The Parryville Borough Council has been working to pass a pet ordinance for months, according to member Ralph Washburn. During the monthly meeting the council discussed concerns on how to enforce the proposed ordinance along with other nontraffic violations.

Solicitor Robert Frycklund said the pet ordinance is a mashup of surrounding towns' existing rules regarding pet cleanup.It had been reported in May that Judge William Kissner had empowered Mayor Dean Emery with the ability to issue nontraffic citations in town due to a lack of police force. However, now legality questions have been raised."We can issue warnings but not citations. I'm not sure if the borough can authorize the mayor to issue nontraffic citations," said Frycklund who then added the borough may have to research hiring a part-time police officer to enforce any ordinances."In Weissport they have a part-time officer. I think that's what we are looking at," the solicitor said."The mayor got the citations but he can't use them. We need someone to issue these citations," Frycklund said."Well that's why we need a third-party part-time officer to come in," said council President Kathy Hawk."We started this a couple months ago and I wonder if we'll have it done by year's end," said councilman Ralph Washburn."I got big and small dogs crapping in my yard and I'm disgusted with it."Washburn encouraged the rest of the board to at the very least pass the proposed pet ordinance."At least if we pass this ordinance we can say something to people," he said."We need to have our bases covered. We don't want to go at this blindly," Councilwoman Sharon Hinkle said."We could issue warning letters first without a police officer," Frycklund said.The board voted unanimously to enact the proposed ordinance.