Responsibilities: The Dog Classification Board conducts dangerous dog classification hearings & presents recommendations to the director of Marion County Animal Services for final determination.

The Dog Classification Board shall be comprised of five members & one alternate, who shall be appointed as follows: 

Each county commissioner shall appoint one member to the Dog Classification Board and the chair, with the concurrence of a majority of the other county commissioners shall also appoint the alternate member. 

• The Dog Classification Board shall be comprised of members who do not currently sit on any other elected or appointed board in Marion County, & who, to the extent such are available for appointment, demonstrate by training, education, experience or employment, both an interest in animal welfare & control, & the objectivity & demeanor to fairly hear dog classification cases. 
• The terms of the members shall coincide with the then-current term of the associated county commissioner who appointed each regular member. 
• The term of the alternate member shall be for a four-year term from the date of appointment.