[Animal Shelter Advisory Board on March 12, 2025.]
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AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MARCH 12TH, 2025 ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6:03 P.M. WITH 234. WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. AT THIS TIME, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION LED BY SHEILA, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE LED BY JOE. KENNEDY. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE ABILITY TO GATHER TODAY TO ENCOURAGE US TO BE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT OUR ANIMAL SERVICES TEAM. WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER US, WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND. AMEN. LADY, LEAD US TO DIVIDE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 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. IF ANY CITIZEN OF WYLIE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY SUBJECT, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. AND PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO ISSUES NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. STILL, 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. SO NOW WE'LL ENTER THE REGULAR AGENDA. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM ONE. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES OF OCTOBER 9TH, 2020 FOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT. I WILL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEETING MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND. SO PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
EVERYBODY CAST THEIR VOTE. I CAN'T SEE. I'M JUST WAITING TO SEE IF HE'S GOT IT. SINCE. I'M SURE WE CAN DO ONE BY HAND BETWEEN THE TWO HERE. DID YOU CAST YOUR VOTE? OH, APPROVING THE MINUTES YOU GET TO ENTER THE MEETING. RIGHT THERE. MEETING? THERE YOU GO. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 9TH. IS THE VOTING WORK INJURY. OKAY, SO YOU HAVE TO CALL FOR A VOTE BY HUMAN. ALL RIGHT, SO THE VOTING IS NOT WORKING, SO WE'LL NEED TO VOTE BY HAND. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CAST YOUR VOTE AS A YES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT. I WANT THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT ALL FIVE MEMBERS HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND. SO THE MOTION HAS PASSED 5 TO 0. IN THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS ITEM TWO. CONSIDER AND PLACE ON FILE THE 2024 FOURTH QUARTER STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS OR WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
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TO. MAKE A MOTION, WE ACCEPT A PLACE ON THE FILE AND. ACCEPT I SUPPOSE. IS THAT WHAT IT IS? YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THE MOTION. YEAH. I SECOND THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE FOURTH QUARTER. STATISTICAL INFORMATION. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE.ALL RIGHT, SO SINCE VOTING IS NOT WORKING, IS IT WORKING NOW? OKAY. OH.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT THE MOTION HAS PASSED 5 TO 0.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSIDER AND PLACE ON FILE THE 2024 STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS. MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT AND RECORD. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THE MOTION PASSED 5 TO 0. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AND PLACE ON FILE. THE 2024 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES INSPECTION OF RABIES QUARANTINE FACILITY COMPLETED NOVEMBER 13TH, 2024. MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT AND FILE THE REPORT. I SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THE MOTION PASSED 5 TO 0. AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AND PLACE ON FILE THE ATTACHED 2024 VETERINARIAN INSPECTION OF RABIES QUARANTINE FACILITY COMPLETED DECEMBER 12TH, 2024. I MAKE A MOTION WE ACCEPT AND PUT IN FILE. I WILL SECOND. IT. WE CAN VOTE.
PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THE MOTION HAS PASSED 5 TO 0 AND WITH NO FURTHER ITEMS ON THE REGULAR SESSION, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR WORK SESSION. SESSION? AND TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR WORK SESSION AGENDA. AND IT'S AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER RENOVATION PROJECT. AND BOARD MEMBER SHEILA PATTON WILL BE GIVING THIS STATUS UPDATE. OKAY, SO I KNOW RECENTLY I HAD SHARED VIA EMAIL A KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THE PHASE ONE. AND AT THE TIME OF SENDING, I KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A BREAK IN THE PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THEN AND NOW, AND VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE WERE IN OUR PHASE TWO BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THIS MEETING. AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ARE. SO WE HAVE STARTED OUR OUR PHASE TWO. PHASE ONE WAS COMPLETED ON MARCH 3RD.
SO I AND AT OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT AT THAT TIME WE THOUGHT WE WERE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND THINGS WERE GOING VERY, VERY SMOOTH. BUT WE DID SUFFER SOME HICCUPS ALONG THE WAY. SO I BASICALLY WANTED MOSTLY TO INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION FOR ANYBODY ELSE THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING THIS OR MIGHT LISTEN LATER, JUST SO THAT THEY COULD SEE THESE ITEMS. BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE I'M UPDATING MY CHAIN OF COMMAND OR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR WHEREVER I'M
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GOING, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS INTO, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC EYE TO AS WELL. SO THIS IS BASICALLY GOES OVER WHERE WE WHERE WE WERE AT KIND OF START FROM FINISH. YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE ON THE FIRST PAGE, NOT MY COVER SHEET PAGE, BUT THE NEXT ONE WHERE I PUT THE FLOOR PLANS OUT THERE. THE REASON THOSE ARE LISTED ARE JUST KIND OF TO REFRESH AND REMIND EVERYBODY WHERE WE CAME FROM TO OUR ULTIMATE END GOAL PHASE. I KNOW THESE ARE SMALL AND WE'VE HAD A TOUR. MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. YOU KIND OF SEEN WHAT WE WERE COMING FROM AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS AS A BOARD. WE'VE VERY MUCH HAVE DISCUSSED THIS. YOU KNOW, COUNCIL HAS HEARD THIS. YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S NEW, BUT THIS IS KIND OF OUR BAND-AID TO FIX OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND THOSE BIGGEST, MOST CONCERNING WAS STAFF. STAFF. WE HAD A VERY HIGH STAFF NEED. WE HAD A VERY BIG NEED FOR OUR PUBLIC VISITING, OUR SHELTER, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH OUR SHELTER IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, TO GET FROM FRONT TO BACK. AND OUR CATEGORY, WHICH IS GOING TO CONTINUE BEING A CONCERN JUST BECAUSE IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW ALL THIS BECAUSE Y'ALL KNOW WHAT OUR ULTIMATE PLANS HAVE SAID, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED LIKE A 600% INCREASE IN THAT CAT AREA, ACTUALLY. BUT IMMEDIATELY WE NEEDED SOME SICK ZONES, JUST SOME ISOLATION. AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONVERT THAT WHICH WHICH WILL HELP WHEN WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SHUT DOWN OUR WE ONLY HAVE TWO ROOMS CURRENTLY. AND SO WHEN WE GOT SOMETHING SICK ON ONE, YOU'RE DONE. YOU KNOW, THAT ANIMAL'S HAVING TO STAY IN THERE. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU PUT INTO THAT ROOM IS GOING TO CATCH WHATEVER ILLNESS THEY HAVE. AND WE CAN'T DO THAT. SO AND FOSTERS NORMALLY HAVE PETS OF THEIR OWN. SO I TRULY BELIEVE WITH WHERE WE'RE AT, WE'VE ADDRESSED SOME OF THE MAJOR IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW THAT THAT HAS TO BE DONE IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE OUR OPERATION AT THE BEST RATE THAT WE CAN AT THIS POINT. SO WE DID FINISH OUR INITIAL PHASE ONE, IF WE REMEMBER, WAS JUST INCLUDING THE STAFF SIDE. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO DO DO THE ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE PICTURES HOW BAD I MEAN IT. THERE WAS AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAD TO BE DONE ON THAT SIDE. WE HAD A LOT OF PLUMBING GOING IN AND WE WERE TALKING GUTTING. I MEAN, IT IT HAD TO BE DONE. WE NEED WE NEEDED DRAINS, PIPE, HAND-WASHING. WE HAD, YOU KNOW, ONE BATHROOM FOR THE ENTIRE THE ENTIRE FACILITY, FRONT, BACK, EVERYTHING. ONE THAT ONE AREA TO WASH YOUR HANDS. I MEAN, IT WAS WE DID ADD QUITE A FEW THINGS TO THIS. SO THAT DID TAKE SOME TIME. AND ALSO ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ISSUES WAS A ISSUE BETWEEN OUR CONTRACTOR AND THEIR FIRE SAFETY PLAN FILING. AND BECAUSE OF THIS, THE PROJECT WAS GOING TO BE DELAYED. AND WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO TO TRY TO CATCH BACK UP WAS MY VERY UNSELFISH STAFF. WE GAVE THEM MORE ROOM, SO WE CONTINUED TO OPEN THE PLAN. WE WENT FROM, WE'RE NOT JUST DOING THIS SIDE. WE OPENED UP OUR BAY, WE MOVED OUR STUFF. I SAY WE I DIDN'T REALLY DO A LOT OF THE MOVING MY GUYS DID, BUT GOT EVERYTHING IN THE CONTEXT WE COULD. WE ACTUALLY GOT US A POD SO WE COULD PUT STUFF THAT'S COMING IN. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE.WE'VE GOT TO KEEP OUR DOG FOOD. WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE ALL THESE, THESE AREAS AND WE LET THEM CONTINUE THROUGH THERE. WHILE WE WERE WAITING ON THIS FIRE SAFETY PLAN TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESSES THAT IT HAS TO GO TO. SO IT HAS TO GO TO AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY OUTSIDE OF THAT TO GET APPROVAL.
THEN THEY COME BACK TO YOUR FIRE MARSHAL, AND IT WAS GOING TO BE AN EXTENSIVE THING. AND WE COULDN'T JUST SIT. I MEAN, WE CAME TO A DEAD STOP. WE WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN SITTING THERE. SO SINCE WE WENT AHEAD AND EXPANDED THAT, BECAUSE WE HAD WENT FROM JUST GOING FROM THAT PUBLIC WALKWAY AND THE STAFF WORKSTATIONS OR BREAK ROOM AND THAT INTAKE ROOM, WE EXTENDED THAT PROCESS. AND THAT'S ON PAGE 22. WE EXTENDED IT OVER THROUGH OUR BAY TO OUR STATE QUARANTINE, TO THE NEW QUARANTINE, TO BASICALLY EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR OUR CATEGORY AND EVEN THE FLOORS IN OUR LOBBY. WE DID THEM AT THE SAME TIME. WE DID IT OVER A HOLIDAY. I DON'T WANT TO SAY I PROBABLY KNOWS WHICH. MAYBE IT WAS MARTIN LUTHER DAY, A DAY THAT WE WERE CLOSED, A DAY WE
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EXTENDED A CLOSURE. WE HAD TO CLOSE DOWN TO THE PUBLIC FOR WALK IN, BUT WE STILL SERVICED.I MEAN, THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB. WE PUT OUT A BARRICADE WITH A RING DOORBELL AND WE WERE BRINGING THEM THROUGH THE SIDE. I MEAN, WE HAVE WE HAVE REALLY DONE SOME OUT OF THE BOX THINKING OVER THERE, I AM I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMPLAINTS. FOSTERS ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN WITH CATS. PEOPLE ARE JUST THEY UNDERSTAND. IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
WE'RE IN THE CATEGORY. THAT'S WHERE THE STAFF WAS. THAT'S THE ONLY ROOMS WE HAD LEFT ON THAT SIDE. SO THEY WERE OFFICING IN ONE. EVEN RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T SAY IT, BUT WE HAVE A CRUELTY CASE WHERE WE HAD TO SEIZE ONE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE, WE, WE, WE COME INTO SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE SPACES FOR CERTAIN THINGS AND, AND THEY HAVE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB. THE INTAKE IS DONE. OUR STATE QUARANTINE IS DONE. OUR BAY, THE STORAGE, THE MEDICAL ROOM. THE OUTSIDE OF THE OF THE STATE, QUARANTINE LIGHTING, ALL THIS, ALL THE STUFF ON 22 LIKE WE ALMOST DOUBLED BASICALLY WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO IN THAT IN THAT FIRST SECTION. BUT BY EVERY INSTANCE OF THAT, EVERY PART OF OUR JOB GOT SO MUCH SMALLER WHERE WE JUST HAD TO WE JUST HAD TO GO OUT THE BOX AND WE WERE USING OUR SIDE ENTRANCES. UNDERSTANDING, TOO, THAT WE HAVE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, WE HAVE GUIDELINES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FOR THAT, KEEPING THOSE THINGS LOCKED UP. SO IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE UPDATE FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT. YES, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME. WE REALLY WANTED THIS THROUGH BY BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. BELIEVE ME, WE WANTED IT THROUGH. WE MADE THE DECISION AS A TEAM TO JUST KIND OF SACRIFICE BECAUSE ALL OF US BEING IN THIS ONE LITTLE SMALL SPACE, SHARING IT WITH CONTRACTORS, TRYING TO GET OUR OUR PUBLIC THROUGH IT HAS BEEN A VERY KIND OF A STRESSFUL OCCURRENCE. BUT NOW THEY ARE INTO THEIR WORKSTATIONS. WE'RE NOT COMPLETE BECAUSE EVEN WHEN THE CONTRACTORS ARE DONE, WE STILL HAVE TO MOVE ALL OF OUR STUFF FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT LITTLE EXTRA TIME THAT I PUT ON THERE FOR OPERATIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT IN THE OFFICE RIGHT NOW CONSISTENTLY TO FINISH EVERYTHING UP, BUT I DON'T WANT THIS MEETING TO GO WITHOUT ME TELLING YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE STAFF THERE. AND THEY HAVE THEY HAVE BUSTED THROUGH EVERY SINGLE DAY THERE.
THEY'VE MOVED STUFF. THEY'VE THEY PROBABLY ARE SO TIRED OF ME SAYING, CAN YOU MEASURE THIS FOR ME? LIKE, I KNOW THAT THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THEY ARE SO SICK OF HEARING. OFFICER ELLENBERG HAS BEEN TAKING ON THIS PROJECT. IMMENSE AMOUNT OF HOURS AND WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT THAT. WITH HIM STEPPING UP THERE, WE HAD OUR OTHER TWO ADVANCED OFFICERS FOR SOLACE AND PHILLIPS PRETTY MUCH TRYING TO JUST RUN THE ANIMAL SERVICES. PART OF THINGS. THE LEAD HAS JUST FINISHED TRAINING. YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST GOTTEN OUT OF FIELD TRAINING OUR TWO NEW PEOPLE THAT WERE TRYING TO GET USED TO THINGS THAT HAVE WATCHED THIS PROCESS GO THROUGH AND SUPER CHAOTIC, BUT EVERYBODY REALLY PITCHED IN LIKE THEY STEPPED UP AND DID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO. SO I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M SAYING THAT IS THAT. JARED SAID IT LOOKS PRETTY PROMISING RIGHT NOW FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY HAVE STARTED THE CATTERY. HE'S BEEN SENDING THOSE PICTURES OVER. YOU KNOW, WE HAD THOSE FRP WALLS THAT WAS IN THE ROOM. WE HAVE TAKEN THOSE DOWN. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE INVITING AND A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO NATURAL LIGHT OR ANYTHING. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T DO IN THIS PROCESS. BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS GET THESE FLOORS OUT OF THERE THAT ARE CRACKED OR HOLDING, HOLDING DISEASE. OUR TNR AREA, WHICH WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO EVERY I MEAN, EVEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'RE STILL DOING OUR TNR IN, YOU KNOW, THAT AT LEAST CAN GO TOWARDS SOME OF OUR CATTERY. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT WE CAN GET DONE.
SO WE'RE STILL DOING THAT PROCESS FOR ALL OF OUR CARETAKERS HERE. THAT AREA IS ABOUT DONE. THEY DID PUT THE WHAT HAVE THEY GOT IN THERE? THE AC, THE FOR THE TWO ISOLATION AREAS. MOST OF THAT IS INSTALLED TOO AS WELL. WE ARE HOPEFUL. I JUST I WANT TO I PUT APRIL 1ST.
APRIL 1ST IS WHAT IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR AT THIS POINT. DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY SET AND READY? ABSOLUTELY NOT. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I WE FINISHED THIS PHASE ONE. WE GOT INTO THIS TO THIS PHASE TWO, WE'LL GO PRETTY MUCH ALMOST TO THE END OF PROBABLY THIS BUDGET. BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS, YOU KNOW, THAT CONTINGENCY
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BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE REALLY BANKING ON, WE REALLY WANT SOME NEW CAT KENNELS IN THERE THAN WHAT WE'RE USING. WE WERE ABLE TO OUR HOLDING HAVE A BETTER BANK TYPE TO WHERE WE COULD TRY TO CONTROL THE, YOU KNOW, THE DISEASE THAT AN INCOMING CAT MIGHT HAVE. SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING REMAINING IN ORDER TO GET A GOOD CAGE. MORE ADOPTABLE, FRIENDLY CAGES IN OUR CATTERY. ISOLATION HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. THE CAT HOLDING WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN, BUT WE'RE THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BOUGHT A NICE CAT CONDO OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE. SO BECAUSE IN OUR LINE OF WORK, WE NEED THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE SANITIZED, WE'D LIKE FOR THEM TO HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO MOVE AROUND, SEPARATE LITTLE LITTER AREA.JUST, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE OUR ADOPTABLE CATS. WE REALLY WANT TO GIVE THEM AS MUCH ROOM AS WE CAN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A PLAYROOM OR A CATIOS OR OR THESE TYPE OF THINGS. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL TO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. SO WE'VE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUDGET. WE'VE ONLY HAD. ONE, WHAT I CALL IT A CHANGE ORDER IN THIS PROCESS, WHICH IS AMAZING FOR A BIG PROCESS LIKE THIS. SO WE'VE STAYED ON BUDGET AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. AND OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE SPEND ON OUR CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE TO DO OUR KEY CARD ACCESS, OUR VIDEO SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS OUTSIDE OF THAT. AND I THINK WE'RE WE'RE ON SPOT TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST GET A FEW GOOD ADOPTION AREAS. THAT ROOM SIZE DIDN'T CHANGE. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE A BUNCH OF EXTRA SPACE IN THERE. SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF AT THAT SAME NUMBER IN THAT ROOM. WE DID GET A SINK ADDED TO THAT ROOM TOO AS WELL. SO I, I BELIEVE THE WHOLE ASPECT OF THIS IS REALLY GOING TO MAKE US FEEL A LOT BETTER ABOUT OUR DISEASE CONTROL. OUR ISOLATED HAS THEIR OWN SINK NOW. SO THOSE CATS OVER THERE, TNR, IS SEPARATE NOW.
THEY HAVE DOORS BEHIND THEM TOO, BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE BRINGING THEM OUT FROM THE FIELD STRAIGHT IN THERE. AND WE DON'T WANT THEM, YOU KNOW, GETTING EXPOSED TO OUR AIR EXCHANGES HAVE BEEN UPDATED. I MEAN, I'M FEELING VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT PROCESS, THAT EVERYTHING IS GOOD THERE.
SO AND OUR INTAKE BEING SEPARATED, THE INTAKE ROOM IS AMAZING. I WILL TELL YOU THAT.
LIKE, I'VE REALLY BEEN EXCITED OVER ANYTHING ELSE IN THAT PLACE BESIDES THAT INTAKE ROOM. WE HAVE AN AREA NOW. WE CAN WASH THE DOGS DOWN IN THERE LIKE WE DIDN'T. WE OPTED OUT OF GETTING THIS BIG GROOMING SINK, BUT WE HAVE AN AREA NOW AND WE CAN BRING THEM IN SAFELY. WE CAN WEIGH THEM, TRY TO GET THEIR PICTURE AND WE'RE NOT MIXING INTAKE OR UNFORTUNATELY LIKE A EUTHANASIA AREA OR FOR SICK ANIMAL MAY WENT INTO THAT HAS PARVO. SO NOW THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE ZONES. SO THAT MAKES US FEEL GOOD ABOUT ABOUT OUR SITUATION. SO I JUST WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT I'VE APPRECIATED EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE TO HELP US GET THROUGH MANY OF THESE PROCESSES. APRIL 1ST IS WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR. SO IT IS. IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. WE REALLY WANTED JANUARY 1ST. I'M SURPRISED WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP THIS MUCH.
HONESTLY, FROM HOW FAR BEHIND WE WERE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT BEING SO BY THE SACRIFICES MADE BY THE STAFF. WE'VE MANAGED TO DO THAT. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE TOO AS WELL. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I DO. I DO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE TO BACK UP WHAT I'M SAYING. I'VE WORKED MANY REMODEL PROJECTS WITH THE WITH THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSE, AND I KNOW HOW IT ALL CAN COME APART WHEN YOU LEAST NEED IT TO FALL APART. THE LOGISTICS IS DEFINITELY A BALL IN THE AIR AT ALL TIMES, AND SOMETIMES COMING DOWN ON YOUR HEAD. YOUR PEOPLE HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN WHAT I CONSIDER A VERY SHORT TIME. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU ARE TO BE COMMENDED. AND I WISH THE PEOPLE OF WYLIE COULD SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. THAT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT. WHEN WE FINALLY GET TO APRIL 1ST. OR DO YOU HAVE SOME PLANS FOR AN OPEN HOUSE? TO BE ABLE TO LET THE PEOPLE SEE WHAT'S BEEN DONE, AND POSSIBLY EVEN GET A FEW ANIMALS ADOPTED AT THE SAME TIME? SO YES, YES AND YES. I GUESS IT WOULD BE MORE OF THE ANSWER TO THAT. A PLANNED SPECIAL EVENT MAYBE LIKE ON THE SATURDAY THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE FIRST SATURDAY AFTER WE GET OUR OPERATIONS IN.
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I HAVEN'T PLANNED ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I THINK I KNOW IT'S I KNOW IT'S HORRIBLE TO SAY WE'VE BEEN SO FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. I, I DID WANT TO DO A WALKTHROUGH LIKE I TALKED TO YOU THE LAST TIME, BUT I HAD TO BE SCHOOLED ON SOME OF THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH WITH SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN LET YOU SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OVER ON THIS SIDE BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR ACTUAL WORK ZONES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO MOST DEFINITELY, I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO COME ON OUT AND HELP US DO A LITTLE A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT OF OPENING. I THINK THAT. NOT SOUND BAD FOR ME TO SAY, BUT I'D BE REALLY A LOT, REALLY SUPER HAPPY WHEN ONE DAY WE GET THE NEW FACILITY, WE CAN DO A GROUNDBREAKING, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS FOR BRINGING PEOPLE THERE, BUT I MEAN, WHAT WHATEVER THAT CAUSES THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS, IS THEY WON'T REALLY GET TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE MOST OF A LOT OF THIS IS STAFF SIDE, INTAKE SIDE, SIX SIDES, AREAS THAT AREN'T REALLY LIKE THAT PUBLIC ACCESS.BUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO GET DONE, WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE ONE OF THOSE REASONS I REALLY WANT TO GET SOME NEW KENNELS IN THERE FOR THE CATS. SO YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN THERE, YOU'VE SEEN IT. I MEAN, IT WAS A WAREHOUSE. IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, A CONVERTED WAREHOUSE THAT WAS MADE INTO AN ANIMAL SERVICES THAT WAS SHARED BY MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS WHEN IT BEGAN YEARS AND YEARS AGO. AND THEY THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH. WELL, I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, 18 YEARS. AND I CAN TELL YOU THE CITY HAS GROWN AND. WE KNOW IT'S WHAT WE HAD TO DO RIGHT NOW. IT WILL BE PERFECT FOR ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT MIGHT WANT TO COME OVER. IT'S GOT PLENTY OF WORKSPACES AND GREATNESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT YES, I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO COME OUT AND SEE, BECAUSE IF THEY'VE BEEN TO THE FACILITY BEFORE, I JUST WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO HAVE AN EXPECTATION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TOUCH OUR DOG KENNELS. LIKE WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT SITUATION. OUR DOG YARD, THE CATTERY. I MEAN, I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE. THOSE OF US THAT HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE AND WILL NOW SEE IT WITHOUT THIS SHOWER WALL BACKGROUND THAT HAD BEEN PUT ON THERE AND THE FLOORS THAT WERE JUST ROLLED OVER WITH PAINT, THEY'LL ACTUALLY SEE WHERE IT IS NOW, WILL GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLERGIC TO CATS, THAT DON'T HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THE CATTERY TO GO BACK TO SEE THE DOGS, WILL GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LOVE, BUT I'M ALL ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE OUT. I AM A LITTLE HESITANT UNTIL WE COULD TRY TO. MAYBE. I REALLY WANT TO TRY TO GET THESE KENNELS IN THERE. I THINK IT'LL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TOO, BECAUSE BASICALLY WHAT THE PUBLIC REALLY WOULD GET TO SEE IS, OH, SO THEY DID SOME FLOORS, MADE US A HALLWAY. WE'VE STILL GOT THE SAME BATHROOM, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I DON'T I DON'T WANT IT TO BE PERCEIVED LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT. WE GAVE OUR RESIDENTS A LOT MORE THAN THAT. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP FROM HAVING TO CLOSE OUR CATTERY DOWN. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP. IF WE PICK YOUR ANIMAL UP, WE DON'T WANT YOUR ANIMAL TO GET SICK LIKE WE DON'T LIKE. WE SCRUB. I DON'T KNOW, I SURPRISED ANY OF US HAVE ANY SKIN LEFT LIKE I WE OUT OF THE BOX ALL THE TIME TO GET WHERE WE WERE. WE. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD CURTAINS UP AND WHATEVER. WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM HAVING TO DO THOSE THINGS ANYMORE AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE THAT ACCESS, YOU KNOW, COMING BACK AND FORTH. SO YES, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO SEE IT. I, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE AS PROUD AS WE ARE ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WE CAN SEE ALL OF THESE AREAS AND WE KNOW AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO DO THIS AND DO THIS BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO KNOW BEHIND THE SCENES WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN WE PICK YOUR PET UP, WE DON'T WANT YOUR PET TO CROSS SOMETHING THAT WAS SICK, THAT UNFORTUNATELY NEEDED MEDICAL CARE OR IT NEEDED TO BE HUMANELY EUTHANIZED. WE WANT TO WE WANT TO UNCROSS THAT AND MAKE THIS THE BEST EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR PET THAT WE CAN. I JUST ONE SUGGESTION I, I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT NOT WANTING ALL THE ANIMALS UPSET AT ONE TIME WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU. I MEAN, IT MAY BE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT CAN ACTUALLY PRODUCE IT, AND THAT WOULD BE A VIDEO THAT COULD BE VISIBLE WITHOUT THEM ACTUALLY ENTERING INTO THE WORKINGS. THEY CAN JUST BE OUTSIDE AND SEE IT ON THE ON THE WALL. OH, AND BY THE WAY. I BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE MY WIFE INTERJECTED. WELL, THAT'S A VERY GOOD REASON
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TO LET US KNOW. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT MAKING A VIDEO OR HAVING A MARQUEE. I MAYBE I'M MISSING OUT ON IT. A VIDEO OF WHAT'S INSIDE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO ENTER TO SEE IT. OKAY, SO YOU MEAN A VIDEO OF THE AREAS OF THE FACILITY THAT WE ACTUALLY DID? OKAY. OH, I BET I BET THERE MIGHT BE A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD THAT MIGHT KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S PRETTY GOOD WITH MEDIA OR SOMETHING. THEY COULD HELP US OUT, BUT I'M I'M SURE WALLY IS A BIG COMMUNITY. I'M SURE WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY THAT COULD PROBABLY HELP US OUT WITH WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT'S A THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. RIGHT UP THERE AND HAVE IT AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. YES, SIR. I WILL TAKE THAT INTO ADVISEMENT FOR SURE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ALSO BECAUSE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THE PUBLIC NOTICED WERE SPECIFICALLY WITH THE QUARANTINE AND THE SICK ANIMALS, AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF CONVEY OUT THAT THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THIS RENOVATION, SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY THE CATERING, I JUST BECAUSE I GET PULLED INTO THAT SOMETIMES, BUT JUST SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT YOU GUYS CORRECTED THAT YOU HEARD. I MEAN, I THINK WE WERE ALL PLANNING ON DOING THAT ANYWAY, BUT YOU HEARD WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, AND YOU TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GOT ADDRESSED IN THIS AND THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. SO I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE PART TO HIGHLIGHT FOR SURE. AND YES, I LIKE THE IDEA OF A VIDEO AND POSTING IT. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE I THINK AT THE END OF APRIL, A TAP EVENT, WHICH IS A GREAT IS THAT AT THE END OF APRIL. FIRST OF THE NEXT SHOT CLINIC, IT'S DEFINITELY AN APRIL 26TH. OH THAT'S RIGHT. SO THAT MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD CHANCE TO IF WE HAVE SOMETHING PREPARED TO KIND OF PUT UP BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE HOLDING IT. AND THEN I KNOW WHERE IT WAS HELD BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WILL BE HELD. I ALSO GOT TO SEE THE INTERIM IN THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR. YEAH. BUT THAT'S ALSO A GREAT PLACE BECAUSE I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THOSE ARE RESIDENTS OF WILEY AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT TOO. AND THOSE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COME TO THOSE. SO YEAH. AND WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE CAN SHARE ON TOO, RIGHT? RIGHT. AND I AND I, I GET THAT, I THINK THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU TO THE PARKS FOR HELPING US TO THEY'RE THEY'RE A GREAT A GREAT TEAM TO BE NEXT DOOR TO. THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY GOOD TEAM PLAYERS. THEY HAD OUR KLEENEX OUR STUFF BACK BEHIND THEIR BUILDING FOR FOREVER. SO I THINK THAT THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY THIS DID TAKE A LOT LONGER. I MEAN, THEY HAD TO GIVE UP PARKING SPACES AND THERE'S A LOT OF CREWS OUT THERE. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE LIKE WORKING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. YOU GOT PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS AND NOBODY RIDESHARES, I'M TELLING YOU. I MEAN, THEN, YOU KNOW, OUT FRONT, WHAT DO WE HAVE EIGHT SPACES FOR US. AND THERE'S THREE ANIMALS THERE FOR, FOR ANIMAL CONTROL VEHICLES. SO THE THREE VEHICLES TAHOE. AND THEN WE HAD TO GET TO WORK SOMEHOW. SO AND THEN YOU PILE ON ALL THE CONTRACTORS AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST WE'VE JUST ALL HAD TO WORK TOGETHER LIKE IT'S IT HAS BEEN A EXPERIENCE. I WILL AGREE WITH MR. WEBB DOWN THERE THAT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THE NEXT DAY. AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WILL RELAY TO THE REST OF MY STAFF THAT THAT AREN'T HERE. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THEY ARE APPRECIATED TO GET THROUGH THIS BECAUSE THEY NEVER MISSED A BEAT. I MEAN, KEPT WORKING. I MEAN, WE'RE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, WE'RE ON CALL ALL NIGHT AND THERE'S DEFINITE DAYS OF FRUSTRATION. BUT THEY DIDN'T LET THAT GET OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND THEY HAVE BEEN AMAZING. SO I APPRECIATE THE STATEMENTS AND I WILL TAKE AN ADVISEMENT. THEY OUR CLINIC WILL BE AT OUR FACILITY THIS TIME REGARDLESS OF IT'S FINE. IT'S GOING TO BE FINISHED. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING IS THERE GOING TO BE DONE? I WANT TO STAY POSITIVE. BUT EVEN IF NOT, WE WOULD STILL HAVE OUR LOBBY, OUR WALKWAY THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, WOULD BE WE CAN JUST CUT AROUND THAT WAY TOO AS WELL. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING ONCE WE GET SETTLED, BECAUSE EVEN LIKE I SAID, ONCE THEY'RE DONE, WE HAVE TO GET ALL OF OUR STUFF BACK IN THERE AND BACK INTO OUR BUILDING. WE HAVE A CONIX THAT'S FULL. WE HAD TO GET SHELVES AND WE JUST WE HAVE A LOT OF MORE WORK THAT THAT US AS STAFF IS DOING. IT'S NOT PROFESSIONALLY DONE. IT'S, IT'S US DOING IT. BUT I THINK THE VIDEO IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA AND WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO BATSMAN AS WELL. OKAY. THE ONE CHANGE ORDER THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS THAT THE[00:35:09]
FIRE SAFETY PLAN. YEAH. NO IT WASN'T IT WAS THAT THE CHANGE ORDER THE ADDITION TO OUR CONTRACT WAS WORK SURFACE MATERIAL CHANGE AND SOME ELECTRICAL. I THINK IT WAS ELECTRICAL FOR THE OUTSIDE PART OF OUR STATE QUARANTINE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE PICTURE YOU SEE WITH LIGHTS, THAT'S JARED OVER THERE. BUT IT WAS AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT IDEA. WE HAD HAD TO HAVE ELECTRICAL OUT THERE FOR FANS BECAUSE YOU CINDER BLOCK THOSE WALLS UP LIKE THAT. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT VENTILATION THROUGH THERE. SO IT WAS AROUND. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M PRETTY. LIKE PENNY TO THE PEOPLE. MY PEOPLE CAN VOUCH FOR THAT IS IT IS ABOUT $6,000 AND A $6,000 CHANGE ORDER, OVER $700,000 PROJECT IS NOT TOO BAD.NO. SO I. I AM OKAY WITH IT. I AM OKAY WITH IT. WE NEEDED TO ADD ELECTRICAL WHERE WE NEEDED TO. WE GOT THAT EXTRA SINK AND WE JUST GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WENT ON TO THAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT THEN WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE NOW RECONVENE INTO THE REGULAR SESSION. AND THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I WILL MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? I THINK WE TRY TO HAVE A THIRD. ALL RIGHT. SO WE CAN VOTE NOW FOR ADJOURNMENT. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE A MOTION PASSED 6 TO 0. WE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.