they come out. Uh just been going on for four months and Um I I worked in a septic business and if you had a gallon of septic on the ground or if you had an odor from a septic, the health department was there right away. Well this is a lot worse. And They won't come out. It's it's not a problem to them. I I can I've got a list of things that Unhealthy.
Um It's airborne f Um Top. It's worse than it's not. Human waste. And I have to live with this and and now I have to wait until the twenty fourth. They won't comply. And I can't open my windows. I can't breathe in my own yard. I I I want something done. I I I can't live like this. It needs to be something done now. I I've had it. Uh I've I got a call from code enforcement
on the way here this morning because I called um The commissioner's office, Miss P Miss Fitzpatrick's office. Well now they're doing something, but I mean they knew I was on my way here to talk to you. So I mean yeah that now they're on the ball but they're still not doing anything. Now what do I do? What where do I go?
Uh who's your
commissioner?
Ms. Fitzpatrick. And
can I give him my card with Sell on the back? And I have been in contact with code, as you know, and I'm sure they were the ones in contact with animal control as well. So that's
appreciate Todd calling.
Absolutely. Um now that we got the ball rolling, I will continue to follow up with your case.
Yeah, that and if you want to come out to my house You will be amazed at how I have to live. On a warm day you don't go out in New York.
I'll just give you the car and