Birds, flooding issues and fire hydrants are on the table this week as the Camp Verde Town Council meets Wednesday, Sept. 2.
The town will also be given an update on the construction of the new community library.
The birds in question are guinea fowl, birds that are not native to North America but have taken up residence in the Jordan Meadows neighborhood.
Many people in the neighborhood like the birds, which were once kept privately. Some escaped and have gone feral.
They are technically a nuisance under the letter of the town’s code but many neighbors have come together to voice their support for leaving the birds alone after the town set up a task force to deal with the issue.
That task force’s goal is to look at how to relocate the animals, something several people in the area are opposed to.
The town organized a meeting earlier this month to look at the issue.
Now the matter goes before the Town Council in order to provide direction to the town’s staff as to where to go from here.
The Town Council will also be looking at a $200,000 grant received to deal with flooding issues in the Verde Lakes neighborhood, something that has been a concern in the area for a long time. The money comes from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, a federal agency that is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
To read the full story, see the Wednesday, Sept. 2, edition of The Camp Verde Journal.
