[Animal Shelter Advisory Board on August 14, 2024.]
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WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER.WITH WE HAVE 1,2,3,4,5,6 MEMBERS PRESENT.
AT THIS TIME, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION LED BY JEFF, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TOGETHER THIS EVENING.
FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH US AS WE CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THIS BOARD.
FATHER. WATCH OVER AND GUIDE US.
AND MAY EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND SAY BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT.
THESE THINGS I ASK IN YOUR NAME.
AMEN 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.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS CITIZENS PARTICIPATION.
PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
STILL, WE CAN DIRECT OUR STAFF TO ASSIST ANYONE HAVING QUESTIONS OR ISSUES REGARDING CITY BUSINESS.
PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
SO MOVE TO THE REGULAR AGENDA AND THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR REGULAR SESSION AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR APPOINTMENT FOR A TERM ENDING JUNE 2025.
MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE OR I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR AMBER PORTER TO BE THE CHAIR FOR THE TERM ENDING JUNE 2025. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT MOTION.
PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THE MOTION HAS PASSED.
WE AND AS I AM THE NEW CHAIR, I WILL BE CONTINUING THE MEETING.
I MOTION TO APPOINT SUSAN CRANFORD FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR FOR A TERM ENDING JUNE OF 2025.
ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY JEFF FORRESTER.
PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW.
OH, NOW WE CAN VOTE ALL RIGHT. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THE MOTION HAS PASSED.
OH, SORRY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT.
ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY SUSAN CRANFORD.
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PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THE MOTION PASSED 6 TO 0.AND THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR REGULAR SESSION AGENDA TONIGHT IS TO CONSIDER AND PLACE ON FILE THE 2024 SECOND QUARTER STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS. OKAY.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD REPORT.
AS WE DO HAVE A NEW MEMBER OF THIS BOARD AS WELL, I WANT TO KIND OF GO OVER A FEW THINGS FOR OUR MEMBERS AS WELL AS THOSE THAT MAY BE LISTENING. OUR THIS IS OUR QUARTERLY REPORT, WHICH IS ON PAGE NINE OF ITEM FOUR.
SO I KIND OF WANTED TO MAYBE EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS A LITTLE FURTHER INSTEAD OF JUST READING IT.
AND THEN THEY ARE DIVIDED BY DOGS, CATS AND ALL OTHERS.
SO THOSE ARE YOUR COLUMNS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE GROUPS OF INFORMATION.
SO BASICALLY IT'S JUST FULL TRANSPARENCY AS FAR AS WHERE, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WELL AS WE POSSIBLY CAN PUT EVERYTHING DOWN.
SO WE HAVE DOGS, CATS, OTHERS.
AND I DO GET ASKED OFTEN LIKE OTHERS.
SO OUR EUTHANASIA'S ARE LISTED BELOW FOR THE REASONINGS BEHAVIORAL, MEDICAL THE POLICY.
MOST OF THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR SHIPPED SPECIMENS THAT HAD TO BE SHIPPED TO THE STATE FOR TESTING.
I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT.
THE NEXT LINE IS REALLY OBSOLETE.
WE PULL OUR WILD ANIMAL INFORMATION TO FOR OUR TNR REPORT THAT WE WILL GET TO.
OUR EUTHANASIA RATES ARE LISTED.
THEY ARE DIVIDED BY DOGS AND CATS.
AND THEN AS A TOTAL FOR THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT EUTHANASIA RATE LOOKS REALLY HIGH ON THE CATS.
I MEAN, WHEN WE SEE THAT I DID GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE REPORT.
WE ARE STATISTICALLY HIGHER AT THIS POINT OF THE YEAR.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF A THERE WAS A VERY LOW INTAKE OF ANIMALS, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM THAT WE HAVE LOOKED THROUGH WERE HEAD INJURIES BACK SPINE BROKEN LEGS EUTHANIZED IMMEDIATELY AFTER RETRIEVING FROM THE FIELD. EYES OUT OF SOCKETS.
QUITE FRANKLY, BARELY MAKING IT BACK TO OUR FACILITY.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT GOES.
IT IS IT IS BEYOND THAT POINT.
WE ARE STILL SITTING AT A 5.76 AT THIS POINT AS A TOTALITY, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, HONESTLY.
WE DON'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO SEE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS.
SO I WANTED TO KIND OF GO INTO DETAIL ON THAT WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT SO, MADAM CHAIR, I DO HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE REPORT OF ANIMALS STILL REMAINING IN THE SHELTER.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT DOGS IN THE FACILITY AT THE BEGINNING.
WE'RE 20, WE'RE DOWN TO 11, AND THEN DOGS ARE BEGINNING TO CITY FACILITY WHERE ZERO.
ARE THOSE ACCURATE NUMBERS AS OF TODAY? OKAY, SO NO, THOSE ARE THE ACCURATE NUMBERS ON THE BEGINNING OF THE REPORT DATE OF APRIL 1ST AND THE END OF THE REPORT DATE OF JUNE 30TH.
OKAY. SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS THAT I NEED TO ANSWER? MR. BLACK HAS. ALL THESE.
DO WE HAVE A DO WE HAVE A SYSTEM BUILT UP FOR WHEN IT REQUIRES IT TO HAVE ADOPTION SHOWS OR SOMETHING.
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SO ADOPTION SHOWS, ARE YOU TALKING LIKE AN OFF SITE ADOPTION EVENT? AND IS THAT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? JUST WHERE WE PRESENT THE ANIMALS TO THE PUBLIC IN SOME FORMAT, WHERE THEY CAN KNOW THEY'RE THERE AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADOPT. OKAY.SO WE'RE WE'RE ON MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. OUR ADOPTION CENTER IS ALSO OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK.
AND WE DO WE PARTICIPATE IN EVERYTHING FROM CLEAR THE SHELTER EVENTS.
WE WE DO HAVE IN-HOUSE EVENTS TOO AS WELL.
WE'LL HAVE, LIKE, FALL IN LOVE, LIKE JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO OUT.
WE ALSO WE USE THE WEEKLY NEWS.
THAT'S DEMONSTRATED IN OUR NEWSPAPERS.
WE ARE ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS. AND AND LET THAT UNDERSTAND THAT US GETTING THE ADOPTIONS DONE ISN'T THE ISSUE.
SO THAT IS COMES WITH EDUCATION AND WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND BEING INVOLVED IN THOSE.
WE'LL ALSO DO OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WILL BE THERE.
A LOT OF IT IS JUST LETTING PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE THERE.
AND THAT'S GETTING, I BELIEVE, BROADER NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING US.
SO IS THAT KIND OF EXPLAINING WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME? YES. THE I STOPPED BY THE OTHER DAY AND YOU WERE IN A MEETING, SO I DIDN'T GET TO SEE YOU, BUT I WANTED TO SEE HOW MANY DOGS WE HAD, AND AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, OF COURSE, COMMON TO TO SEE YOU STARTED AT THE TOP, AND YOU WENT TO THE BOTTOM. AND THE BOTTOM DOG IS ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE HIGHLY DEMANDED AS A SMALL ONE.
AND ALL THE REST OF THEM ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SIZE.
SO WE KNOW THE LARGER DOGS ARE A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO ADOPT, OR I WOULD THINK SO.
IS THAT NOT TRUE WELL, HONESTLY I WOULDN'T SAY THE LARGER DOGS ARE HARDER TO ADOPT.
THE OLDER DOGS ARE SOMETIMES HARDER TO ADOPT, OR AN ANIMAL THAT HAS SPECIAL NEEDS OR NEEDS, MAYBE MORE TRAINING AND MORE SPECIFIC FAMILY OR LIFESTYLE.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS BECAUSE WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, PICK THE ANIMALS THAT WE BRING INTO OUR FACILITY.
SO IT IS IT'S WE HAVE ONE THAT'S SMALL, THAT'S RIGHT IN THERE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THEY'RE I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH SIZE.
BUT NO I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT IT HAS A WHOLE LOT TO DO WITH THE SIZE OF THE ANIMAL.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS OUR SEPARATED REPORT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR TNR AND HOW THAT'S GOING, AND, OH, MY GOODNESS, I NEED TO STOP HITTING FIRST AND FOREMOST, BEFORE I FORGET, WE HAD LET ME GO THROUGH THIS.
WE HAD THE TRAPPED ANIMALS ON OUR IMPOUND, SAME KIND OF THING.
WE'VE GOT IMPOUNDS AND WE HAVE DISPOSITIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE EUTHANASIA REASON.
SO WE HAD 14 TRAPPED IMPOUNDS, FOUR OF THOSE OF THE 14 WERE EUTHANIZED.
WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PUT THE NOTES ON THERE.
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ADOPTED AND ONE HAD BEEN RETURNED TO OWNER.SO WHEN WE ARE WORKING THIS PROGRAM AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING.
THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO GO INTO OUR ADOPTION CENTER BY PERFORMING THIS PROGRAM.
RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF MAKE, KEEP RETAIN THAT ROOM FOR OUR INTAKE.
WE'VE GOT CATS OUT INTO FOSTERS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME IN.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SPACE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY.
THEY GOT TO GO. WHATEVER THEY NEED TO GO TO THE VET TO BE.
AND THEN THEY'RE COMING BACK TO US.
SO WE HAVE TO TRY TO SPACE THINGS.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT OTHER IS.
AND I KIND OF WANTED TO LINE ITEM THIS OUT.
HERE'S HERE'S WHERE MY MISTAKE IS.
UNDER EUTHANASIA REASON I HAVE NO IDEA.
I AM SORRY THERE IS NOT A ONE FOR BEHAVIORAL.
THERE ARE ALL FOUR FROM FELINE LEUKEMIA POSITIVE.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MOTION TO ACCEPT WITH THAT CORRECTION.
SO BEHAVIORAL IS ZERO MEDICAL IS ZERO POLICY HRC IS ZERO.
AND FELINE LEUKEMIA POSITIVE IS FOUR.
AND THAT IS THE CORRECTION FOR THIS REPORT.
NEXT THE LAST PART OF OUR STATISTICAL IS OUR MAP.
SO IT'S GETTING GETTING GETTING BIGGER.
SO WHAT THIS IS AND I WANTED TO KIND OF EXPLAIN ABOUT THE MAPPING.
SO THE TNR PROGRAM WAS APPROVED IN LATE SEPTEMBER 2022.
THIS DISTRICT MAP THIS DEPICTS ALL THE ANIMALS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS SERVICED THROUGH THEIR CARETAKER REQUEST DURING THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROGRAM AT ITS INCEPTION.
THE THE COLONY NUMBERS ARE ADJUSTED QUARTERLY WHEN WE DO THIS REPORT.
BASED ON OUR SERVICES THAT ARE THAT ARE RENDERED.
SO THAT MEANS I WROTE THIS DOWN SOMEWHERE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE UP TO 78 OR 79 AT THIS POINT WHEN I ADD ALL OF THESE NUMBERS UP THAT ARE IN OUR LEGEND.
WE WERE CONTACTED BY A CARETAKER FOR AN ANIMAL THAT HAD A HEAD TRAUMA.
ONE OF OUR TNR, BUT THAT IS IT.
SO OUR COLONIES CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND PLACED WELL.
THE NEED. WE'RE GETTING LESS REQUESTS.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOMETIMES WE DON'T FEEL OUR OUR PROGRAM, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE HAVE TO CANCEL THAT PROGRAM DEPENDING ON WHETHER, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT MAJOR STORMS COMING IN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO OUR TEAM AND OUR PROGRAM IS, IS VERY SPECIFIC TO ENSURE THAT THE ANIMALS ARE BEING TAKEN AND REPLACED IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY CAME FROM.
THEY COME TO US, THEY GET OUR SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, AND WE HAVE SPECIFIC FOR NAS COMES WITH A COVER TO GIVE THEM, LIKE A HARD SPACE, COMES WITH A TOP TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE SHADE IN CASE OF THEY COME TO THAT TO US, THEY SET IT.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE END OF WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
USUALLY WE TRANSPORT ON FRIDAYS, SO THEY USUALLY COME PICK THEM UP ON WEDNESDAYS AND SET THEM THERE.
GIVEN THE TIME WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO THEIR HOUSE.
SO WE'RE GOING OUT TO THEM. THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS POINT.
WE GET THE TRAP WHERE THEY HAD IT SET, WHERE THEY GOT THE ANIMAL.
WE BRING THEM BACK TO OUR FACILITY.
WE NEED TO SCAN THEM FOR A MICROCHIP.
THAT'S WHERE THAT PROCESS COMES OUT TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE OTHER.
LIKE WE'RE LIKE, OH, THIS IS THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS, THIS IS AN ADOPTABLE ANIMAL.
SOMETIMES IT TAKES US MAYBE A WEEK TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
MAYBE THEY MIGHT SEEM DOCILE, BUT WE DO THAT COMPLETE EVALUATION.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS IS WHAT IT IS, SO.
AND THEN THEY STAY WITH US OVERNIGHT AFTER WE PHOTOGRAPH THEM, SCAN THEM, PREP THEM FOR SURGERIES, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM THAT FOOD AND STUFF TO REALLY IRRITATE THEM.
WE TRANSPORT THEM OUT TO THE SURGERY CENTER, SO WE'RE DRIVING THEM OUT TO ALLEN.
THEN WE DRIVE BACK TO GET THEM.
AND USUALLY BY THE TIME WE GET THEM, IT'S LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
THEY HAD THEIR SURGERIES EARLIER.
THEY CALL US, LET US KNOW THEY'RE AWAKE, ALERT.
THEN WE TAKE THEM BACK EXACTLY WHERE WE PICK THEM UP TO THEIR CARETAKERS.
SO THIS IS NOT WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT AFTER BEFORE.
BUT WE FEEL MORE CONFIDENT WITH RETURNING IT IN THE FIELD EXACTLY WHERE WE KNOW.
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WE PICKED IT UP FROM WHO THE CARETAKER WAS THAT CAME OUT OUR RESIDENT, AND WE PUT IT RIGHT BACK THERE.SO THERE'S NO MISUNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE.
SO WE PUT A LOT INTO THIS PROGRAM.
AND I FINALLY DID FIND MY NOTES.
SO WE'VE HAD IF YOU ADD THIS UP, THIS THIS IS OUR DISTRICT CODING.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT IT DOWN TO THE STREET OF.
BUT THESE ARE EVERY ONE OF THESE CATS ARE LABELED AS FAR AS THE STREET AND WHERE THEY'RE AT.
BUT 79, WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER THAT IT HAS WENT BACK INTO TO THE SYSTEM.
AND OUT OF THAT, WE'VE HAD SEVEN FELINE LEUKEMIA POSITIVES TO THAT POINT.
AND THEN THE ONE TRAUMA AND THEN WE HAD FOUR LOOKS LIKE FOUR ADOPTIONS AND ONE RETURN DONOR.
SO THE PROGRAM, I THINK HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR US TO KEEP UP WITH THESE COUNTS TOO, AS WELL.
YOU WILL SEE THAT ON THAT QUARTERLY REPORT.
IF WE HAVE TO ADJUST OR PERFORM SOMETHING FOR A CARETAKER.
SO ONE MIGHT BE SICK OR INJURED AND WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND TRAP IT AND HUMANELY EUTHANIZED IT.
IT'S I'M GOING TO TRY TO PUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER DESCRIPTION IN OUR AGENDA.
UNTIL NEXT TIME. SO WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND I WILL.
MY QUESTION WAS REGARDING THE TNR.
SO IF A RESIDENT CATCHES A CAT THAT HAS AN EAR TIPPED IN, THE TRAP WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR THEM TO REPORT TO US, BECAUSE THAT ALSO MEANS SOMETHING IN THE COLONY THAT CIRCULATING IN THAT AREA.
I HEARD SOMETHING IN YOUR MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT.
WOW. I'M LOUD. SO I WAS SUGGESTING THAT IF THEN IN THESE DIFFERENT AREAS, BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS IS A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ANOTHER WAY OF KEEPING TRACK AS WELL OF IF THEN WE HAVE THE COLONIES ARE BECOMING STABLE IS IF THEN AN OWNER CATCHES IN THEIR TRAP AND NEUTERED CAT OR RELEASED CAT BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE THE TIPPED EAR TO REPORT IT BACK TO US AS WELL.
OKAY, SO IF THEY ARE TNR TRAPPING, THEY ARE USING OUR EQUIPMENT.
SO THAT IS WE COULD POSSIBLY KEEP TRACK OF THAT.
BUT IT IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY GO INTO OUR NUMBERS OF WHAT WE ARE PERFORMING IF THAT.
THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S.
SO. I COULD I CAN DEFINITELY ASK IF THEY'RE RELEASING THEMSELVES, WHICH I, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY SEE THAT THAT IS BECAUSE THEY COME TO US BECAUSE THEY SEE AN UNALTERED ANIMAL OR, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS NEW OR THIS IS DIFFERENT, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT TO SEE HOW WE COULD INCORPORATE OTHERS INTO THE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE CAN'T IMPOUND THEM.
WE DON'T JUST WANT TO THROW NUMBERS UP HERE TO YOU.
SO THIS IS PULLED FROM OUR SYSTEMS, RIGHT.
AND I CAN'T IMPOUND THEIR ANIMAL.
WE'RE NOT BRINGING THAT BACK IN.
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IT'S ALREADY HAD ITS SERVICES DONE.AND THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO US FOR TO GET THE SERVICE DONE.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE THERE.
BUT I COULD ASK CARETAKERS IF PERHAPS THEY ARE RELEASING ANY.
AND SHOULD THEY THEY COULD NOTIFY US OF THAT IF THEY'RE RELEASING THEMSELVES.
SO I'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW I COULD KIND OF MAKE THAT WORK.
BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE GROWTH AND STABILIZATION OF OF COLONIES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR US, OUR CARETAKERS ARE LISTED AS ONE OR MORE SO I MAY BE THE CARETAKER OF ONE CAT THAT'S BASICALLY IN MY COLONY.
SO AND WE'RE NOT LIMITING SOMEBODY TO ASSISTING THEM ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE ONE CAT.
BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO STOP THERE.
WE WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO START IT RIGHT THEN AND HOPEFULLY NOT, YOU KNOW, HAVE A HUGE A HUGE INFLUX.
BUT I WOULD REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND SEE HOW OTHERS MIGHT BE KEEPING A TRACK OF THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAY FOR ME TO PUT MY BRAIN STEM ON, YOU KNOW, MY SPINNING WHEELS ON TO SEE HOW I CAN GET THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.
YEAH. LET ME JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
BUT I WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE FOR SURE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PLACE ON FILE THE 2024 SECOND QUARTER STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR SHELTERS OPERATIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES THAT IN THE TNR PROGRAM.
AS FOR SO THE MOTION WOULD BE AS AMENDED.
LET'S VOTE LAST NIGHT. IT WAS ME.
I THINK. NOW I PRESS IT LIKE THIS.
WHAT HAPPENED? CHRIS? DO WE NEED TO VOTE? ON THIS? YES. ALL RIGHT.
PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THE MOTION PASSED 6 TO 0 WITH THE AMENDED INFORMATION.
WITH NO FURTHER ITEMS ON THE REGULAR SESSION.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE WORK SESSION.
ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR WORK SESSION AGENDA TO DISCUSS THE PROGRESS RELATED TO THE FACILITY RENOVATION, AND SHEILA WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE.
OKAY, SO UPDATE FOR SHELTER RENOVATION.
FIRST, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HELPING WITH THIS PROJECT AND GETTING THIS GOING.
SO AT THIS POINT THE IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE JOB ORDER CONTRACT WITH SDB CONTRACTING ON JULY 23RD.
SO I HAVE SUBMITTED AT THIS POINT THE PURCHASE ORDER TO SDB ON AUGUST 8TH, AND I SUBMITTED THAT PROJECT TO THE PROJECT MANAGER WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH.
I GOT A RESPONSE FROM SDB THAT OUR PROJECT MANAGER WAS NO LONGER WITH THE COMPANY AND AND THIS WAS IN THE WEEK AND A HALF TIME FRAME OF ME CONTACTING THEM.
SO THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT MANAGER WILL BE ON SITE FOR A SCOPE MEETING ON 815, WHICH IS TOMORROW.
SO HE HAS BEEN ON PROPERTY A COUPLE OF TIMES.
ONE WAS JUST THE INITIAL, IT WAS JUST MYSELF.
AND THEN HE DID COME OUT WHEN THEY DID THE SUBCONTRACTORS WALK FOR AT DURING THE BIDDING PROCESSES.
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SO ALSO IN ATTENDANCE TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE IT DEPARTMENT FACILITIES DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY AND OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. SO WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER TOMORROW.JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE STILL ON TRACK, BECAUSE OUR INITIAL ANTICIPATION FOR OUR TIMELINE OF UPCOMING IS ANTICIPATING FILING FOR PERMITS.
816 THROUGH 820 FOR A PERMIT DEPENDENT BARRING, THERE'S NO CHANGES AND THEN MAKING ANY FINISHING SELECTIONS, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN GET THINGS ORDERED WITH A POTENTIAL START DATE.
AND THIS CAME FROM THE NEW MANAGER THAT'S GOING TO BE ON SITE FOR THE WEEK OF THEY'RE ACTUALLY SHOOTING FOR NINE 2 OR 9 NINE. WE'RE GOING TO REALLY HOPE MORE FOR NINE NINE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PREPARATION TO DO.
BUT ALSO THE SCOPE MEETING IS GOING TO REITERATE AND ENSURE OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE FUNCTIONING AT THE DEPARTMENT. MAKING SURE THAT THE AIR SCRUBBERS ARE USED ON, YOU KNOW, ONE SIDE, MAKE SURE THE VENTILATION ON THE OTHER ARE OUR BIGGEST ISSUE IS OUR CATTERY BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY BUILDING WE HAVE ITS ONLY BUILDING INSPECTED BY THE STATE.
SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE I'M BEING VERY I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT THIS MEETING GOES WELL TOMORROW, AND THAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO STARTING TO MOVE THINGS OUT OF THE OFFICE SIDE.
THEY ARE GOING TO START ON THE STAFFING SIDE.
WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF GOT A PLAN FOR THAT.
IT WILL LIKELY BE THAT WE WILL GO TO APPOINTMENTS FOR OUR DOG ADOPTIONS DURING, DURING THAT TIME.
I MEAN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK IT WILL BE MORE MID OR END AND MORE TOWARD THE COLDER, YOU KNOW, TIME ALMOST INTO OCTOBER BEFORE WE'RE BEGINNING THIS PROJECT.
BUT NOT HAVING THE SAME GUY AND JUST BEING AWARE OF THAT.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO SAY STAY HOPEFUL.
WE'RE EXCITED AND WE'RE READY.
SO. MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION, SHEILA.
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THE COMPLETION OF PHASE ONE? IT IS EIGHT WEEKS.
SO EIGHT, EIGHT WEEKS TO PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO WILL BEGIN.
AND WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THAT? FOUR WEEKS.
SO IF THEY START ON NINE NINE, WE SHOULD BE UP AND OPERATING BY JANUARY.
BECAUSE IF THEY BECAUSE THE CLEAR THE SHELTER EVENT IS GOING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10TH.
AND SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE THAT RASH OF PEOPLE WHO COME IN RIGHT AT THE END.
WILL THE BECAUSE WE WANT THESE ANIMALS OUT OF THERE OF COURSE.
WILL THAT AFFECT THE STARTING DATE OR DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT FINAL RASH OF PEOPLE WHO COME IN TO ADOPT ON THE 10TH OF SEPTEMBER AND THEY'RE GOING LIKE, WHOA, WHAT'S GOING ON? SO YEAH. YES.
THAT'S WHY I'M TELLING YOU THAT IT'S IT'S LIKELY THAT THIS WILL GET PUSHED BACK.
HOWEVER, IT'S THE WAY THE PROCESS IS.
I'M NOT SURE THE DATES OF THIS EVENT ARE KIND OF OFF BECAUSE OF THE OLYMPICS.
THIS HAPPENS EVERY EVERY TIME I HAVE THE OLYMPICS HERE.
WE'VE PARTICIPATED EVERY YEAR.
AND OUR ANIMALS THAT ARE THERE SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE END OF THAT EVENT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION. WE HAVE TO HOLD FOR SEVEN DAYS, THEN SCHEDULE VETTING, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST A 13 DAY USUALLY TURNAROUND ON OUR ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION.
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SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO KNOWING EXACTLY HOW MANY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IF THAT.YEAH. SO WE'VE GOT THE SEVEN AND FOSTER THAT ARE COMING OUT.
THEY HAVE TO MEET THEIR WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE'RE PRETTY AWARE OF WHAT WE, WHAT WE WOULD HAVE.
SO IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY INHIBIT ON AN ADOPTION EVENT.
IT'S VERY IT'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE BACK THERE.
SO JUST FOR THIS TIME ALSO IN THIS TIME PERIOD IS MY STATE INSPECTION.
SO I AM VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN HOW THIS MEETING GOES BECAUSE WE CANNOT JUST SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE ANIMALS AND PUT THEM HERE.
YOU'RE INSPECTED FOR YOUR AREAS IF THAT.
SO THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STAY IN PLACE.
THE FOR I'M NOT EVEN CONCERNED ABOUT THIS FRONT END AS MUCH DOING THE STAFFING SIDE AS I AM.
THE FOUR WEEKS ON THE ANIMAL SIDE, THAT'S THE SIDE THAT BOTHERS ME.
I'VE ALREADY HAVE STATE APPROVAL FOR THE QUARANTINE BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE UNUSABLE AND I'VE ALREADY HAVE FROM THE STATE THEMSELVES OF THESE WILL BE OUR TEMPORARY HOLDING. WE HAVE TO BLOCK OFF A PART OF THE BUILDING THAT'S OUT THERE CURRENTLY, NOW ON THE OPPOSITE END, BUT I'VE ALREADY GOT APPROVAL FOR THAT.
MY CONCERN IS THE CATS DURING THAT FOUR WEEKS.
SO. BUT WE SHOULD BE AT THE END OF THAT COLD SEASON.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY USE OUR FOSTERS WISELY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROBABLY DO APPOINTMENTS FOR THOSE AS WELL, BECAUSE HOUSING THEM JUST WHEREVER WE CAN IS NOT REALLY ACCEPTABLE. BUT WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN THEY COME TO THE INSPECTION PORTION OF IT, WE WILL HAVE AN INTAKE ROOM THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE USING ON THE NEW SIDE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE DOING THE STAFFING SIDE BECAUSE IT'S ON THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO SEE IF THEY WOULD ALLOW A TEMPORARY PLACE THERE AND CONTINUE USING OUR BUILDING FRONT ROOM THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS AS OUR INTAKE ROOM FOR OUR DOGS.
IT'S JUST MAKING ALL OF THOSE THINGS WORK SO IT'S NOT AS EASY.
I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, OH, WELL, Y'ALL COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, PUT THEM UP.
IT'S IT'S IT THERE YOU YOU'RE AWARE THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WHERE I'M AT WITH THIS PROCESS AND WHERE WE'RE ALL AT THIS PROCESS.
WE JUST GOT TO GET IT DONE BECAUSE THE THE OUTCOME OF DOING THIS, TO HAVE THE SPACE FOR THE SICK, TO HAVE THE INTAKE, TO HAVE THE SPACE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A PROPER EUTHANASIA, YOU KNOW, NOT EUTHANASIA, I'M SORRY, A STATE QUARANTINE AREA, IT'S A PROPER STORAGE FOR THEIR VACCINES AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE NEED FOR A OUTWEIGHS US BEING A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR 12 WEEKS.
IT HAS TO BE DONE AND WE WILL FIND A WAY TO GET IT DONE.
IT MIGHT NOT BE PERFECT, MIGHT NOT MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, BUT IT WILL IN THE LONG RUN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? OKAY, WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE NOW RECONVENE INTO THE REGULAR SESSION.
THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOTION TO ADJOURN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND.
PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THE MOTION PASSED 6 TO 0.
WE ARE ADJOURNED
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.