Libertyville City Council amends animal ordinance

LIBERTYVILLE ? The odds of hearing neighing, crowing or baaing inside Libertyville?s city limits just became a little steeper with the passage of an amendment to the town?s animal ordinance.

The amendment, approved with the first of three readings at the Libertyville City Council meeting Tuesday, makes it unlawful and a nuisance for any person to ?collect, keep, feed or maintain within the city limits any rooster, swine, cow, sheep, goats, equine or other exotic animals.? The aforementioned animals may be kept within the town?s limits with approval from the city council on a case-by-case basis, however.

Action on the ordinance was tabled at last month?s meeting to allow city attorney Paul Miller to look at it and make suggestions. Miller had since added the additional language ?equine or other exotic animals? to the amendment.

In other business, fire department member Adam Stafford was approved as the city?s interim fire chief. This follows the resignation last month of fire chief Gerrad Goodrich after it appeared he was purchasing fuel through the fire department?s account for purposes other than his official duties with the city.

For the complete article, see the Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, printed edition of The Fairfield Ledger.