Friday, March 22, 2013
A new state law requires new fee structure and other changes that the Braintree Town Council approved this week.
Based on a state law that took effect last fall, Braintree has new dog licensing regulations that include stiffer penalties for violations such having a dog off leash and a re-formatted fee structure that takes into account spaying and neutering. The Town Council unanimously approved the update to Braintree's animal ordinance Tuesday night. The most significant change that will effect dog owners will be the institution of a multi-layered licensing fee structure. Right now in Braintree, the annual license costs $10. The new rules impose a $15 for "intact" dogs, $10 for spayed or neutered dogs, no charge for service animals and $5 for a substitute tag. Licenses for the town's 2,200 registered dogs expire at the end of March. Renewal beings …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
A new state law requires a new fee structure and other changes that the Braintree Town Council will tackle in the coming weeks.
An updated state animal control law that took effect last fall requires Braintree officials to sigificantly change the town's dog licensing rules, adding fees just ahead of the annual renewal period. On Tuesday night, the Town Council referred a request from Town Clerk Joe Powers to update Braintree's ordinance to the Committee on Ordinance & Rules. The committee will be tasked with overhauling 90 percent of the existing local law, Powers said. "The town needs to bring its ordinance into compliance with the statute," Powers said. "There's no two ways about it." Powers said he only learned about the extent of the effect of the state law on the ordinance in February and received a notice from the clerk's association last week. The last-…
Thursday, September 22, 2011
The Town Council also approved an increase in the stipend for widows of disabled Braintree employees.
During a brief meeting of the Town Council on Wednesday night, members were presented by AARP organizers Sandy Duffy and Frank Bocchino with some of the 3,000 flags planted outside Town Hall to commemorate Sept. 11, calling the event a tremendous success and saying they hope to see the ceremony again next year. Then the councilors got down to business. They passed increased funding for the widows of disabled town workers, money for the Town Clerk's archives preservation project and heard an update on dog licensing on the heels of a resident complaint about the late fee. District 1 Councilor Charles Kokoros said on Wednesday that he had received an angry phone call from one of his constituents, saying that the $50 late fee charged to dog …
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Alex Graziano
9:36 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013
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