The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ry

Peru – One of the Peru Town Board’s meeting agenda items this week is acceptance of the resignation of the town’s Dog Control Officer.  David Drollette resigned just before the town board’s May 24th meeting. Supervisor Brandy McDonald commented, “It’s too bad. We can’t replace an employee like him. It’s a stressful job being on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.” The Peru Gazette has been unable to contact Drollette for a statement; however, before resigning, he often expressed frustration with being called at all hours, especially about dog issues in other towns or issues that are enforced by other agencies. He often had to deal with feuding neighbors who reported each other for relatively minor issues.  As reported in the Peru Gazette story link below,  Dave Drollete took his job seriously. 

Brandy McDonald said he’s been fielding calls since Drollette resigned.  Last weekend a resident called at 2:30 a.m. to report a barking dog at a neighbor’s home. When McDonald arrived, he discovered that the owner had left the dog alone at home for several hours. He said the state police should have been called,  not the dog control officer.

Click here for an earlier Peru Gazette story on Dave Drollette.