Planned Parenthood protests prompt Livonia to consider new restriction
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Pet owners in Livonia will have to keep their four-legged family members on a leash when not on their own property or at a dog park.
Livonia council voted Monday to adopt a leash law and shot down a proposal that would place some weather restrictions on when homeowners can leave pets outside for an extended period.
Both were brought to council s attention by residents and nonresidents concerned about the wellbeing of dogs and, in the leash law s case, those they come in contact with. The discussion also prompted Livonia s representative in the Michigan Senate, Dayna Polehanki, to propose a pet-related bill intended to protect animals statewide during extreme weather.
To recruit and retain quality police officers, Livonia City Council is reinstating defined benefit pensions and, for further enticement, offering more flexible 12-hour shifts.
Mayor Maureen Miller Brosnan said those two new elements in the latest three-year union contract means the city is willing to invest in the community as well as its police department, which is now down by 31 officers.
She explained that the city stepped away from pensions in the 1990s because of an economic downtown that brought income and revenue losses.
Creating a new pension program for Livonia s emergency responders was one of Brosnan s top priorities when stepping into the elected mayor s role in 2020. Approved late last year, the new 2018-21 firefighters contract revived pensions for a department that had been down by about 10 firefighters.