One month after two Jersey City animal control officers were disciplined for dumping Daisy, an escaped cat, in Lincoln Park instead of taking the pet to a shelter, Councilman Steven Fulop is introducing two ordinances at Wednesday’s City Council meeting that he hopes will help prevent such incidents in the future.

One ordinance would create an 19-member Animal Control Commission, which would oversee the city’s Division of Animal Control including evaluating the job performance of animal control officers, handling complaints against officers, reviewing the city’s animal management contract and making recommendations to the mayor and City Council.

The second ordinance would create an Animal Control ombudsman position within the Mayor’s Action Bureau who would handle Animal Control complaints and other duties of the commission on a day-to-day basis, similar to the way the Historic Preservation Officer acts as the point-person for the Historic Preservation Commission.

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