§ 5-31. Animal control board.

(a)

Members. The animal control board shall consist of three (3) members and two (2) alternates, appointed by the mayor and city council, who are empowered to sit on the board in the absence of any member of the board.

(b)

Terms. The terms of the members shall be three (3) years and until a successor is appointed; provided that the initial terms of the members may be for less than three (3) years so that the terms of the members of the board will be staggered. The board existing on the date of amendment of this chapter shall continue in office pursuant to its members' prior appointments.

(c)

Compensation. Members shall be paid a per diem amount equal to that per diem paid members of the Bartow County Grand Jury for each day of attendance.

(d)

Hearings. The animal control board shall conduct hearings when requested by the owner of a dog which has been classified as a dangerous dog or a potentially dangerous dog; a dog which has been confiscated as vicious; in disputes involving the requirements imposed by an animal control officer for the ownership and care of a wild or exotic animal and in disputes involving the proper calculation of costs and fees.

(e)

Quorum. Two (2) members of the board shall constitute a quorum. A decision shall be rendered by a majority vote of the members present.

(f)

Continuance. The panel hearing a matter within the jurisdiction of the board shall have the authority to continue or reschedule a hearing to a day and time certain. Said hearing may be continued or rescheduled by the action of one (1) member of the panel in the event there is no quorum.

(Ord. No. 46-12, § 1, 11-1-12)