[Animal Shelter Advisory Board on April 12, 2023.] [00:00:04] THERE WE GO. THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE APRIL 2012. 2023 ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD. MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AT THE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 604 P. M. WE HAVE ALL FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT, SO THERE IS A QUORUM. UH HUH. AND AT THIS TIME WILL STAND FOR THE INVOCATION LED BY, UM JEFF CAN I CAN MAKE HIM DO THE PLACE. ABSOLUTELY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER. AS A OR TO WORK. ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, FATHER THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST. JUST TO LIVE FATHER TO LIVE IN A FREE COUNTRY. AND WE'RE TAKING THE SYSTEM OF JUSTICE IN THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM WOULD BE WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. IS THERE ABSENT FROM THEM? ASK ALL THESE THINGS. AND THEN WITH YOUR SON JESUS, AMEN. WHAT WAS IT? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON OUR OUR LOCAL BOY SCOUT LEADERS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. YOU CAN DO IT FROM THERE. JUST STAND UP TO THE PLEDGE, YOU KNOW, DO THE PLEDGE STAND UP, BOY? OH, YEAH. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, SIR. ALRIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS CITIZENS PARTICIPATION IF ANY CITIZEN OF WILEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY SUBJECT. PLEASE STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME. PLEASE LET ME YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND PLEASE BE AWARE THAT, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO ISSUES WHICH ARE NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT WE CAN DIRECT OUR STAFF TO ASSIST ANYONE HAVING QUESTIONS OR ISSUES REGARDING CITY BUSINESS. AND PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM ONE. CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY. 8TH 2023. MR CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. ALL SECOND. OKAY? BUT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S VOTE. THE MOTION PASSES FIVE DOUGH. ALRIGHT SO I WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO. WE WILL CONSIDER AND ACT UPON UPDATES TO THE CURRENT A S A B BYLAWS AND RULES OF PROCEDURE TO REFLECT UPDATES BY CITY ORDINANCE. MR CHAIR. I BELIEVE THAT THESE POOR I MEAN, EXCUSE ME THAT THESE BOARD BYLAWS. OR THE EXACT SAME AS WE DISCUSSED DURING OUR LAST MEETING, AND THEREFORE I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MASK PRESENTED. HAVE A QUESTION, ACTUALLY, ABOUT ONE OF THESE ITEMS. IT SAYS THE ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE TERM EXPIRES. 6 TO 2023. THAT'S MY TERM, AND I DIDN'T THINK IT EXPIRED THIS YEAR. MAKE SURE IT'S ON. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE DID WITH THIS ORDINANCE IS WE HAVE AMENDED THE INITIAL TERMS. SO. YOU WERE SET TO EXPIRE NEXT YEAR. WHAT WE DID WAS WHAT THE BOARD HAD SUGGESTED BY STAGGERING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD YOU KNOW, THEY STRATEGICALLY SPACE SPACE PERSONS OUT OUR VET AND COUNCIL MEMBER. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WHAT YOU HAVE ASKED US TO DO IS A MAKE THOSE TERMS WHERE THEY'RE EXPIRING AT DIFFERENT TIMES. BUT THIS IS YOUR INITIAL TERM. SO UM, YOU'RE ON YOUR FIRST TERM AND THAT FIRST TERM EXPIRES THIS YEAR. SO YOU WILL I, YOU WILL RISK HOPEFULLY RECEIVE AN INVITATION TO REJOIN THE BOARD. [00:05:05] OH, THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION STARTED AS ANYBODY WANT A SECOND. ACCEPTING IT. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ALRIGHT, WE CAN VOTE. AND THE MOTION PASSES FIVE DAY ZERO. SO WE'RE ON THE ITEM. THREE CONSIDER IN PLACE ON FILE THE 2023 1ST QUARTER STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS. I DO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. I KNOW THE BOARD'S DIRECTION. WE LOOKED AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UM, QUESTIONS WERE BROUGHT UP TO ME ABOUT COLONIES AND NUMBERS AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD A QUICK TURNAROUND. UM. WE'RE HAVING THIS MEETING THIS EARLIER. OUR QUARTER ENDED AT THE END OF MARCH. WELL WE ARE LOOKING AT IS BECAUSE THE CITY ORDINANCE CLASSIFIED AS A CARETAKER COLONY CARETAKER AS ONE OR MORE IS A WAY TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT, UH NOT ACTUALLY MAPPING IT BY STREET AND MATCHING IT BY ZONE. FOR INSTANCE, THE PD HAS AREAS THAT ARE ZONED AS WELL. SO THAT WAY WE CAN START. UM LOOKING AT SEEING HOW MANY WE'RE GETTING OUT OF CERTAIN AREAS, SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING. UM I WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SURGE OR TALK TO PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING RESCUES IN THE AREAS LIKE I HAD SAID THERE ARE SEVERAL COLONIES THERE . WE DO NOTHING WITH THAT ARE BEING TAKEN. YOU KNOW THEY'RE BEING DONE BY THEIR OWN RESCUES OR I BELIEVE THERE'S ALSO A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION KIND OF DOES THINGS AS WELL. SO UM, AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR MOBILE HOME PARKS. THEY DO SOME OF THESE THINGS ON THEIR OWN IN ORDER FOR US TO GET LIKE AN ACCURATE NUMBER OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION TO REALLY KIND OF KNOW ABOUT THE COLONY NUMBERS. I WOULD HAVE TO OUTSTRETCHED TO THAT AND I HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH TIME TO DO THAT. BUT WE HAVE TALKED AS FAR AS THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT REGION NG OUR NUMBERS. UM WE HAVEN'T DONE A LOT THIS BEGINNING THE FIRST YEAR AND I DID WANT TO POINT THAT OUT AS WELL BECAUSE WE HAD RESPIRATORY INFECTION IN OUR FACILITY. SO, UM. IT'S HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED MANY TIMES BEFORE, SO WE'RE VERY WELL COULDN'T BRING ANIMALS INTO EXPOSE THEM TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN OUR FACILITY AND THEN PUT THEM BACK OUT. WITH A YOU KNOW, BEING EXPOSED TO SOMETHING OR TAKE THEM TO CAP TO EXPOSE OTHER ANIMALS KNOWING THAT WE HAD THAT IN OUR FACILITY, SO THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE WERE NOT DOING THE SERVICES, BUT WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE STANDING APPOINTMENTS CERTAIN DAYS ON THE CALENDAR FOR TEA AND OURS ARE READY TO ASSIST OUR RESIDENTS. SO SHEILA, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. I'M ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE COLONIES . LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. I LIKE THE IDEA OF UTILIZING THE SAME. UM REGIONAL BREAKDOWN THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT USES. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ALL TALKING ON THE SAME PAGE? INSTANCE PD USUALLY GETS THE CALLS FOR ANIMAL CONTROL OR THEY COME THROUGH DISPATCH. AND THEY'RE COPIED ON ALL THE CALLS. IT WOULD HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR WHAT AREA THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, AS WELL. AND WHEN THE REPORTS COME IN, IT WOULDN'T BE SUCH A BEAR TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE. AS FAR AS WHICH ZONE THEY'RE IN. UM SO I LIKE THAT IDEA. AND THE QUESTION I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE TNR REPORT. THE. THE T IN OUR REPORT SHOWS THAT JANUARY THROUGH MARCH, THERE WERE TWO TRAPPED AND TO RELEASE THAT MEANS THEY WERE T AND R, AND THEN RELEASED BACK INTO THE AREA. ONCE WE PUT THAT REPORT TOGETHER OUR REGION WE UTILIZE THAT INFORMATION BROKEN DOWN THAT WAY AS WELL. YES. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO LOOK AT MAKERS ARE TRYING TO LOOK WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PROGRAM. THIS IS LIKE, REALLY START UP FOR US, BUT WE LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW MANY DID WE TAKE? WE BROUGHT THEM AND THEY WERE RETURNED TO THEIR OR UNFORTUNATELY, I MEAN, IT WILL BE A WAY FOR US TO KIND OF KEEP UP WITH WHAT AREAS MIGHT HAVE. YOU KNOW THOSE INFECTIONS OR DISEASES THAT WERE KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THE COLONIES ARE HEALTHY. IT IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY TRAVEL AND ERROR AND WE'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH IT AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD AND WE'LL START SOMEPLACE AND THEN I WILL TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE ADDED. SO I THINK THAT THE INFORMATION THAT IS MOST PERTINENT TO US IS THE IN FROM THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THE CITY ACTUALLY HANDLES AND [00:10:04] NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OUTREACH GROUPS. HOWEVER FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES, I THINK THAT HAVING THEIR LOCATIONS. AT HAND WOULD HELP. DON'T RELYING ON THAT KIND OF RECORDING OR THAT KIND OF INFORMATION BEING REPORTED BACK TO US COULD GET SPOTTY AT BEST, I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO AN ORGANIZATION REPORTING BACK TO THE CITY, BUT I THINK AS FAR AS THE CITIES WERE CONCERNED ANYTHING THAT WE DO AS A CITY TO MANAGE THE COLONIES. AH, IS SOMETHING THAT WE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS WITH THE HOMEOWNERS WHEN THEY WERE HERE. IN FRONT OF COUNCIL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WAS THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT WAS GETTING OUT OF HAND AND THAT NOBODY WAS WATCHING OVER IT. NOBODY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND I THINK BY SHOWING THAT INFORMATION WOULD HELP, TOO. UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION THAT WE ARE WATCHING THIS AND THAT THERE IS A PROGRAM IN PLACE TO HELP MITIGATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE ENOUGH EQUIPMENT LIKE EQUIPMENT WISE? HAVE YOU GUYS HAD AN ISSUE RUNNING INTO HAVING A SHORTAGE OF TRAPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO WE HAVEN'T. JUST MAINLY, WE HAVEN'T YET BECAUSE THIS IS ALL PRETTY NEW. I KNOW THAT I WILL TELL YOU ON THAT NOTE THAT YOU KNOW, OUR ORDINANCE SAYS WE SHALL OBTAIN FUNDS FOR SO IT WILL BE A BUDGETARY ATOM TO AS WELL. FOR SOME FUNDS TO ASSIST IF WE NEED THAT, IF WE NEEDED MORE TRAPS, TRAPS ARE NOT VERY EXPENSIVE. IT'S MORE ABOUT OBTAINING THOSE APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THAT RAPPORT RIGHT NOW BY HOLDING THESE APPOINTMENTS, SO THAT BASICALLY IF YOU CALL AND SAY, HEY, I'VE GOT A FERAL CAT, AND IT'S MONDAY. WE TELL YOU WHEN THAT APPOINTMENT IS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANIMALS, SITTING IN TRAPS FOR LINKS OF TIMES AND BEING EXPOSED TO THINGS OR EVEN IN OUR SHELTER WERE LIKE, WELL, PLEASE START TRAPPING. IT'S NOT VERY HARD TO TRAP YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE ONE AROUND AND IF YOU WILL TRAP THEN AND BRING THEM IN, SO WE'RE REALLY ONLY KEEPING THEM CONFINED IN THAT TRAP FOR A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME TO DECREASE THE POSSIBILITIES OF A THEM HAVING ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BECAUSE WE'RE BRINGING THEM INTO THE SHELTER, KNOWING THAT THEIR UNVACCINATED UM AND, UM POTENTIALLY CAUSING THEM TO INJURE THEMSELVES BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE BEST HUMANE TRAPS , YOU KNOW, DO THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE A VERY GOOD SYSTEM OF DOUBLE END TRAPS WITH BETWEEN THAT WE HAVE PRIOR LEE HAVE PREVIOUSLY PRIOR LEE PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED SO WE'RE GOOD NOW I DID ASK FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE VACCINE. AND HOPEFULLY, IF WE HAVE A COLONY THAT NEEDS ASSISTANCE, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO. ASSESS WHEN WE CAN SO WHETHER WE CAN HELP WITH THAT THE COST OF A RABIES SHOT OR IF THERE IF A COLONY IS NOT THAT CHECKING FOR THE YOU KNOW, PHILANDO KIMIA, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THAT TO BE HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY IF THEIR COLONIES NEAR ONE THAT WE'RE KIND OF ALREADY IN SO, UM WE'RE GONNA DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN. SO IT'S NEW, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO WORK AND WE'RE VERY POSITIVE THAT AND GET THE POPULATION AND MAINTAIN A GOOD, HEALTHY POPULATION. SO MR CHAIR. I BELIEVE THE ANSWER. THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AS FAR AS THE REPORTS ARE CONCERNED, AND I WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE APPROVED THE AGENDA ITEM IS PRESENTED. ALL SECOND. RIGHT CAN VOTE. AND THE MOTION PASSES FIVE. OH, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR WORK SESSION. FIRST ITEM HERE IS TO DISCUSS THE STATUS. THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR SHELTER NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDY. OKAY SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE WE'VE BROUGHT THIS ON HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE THE BOARD. UM AND THEY LAST WHERE WE HAD SET AS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOARD WAS TO DO A MID YEAR. BUDGET AMENDMENT. UM AND. I KNOW THAT MISS ALI I BELIEVE HERE IS TO HELP ME IS HERE TO HELP ME. HELP EXPLAIN THIS. THAT WE, UH, DID NOT REQUEST FAMILIAR, UM, AMENDMENT TO BE DONE FOR THIS OR F R P. I'M SORRY, AND IT IS GOING ON TO OUR REGULAR BUDGET SESSION. THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS [00:15:01] MADE. UM AND THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN. IT WILL BECOME BEFORE COUNCIL. SESSION OR BE RECOMMENDED FOR BUDGETARY REQUESTS. AND HE THING ELSE. HOW MANY OF THAT? AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO OUR REGULAR SESSION. THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. HMM. AND I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. WE CAN VOTE ON THAT. MOTION PASSES 52. OH WE ARE * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.