A lengthy May 3 Town of Essex Selectboard meeting included a state-mandated vicious dog hearing.
The hearing came at the request of resident Shannon Oborne who had been attacked by a German Shepherd at her Autumn Pond Way apartment building April 25; she then submitted a complaint to the selectboard the following day. Vermont statute says a municipality must, with seven days of receiving the complaint, investigate the charges and hold a hearing on it.
The statute further reads, âIf the domestic pet or wolf-hybrid is found to have bitten the victim without provocation, the municipal officials shall make such order for the protection of persons as the facts and circumstances of the case may require, including, without limitation, that the domestic pet or wolf-hybrid is disposed of in a humane way, muzzled, chained, or confined.â
Rob Donnelly They spent years trying to make it work. They even moved in together, so to speak, sharing staff and consolidating departments in hopes that it would confirm their compatibility. But some relationships aren t meant to be, and after a messy, century-plus entanglement, the Town of Essex and the Village of Essex Junction are heading toward a split. The potential breakup of Vermont s second-largest community comes on the heels of two votes this spring in which residents were asked to merge their distinct but overlapping municipalities. Villagers, whose taxes would have dropped, voted overwhelmingly in favor, while town-outside-the-village residents, whose taxes would have increased, voted overwhelmingly against. Both times, the merger failed by fewer than 30 votes.
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