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Call for animal control board chair's removal following filing of ethics complaint
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On Friday, January 8, 2010, a complaint was filed with the chair of the Ethics Committee of the Indianapolis City-County Council against David Horth, chairman of the Indianapolis Animal Care & Control (IACC) board. The complaint was filed by Greg Brush and Warren Patitz, representatives of two local animal welfare organizations. Mayor Greg Ballard was also copied on the complaint and a request made that Mayor Ballard dismiss Horth from his position on the IACC board.
Shelter chief's probation terms cast serious doubt on recent comments by mayor's office and acting public safety director
Mayor Ballard's office dismissed Warren Patitz as chairman of the Indianapolis Animal Care and Control (IACC) board on Wednesday, September 23, just two hours before the beginning of the scheduled board meeting. The Mayor's office relayed to the media that stray dog calls remain a top complaint to the Mayor's Action Center since 2005 (Indy Star, September 24, “Ballard cans head of animal-control board”). This concern was cited despite a decrease in dog bites in 2009, and IACC fielding over 2000 more service calls under Rae's leadership than had
Time running out to sign petition of support
Time is running out to show your support for the improvements made and still coming at Indianapolis Animal Care & Control!
Weds 9-9-09 IACC board meeting cancelled
About 11am, Sept 9, it was announced that the IACC board meeting scheduled for 6pm this evening has been cancelled. The Public Safety director's office announced there would not be a quorum, as two board members wouldn't be able to attend. When asked, board chairman Patitz said he had not received any notice that any board members would be absent, but for some interesting reason, their absence was reported by the PS office, who does not by law appear to have any direct authority over the operation of the IACC board as outlined in sec. 251 of the ordinance.
Volunteers and partner group hold first-ever spay/neuter event at city's animal shelter
Bright and early on Labor Day, a small army of volunteers met at Indianapolis Animal Care & Control (IACC) to spay and neuter some of the shelter's animals. The shelter routinely spays and neuters animals that are being put up for adoption. Normally this is done by taking the animals from the shelter to a veterinarian under contract with the city. But on this day, the spay & neuter surgeries were happening within the shelter itself.
City to privatize animal shelter???
A new and chilling rumor has surfaced regarding Indianapolis Animal Care & Control (IACC). It's chilling because although it's unsubstantiated, it tends to pull together a lot of pieces of the current puzzle. Right now, IACC is under more intense scrutiny than any time in history. Reports are that administrator Rae is on a very short leash, having to account for every action and file frequent reports; Public Safety (PS) is sending muscle in dark suits in weekly or more often to interrogate staff over any and every detail.
