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6 RABIES CLINIC VIRGINIA FITZGERALD ' 342 BEDF®RD STREET DOGS ARTICLE TWELVE TOWN WARRANT SMOSKE ANIMAL PERMIT The Rabies Account was left at $2600. and the Visiting Nurses was given the same as last year - $6800. Animal Control expense budget remains the same as last year. "Replace was reduced from $37,000. to $30,000. Mr. Smith told the Board the Rabies Clinic dropped in attendance about 200 dogs. The licenses are about 200 licenses behind, also for this year. He told the Board more dogs are being taken to Lowell. People are giving their own dogs up and they cannnot find anyone to take them. He said the M.D.C. or State police come in once in awhile looking for adult dogs. Mr. Smith read the letter to the Board that he is sending to Mrs. Virginia Fitzgerald Lovett in regard to her having six horses on her property without a permit. The Board said to send the letter to Mrs. Lovett. She is very defiant as they told her she could have only four horses on her property and she has six horses stabled there. Mr. Smith talked briefly about dogs and how the animal control officer cannot catch them at all times. The dogs seem to recognize the truck and run the other way onto their property. Mr. Smith told the Board that Town Meeting should be over tonight and if it is the Board should sit down and settle this Brucchi thing once and for all. They will sit down with Norman Cohen, Town Counsel. This is in regard to Article 12 of the Town Warrant. Mr. Smith told the Board before the Smoske appointment that Mrs. Smoske had written to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Animal Rescue League about her animal permit and the Lexington Board of Health. Mr. Smith said he had received calls from both places wanting to know what was going on with the Smoskes. At senven-forty-five Mrs. her was her son, Robert. 12 Demar Road and Susan & Smoske's property. JoAnn Smoske came before the Board. Also accompanying In attendance also was Elizabeth & Lawrence Freier of Bill Johannsen of 10 Demar Road, abuttors of the Mrs. Smoske told the Board that consider her application for an She said her barn and dumpsters has for nine years. she was here tonight to ask the Board to re - animal permit to keep horses on her property. were clean, she pays taxes on that barn and Dr. Cosgrove told Mrs. Smoske that her track record for keeping horses on her property was not good. Many complaints have been received about the manure on the property, etc. Also, complaints about the horses getting off the property, broken fences, etc. Mrs. Smoske said her place is clean and always has been. 1 1