At the RBS City Council meeting on October 9, 2003, Mayor, Randal Gregory, and council members Ray C. Bilbrey, Bobby Ethridge, Willa Gray Knight, Shirley Russell and Tommy Spivey determined that owners of dogs or other animals allowed to run loose in city streets will be fined. Additionally, in accord with laws passed last year in Nashville, newly appointed RBS Dogcatcher, Ray Bilbrey, will enforce Sections 101-108 of the new Animal Control Ordinance, including inspection of premises to assure that dogs and other animals are kept in a clean pen or enclosure, as appropriate, with adequate food, water and shelter, and not allowed to run loose in any city street or alley. Determining the ownership of loose dogs has been a stumbling block for the City Council, but members were sufficiently persuaded by council member Bilbrey's statement that there are far more loose than stray dogs in RBS and belief that it will not be difficult to determine who owns them. The question of what to do with loose dogs whose ownership cannot be determined, who are not licensed or vaccinated, or who actually are strays, still is undetermined. Without a dog pound or shelter, without a place to put them, it is likely that unidentified loose, stray and nuisance animals will be summarily killed.

Ordinance #03-8, aimed at curtailing the sale of over-the-counter drugs used in the manufacture of methamphetamines was defeated. Council members questioned the feasibility in whole or part of enforcing the ordinance, and the City Attorney, Gary Copas, persuasively argued that the terms of the ordinance were regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, and therefore under it's, not the city's jurisdiction. A representative from the Dollar General store in RBS also spoke at the meeting, claiming that in response to the ordinance, Dollar General has limited the amount to three per customer of the particular over-the-counter drug.

The City Council voted to accept city engineers' bid and plan for replacing the city's main waterline. Removal of the existing waterline and replacement with a new line will begin in 2004.

Mayor Randal Gregory acknowledged that this endeavor by Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon will cause some disruption, but said, "If you're going to make progress, you're not going to have any choice but doing this."

A project to color-code the city's fire hydrants will commence shortly in compliance with new codes issued by the state. This will enable firefighters to determine which hydrants may be used for their water hoses and which only have sufficient pressure to fill water tanks.