LOUISIANA CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS ANIMAL ORDINANCE AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION CHANGES

LOUISIANA, Mo. — The Louisiana City Council will hold a work-study session Monday evening to consider proposed changes involving animals kept within the city and the selection of the Historic Preservation Commission’s secretary.

Mayor Mark Haddock called the session for 6 p.m. in the second-floor council chambers at Louisiana City Hall.

Bill Number 7264 would amend the city ordinance that limits the number of livestock, fowl, pygmy goats and other animals that may legally be kept within Louisiana. Under the proposed change, offspring born or hatched from animals lawfully kept within the city would not count toward the maximum number of permitted animals until those offspring reach three months of age.

The remainder of the city’s animal ordinance would remain unchanged. The proposal would take effect following passage and approval by the City Council.

Council members will also consider Bill Number 7263, which would change how the secretary of the Louisiana Historic Preservation Commission is selected.

The city administrator currently appoints the commission’s secretary. Under the proposed ordinance, the secretary would instead be elected by the commission’s general membership and serve a one-year term. The secretary would remain eligible for re-election but would not be permitted to serve simultaneously as chairman.

The secretary’s duties include recording minutes, distributing reports and decisions, providing required notices for public hearings, advising the mayor of vacancies and expiring terms, and submitting commission proceedings to the City Council when council consideration is required.

Monday’s agenda also includes city and enterprise updates and reports involving housing, health and senior services; public safety and police hiring; economic development; tourism; public utilities; employee relations; animal control; and the Louisiana Tree Commission.

The work-study session is open to the public.