ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY BOARD

The Animal Control Advisory Board should monitor the operation of the animal services division and render guidance and assistance. The board shall have nine voting members and three nonvoting members to be appointed as follows: One Georgia licensed veterinarian shall serve as a voting member; he/she need not be a resident of Columbus. The Georgia licensed veterinarian shall be appointed for a two-year term; One Georgia veterinary technician currently working in Muscogee County shall serve as a voting member; he/she need not be a resident of Columbus. The Georgia veterinary technician shall be appointed for a two-year term; A designated representative of PAWS Columbus, Inc. confirmed by the Columbus Council shall serve as an ex-officio non-voting member. The PAWS Columbus Board Member shall be appointed to serve a two-year term and may only serve three terms consecutively; A representative of a licensed animal shelter or rescue operating in Muscogee County shall serve as a voting member. The appointment shall be recommended by the licensed animal shelter or rescue and then nominated and confirmed by the Columbus Council; they need not be residents of Columbus. This representative shall be appointed to serve a two-year term and may only serve three terms consecutively; Five citizens to be selected by the Columbus Council shall serve as voting members. The citizen members shall be appointed to serve two-year terms, except for the initial appointments upon adoption of this chapter, one citizen shall be appointed to a one-year term and one citizen shall be appointed to a two-year term. The citizen board members may only serve three terms consecutively; An employee of the Environmental Health Division, Columbus Department of Public Health shall serve as a non-voting member of the board. The board member is to be appointed by the county board of health and confirmed by the Columbus Council; The contract administrator identified by the Mayor and approved by the Council in any contract between the consolidated government and a non-profit licensed shelter to provide animal control division services for Columbus shall be a voting ex-officio member of the board and the animal services director shall be a nonvoting ex-officio member of the board. (As amended by Ordinance No. 24-065)