The most important part of what happens in a city council meeting is not always the vote. Sometimes it is something that seems minor at the time. This week, as the council finally voted unanimously to tighten up Boulder City’s notoriously lax leash law, the important part came long before any discussion about the actual law.
“Staff would like to request that item 9 be considered after item 12,” City Clerk Tami McKay said just before the council held the “happens every meeting” vote to approve the agenda. And that change may have made all the difference.
Item 9 on the agenda was a staff presentation and council discussion about possible additional locations for “dog recreation.” Item 12 was the actual vote on a previously introduced bill to change the language of city code when it comes to at-large animals…