ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY BOARD

The Animal Control Advisory monitors the operation of the Animal Control Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Services and renders guidance and assistance to this division. It has twelve (12) members, two of which shall be licensed veterinarians practicing in Columbus who are participating in the “one-stop pet registration-rabies vaccination program”. The two veterinarian members are selected by the local veterinary association and confirmed by the Columbus Council. The veterinarians need not be a resident of Columbus provided that they have a practice at an office located within Columbus and have all required State of Georgia and Columbus professional and business licenses. (The verinarian appointees shall be eligible to succeed themselves and serve two year terms- two full term restriction does not apply). One member shall be a designated representative of PAWS Columbus, Inc., confirmed by the Columbus Council. One member shall be a designated representative of an animal rescue licensed and operating in Muscogee County, confirmed by the Columbus Council. Five members shall be citizens appointed by the Columbus Council. One member shall be an employee of the Environmental Health Division of the Columbus Department of Public Health, appointed by the Columbus Board of Health and confirmed by the Columbus Council. (Members serve two-year terms). One member shall be the Director of Public Works and one member shall be the Chief of the Animal Control and Enforcement Division.