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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF LAKEWOOD CITY COUNCIL HELD IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS 12650 DETROIT AVENUE MARCH 19, 2018 7:30 P.M. Regular Meeting of the Lakewood City Council called to order at 7:38 PM by Council President O'Leary. Present: David Anderson, Thomas R. Bullock III, Meghan George, John Litten, Samuel T. O'Leary, Daniel J. O'Malley, Tristan Rader. Also Present: Mayor Summers, Law Director Butler, Finance Director Pae, Planning and Development Director Sylvester, Police Chief Malley, Human Resources Director Yousefl, Fire Chief Gilman & Public Works Director Beno. Reading and disposal of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council held March 5, 2018. Motion by Mr. O'Leary, seconded by Mr. Anderson, to approve the minutes without the necessity of a reading. Motion adopted. All members voting yea. * ** *OLD BUSINESS * * ** Without objection from Council, items 8 & 9 were brought forward to the beginning of the agenda. Committee of the Whole Reports regarding Committee Meeting of 3/12/18 & 3/19/18 Mr. O'Leary; Chair (To be Provided) Committee of the Whole did meet on March 12th. At that meeting we continued our ongoing discussion of animal control legislation. We had a number of sub - topics of conversation, including an extensive discussion on tethering as well as the use of certain training devices such as choke collars and pinch collars. From those conversations as well as the other sub - topical conversations that we had, there were in particular four legislative changes that were brought to us tonight referencing Sections 505.02 (f). 505.02 (h) 3, 505.09 (a) 3, and 505.09 generally. Council at our meeting tonight accepted those proposed changes. With respect to the meeting held today, 3/19/18, we again discussed the animal control ordinance. We had some additional discussion of tethering with respect to harboring animals outdoors generally. We also briefly got into the topic of insurance coverage. We had two