PSM198901120 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE - CITY OF MUSKEGO
MINUTES OF MEETING HELD JANUARY 12, 1989
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Chairman Taube.
Also present were Committee Members Sanders and Patterson, Mayor
Salentine, Director and Land Use Administrator G. P. Lee, and
those per the attached list.
Fire Chief Phil Dibb appeared before the Committee to withdraw
his request to amend the Municipal Code to require additional
fire detectors in all residential homes pending State of
Wisconsin legislation which proposes to require as many as three
(3) detectors in every home. The Committee was in agreement and
recommended that a 25 minute tape on the importance of fire
detectors be aired on the local TV channel which would be
provided to the Cable Club by Chief Dibb.
Mayor Salentine updated the Committee on Police Chief Johnson and
Superintendent Loughney's meeting with the State Department of
Transportation regarding the installation of a stop light at the
intersection of Woods Road and Racine Avenue. The State has
followed -up with a letter to Chief Johnson that this project will
be put on a priority list and will be acted upon in approximately
• two to three years.
The Committee discussed the present Burning Ordinance. An
article appeared in the City's official newspaper advising
residents that if there was any concern in regard to the present
ordinance that they should contact the Public Safety Committee.
None of the Committee had been contacted so it was determined
that there would be no change recommended to the present burning
ordinance.
Mrs. Papke appeared before the Committee to request that a
Vicious Animal Ordinance be adopted for the City of Muskego due
to a potentially dangerous situation which she believes exists in
their neighborhood with pit bull dogs running loose. Presently a
citation may be issued if a dog is allowed to run and does not
stay on its own property. Due to the documented history of these
animals with previous attacks to neighbor dogs, the Committee
moved to direct the City Attorney to draft legislation which
would allow the City to destroy animals which are deemed to be
vicious. The Committee also recommended that Chairman Taube meet
with the Police Chief to enact emergency powers to demand that
pit bulls be required to be on a chain at all times.
The meeting adjourned at 8:33 P.M.
. Respectfully submitted,
A1d. Harold L. Sanders
ca Secretary
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