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http://blog.al.com/live/2010/11/county_building_security_ordin.html
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At Tuesday’s work session, commissioners said they plan to vote at the next regular meeting Dec. 7 to begin the process of repealing the ordinance. Commissioners said they were not sure how much drafting and advertising the ordinance cost the county.
For months, Burt criticized the ordinance that was expanded to cover all county-owned buildings and not just those that house judicial proceedings. The ordinance, which went into effect this month, banned items including guns, knives, explosives, alcohol and animals from county buildings.
Some said the new rules would interfere with the public’s access to county services.
“They did ask for the ordinance,” said Commissioner Charles “Skip” Gruber, who participated in committee meetings months ago during his term as County Commission chairman. “I was the one who asked our legal department to expand it to cover county employees and the public at other offices. Not just judicial employees deserve protection.”
Before the ordinance passed, District Attorney Judy Newcomb questioned the ordinance’s ban on guns, pointing to the Alabama Constitution’s prohibition on any interference with gun ownership or possession except by the state Legislature.
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At Tuesday’s work session, commissioners said they plan to vote at the next regular meeting Dec. 7 to begin the process of repealing the ordinance. Commissioners said they were not sure how much drafting and advertising the ordinance cost the county.
For months, Burt criticized the ordinance that was expanded to cover all county-owned buildings and not just those that house judicial proceedings. The ordinance, which went into effect this month, banned items including guns, knives, explosives, alcohol and animals from county buildings.
Some said the new rules would interfere with the public’s access to county services.
“They did ask for the ordinance,” said Commissioner Charles “Skip” Gruber, who participated in committee meetings months ago during his term as County Commission chairman. “I was the one who asked our legal department to expand it to cover county employees and the public at other offices. Not just judicial employees deserve protection.”
Before the ordinance passed, District Attorney Judy Newcomb questioned the ordinance’s ban on guns, pointing to the Alabama Constitution’s prohibition on any interference with gun ownership or possession except by the state Legislature.