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MINUTES OF THE RULES & ORDINANCES COMMITTEE October 21, 2019 East Conference Room Present: Chairwoman George and Councilmembers Litten & Rader Others: Councilman Anderson, Mayor Summers, Director Butler, Assistant Director Swallow, and Deputy Clerk Lascu taking minutes. Call to Order: 6:12 p.m. AGENDA Approve the minutes of the October 7, 2019 Rules & Ordinances Committee Chairwoman George made a motion to approve the minutes from the previous committee meeting on October 71h, which was seconded by Councilman Rader. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. Discussion on dog registration requirements Councilman Anderson discussed a proposal to restructure fees at the Lakewood Animal Shelter to encourage registration with the county. In his research, he found that there is a fee associated with taking one's dog back from the animal shelter after it has been lost. Last year a total of $1,600 were paid by owners to pick up their dogs. As currently structured, it costs $20 for the first day and $10 for each additional day if one's dog is being held at the Lakewood Animal Shelter. It costs $20 to register one's dog with county for a year and $200 for a lifetime registration. Anderson proposed that the county registration fee amount of$20 per year be taken off of the fee amount that the Lakewood Animal shelter imposes on owners to incentivize them to register their dogs with the county. Members expressed support for the idea and questioned if an ordinance was necessary to accomplish this goal. Mayor Summers indicated that he will be meeting with Animal Control personnel on October 281h at 1:30 p.m. and will discuss the proposal with them. If legislative action is needed in order to implement the proposal, he will follow up with the members of the committee. ORDINANCE 16-19 - AN ORDINANCE enacting new Chapter 110, Access Public Records, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to create transparency and timely easy-of-access to public records and set requirements for the city's online public records request system. (Placed on 1st reading and referred to Rules & Ordinances Committee 5/20/19; 2nd reading 6/3/19) Assistant Director Swallow initially began discussion with a line by line review of changes she had made to Ordinance 16-19 based on discussions with the committee during its last meeting. In order to save on time and open up conversation, she provided a general alternative approach to