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Cleaning Bill Leads Grand Island Officials to Ban Dogs in City Vehicles

grand-island-beefGRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Grand Island has issued a “no dogs allowed” policy in some city vehicles after the City Council received a more than $100 cleaning bill for one truck after a city attorney transported his pooch in it.

The truck is part of a small fleet available for checkout by city employees needing to attend off-site meetings or out-of-town conferences.

City Attorney Bob Sivick says he checked out the truck in late September for a seminar in Omaha. He took his Jack Russell terrier, Buddy, along.

Sivick says he doubts that Buddy would have left enough fur behind to require $100 in cleaning.

Nonetheless, Public Works Director John Collins says dogs are no longer allowed in vehicles used to take people to executive-level meetings.

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