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AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MARCH MAY 14TH, 2025 ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6:09 P.M, WITH FOUR VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO DO THE INVOCATION? SURE. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO STAND FOR THE INVOCATION LED BY JARED. AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE. INVOCATION. PRAYER. YES. I GIVE YOU THE PRAYER. AFTER. I CAN DO THAT. YEAH. YOU WANT ME TO? OKAY, I'LL DO IT. ARE YOU THE HEAVENLY FATHER? THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO JOIN TOGETHER TO HAVE OPEN DISCUSSION. THANK EACH PERSON HERE SERVING TODAY.
GUIDE US THROUGH OUR MEETING TODAY. GUIDE US ON OUR WAY HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES. AND. 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. PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. 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 SO WE CAN DIRECT OUR STAFF TO ASSIST ANYONE HAVING QUESTIONS OR ISSUES REGARDING CITY BUSINESS. THERE IS NO ONE HERE. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. SO NOW WE'LL GO INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA AND THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR REGULAR SESSION AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES OF MARCH 12TH, 2025.
I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 12TH, 2025 ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD MEETING.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THE MOTION PASSED FOUR ZERO. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS TO CONSIDER AND PLACE ON FILE THE 2025 FIRST QUARTER STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT REGARDING THESE. THE ORIGINAL PACKET HAD A LINE ERROR ON OUR STATISTICAL REPORT UNDER EUTHANASIA REASON. THE ORIGINAL PACKET, THE PACKET BEFORE YOU IS CORRECT WHERE IT SAYS EUTHANASIA REASON, BEHAVIORAL MEDICAL POLICY AND WILD ANIMAL. THE THREE THAT IS UNDERNEATH FOR THE FEE LINES ON THE ORIGINAL POSTED AGENDA WAS LISTED UNDER BEHAVIORAL. AND WE NOTICED THAT TODAY THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE MEDICAL ON THE SECOND LINE. SO SHOULD THESE BE MOTION FOR ACCEPTANCE. THEY WOULD NEED TO BE MOTIONED WITH THAT AMENDMENT TO ACCEPT THEM WITH THE AMENDMENT OF MOVING THAT LINE ITEM. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THOSE.
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BUT I THINK I DO NEED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE THAT BOX IS ON BOTH OF THEM UNDER TNR AND UNDER OUR NORMAL. SO IT IS ON OUR FIRST STATISTICAL REPORT, THE JANUARY THROUGH MARCH FOR THE NOT TNR REPORT, WHICH IS THE ITEM TWO PAGE. SO.I WILL MOTION TO PLACE ON FILE THE 2025 FIRST QUARTER STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS, AS AMENDED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND THAT WITH AMENDMENT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A SECOND. CAN WE PLEASE VOTE? PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THE MOTION PASSED 4 TO 0 WITH NO FURTHER ITEMS ON THE REGULAR SESSION. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE WORK SESSION. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR WORK SESSION AGENDA, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS THE PROGRESS RELATED TO THE FACILITY RENOVATION. OKAY, SO WE HAD HOPED TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL SOONER THAN WE ENDED UP, BUT WE ARE NOW CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL. WE HAVE OPENED OUR CATEGORY. WE ALREADY ARE ONLY HAVE ONE KENNEL AVAILABLE, SO WE KNOW THAT OUR SPACE IS LIMITED.
THERE'S BEEN NO HIDDEN SECRET THAT WE'RE 166% UNDER WHAT WE REALLY NEED IN ORDER TO HOUSE ENOUGH FELINES IN OUR FACILITY, SO THEY ARE CURRENTLY ALL ON HOLD. WE HAVE FIVE SCHEDULED MONDAY FOR MEDICAL, AND WE DO HAVE, I'LL SAY WE'RE OPERABLE. OUR ORGANIZATION AND TRYING TO RESTAGE EVERYTHING IS STILL IN EFFECT UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU KNOW THESE GUYS ALL WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH OUR NORMAL JOB IS KIND OF LIKE MOVING INTO YOUR HOUSE. WE TALKED ABOUT IT TODAY.
IT'S LIKE MOVING IN AND YOU'RE LIKE NON-ESSENTIALS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN UNPACKED ARE STILL KIND OF SITTING THERE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE HAVING TO REDO OUR ENTIRE STORAGE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THIS RENOVATION, THE MAJOR PART OF THE SHOP WAS STORAGE. SO WE HAVE THE UPPER LOFT AREA, NOT HUGE, BUT WE'RE REORGANIZING BACK INTO THE ROOMS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH EQUIPMENT FOR THE ISOLATION AREAS TO BE SEPARATE. YOU KNOW, OUR STATE QUARANTINE, WHICH IS AMAZING. WE HAVE USED THAT TOO AS WELL. JUST TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING RESTAGED IN OUR NORMAL WORK FRAME OF PEOPLE BEING OUT VACATION SICK. YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE TO DO OUR NORMAL JOB, SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A LITTLE BIT, HOWEVER, WE HAVE AN ADA INSPECTION. SOME OF THAT FINAL CONSTRUCTION IS STILL BEING DONE IN THE ONE OF THE STAFF RESTROOMS, WHICH IS OUR PRIMARY RESTROOM. THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE SHOWER DRAIN. THIS PROCESS FOR THEM TO COMPLETE.
THAT COULD TAKE AROUND 30 DAYS, BUT IT'S NOT HINDERING OUR ABILITY TO THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A SECOND BATHROOM AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC BATHROOM IN THE FRONT, AND IT STILL ALLOWS US TO BE OPERABLE. SO ONCE WE GOT OUR GO AHEAD TO ACTUALLY PUT ANIMALS AND PEOPLE IN THERE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE STARTED GETTING EVERYTHING SET BACK UP AND GOING. SO IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET BACK INTO GEAR, WHICH HAS BEEN IS IT TWO WEEKS MAYBE THAT WE REALLY WE JUST STARTED THIS WEEK, OUR VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY SERVICE BACK UP. SO
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IT'S BEEN A VERY MINIMAL AMOUNT OF TIME. WHEN WE HAD THOSE STORMS, WE HAD SOME WATER COMING IN AND SOME OF THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AREAS. WE HAD ROOF DAMAGE DURING THE LAST STORMS THAT WE HAD NOT RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION. SO WE HAD SOME WATER ISSUES THERE. WE DID FIND SOME CONSTRUCTION ISSUES, HAD WATER COMING IN THROUGH ONE OF OUR ELECTRICAL PANELS. SO THAT WAS KIND OF A SETBACK TOO AS WELL. SO WE'RE WE'RE GETTING OVER THESE HUMPS. BUT. WE'RE THERE. IT'S JUST WE ARE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GET HIT. I MEAN WE'RE STARTING TO GET HIT ALREADY. SO THEY'RE COMING IN, GETTING A LOT OF SICK GUYS RIGHT NOW TO SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF VET CALLS AND STUFF TOO. SO THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. THE ADA INSPECTION LIKE I SAID WOULD TAKE COULD TAKE ABOUT 30 DAYS FOR THEM TO GET THE FINAL ADJUSTMENTS DONE. THAT DOESN'T HINDER OUR OPERATIONS THOUGH. I MEAN, YOU CAN GET A WAIVER AND VARIANCE FOR THAT FOR I THINK IT'S ALMOST A YEAR. IT'S LIKE 240 DAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IT DOESN'T HINDER US FROM BEING IN OPERATION. ISOLATION ROOMS ARE UP AND RUNNING, STATE QUARANTINE IS UP AND RUNNING.WE'VE HAD ALREADY HAD THREE FACILITY VISITS FROM THE WYLIE ISD SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST KIND OF ONE OF THOSE IT'S THESE ARE THE GROUPS THAT DURING TESTING, THEY COME OUT, THESE STUDENTS WILL COME OUT IN DIFFERENT GROUPS AND SPEND TIME AT THE SHELTER WHILE THEIR KIDS ARE COMPLETING SOME THINGS, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.
MANEUVERABILITY WAS GREAT. EVERYBODY HAD ACCESS. IT WAS A IT WAS A GOOD WAY FOR US TO SEE HOW THE FLOW AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO GO. WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON OUR QUARTERLY SHOT CLINIC. WE KIND OF HAD SOME CONGESTION ISSUES WORKING OUT HOW THAT FLOW IS GOING TO GO, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO BE BACK IN OUR BUILDING THIS TIME, WHICH WAS NICE. WE ALSO HAVE THE. SPAY NEUTER NETWORK IS INTERESTED IN COMING BACK OUT, STARTING THEIR PICKUPS AGAIN TO IN OUR AREA, WHICH WILL BE GREAT. SO WE'LL HAVE THEM COMING BACK OUT FOR THAT. WE NEVER TOLD THEM NOT TO COME, BUT THERE'S JUST BEEN SOME ISSUES TOO. BUT NOW EVERYTHING'S DONE. PARKING LOTS, NOT ALL JAMMED UP AND EVERYTHING TO NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THAT HANDLED. SO. I THINK THAT'S I MEAN REALLY ABOUT IT.
WE'RE SLOWLY PROGRESSING LIKE I SAID, FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE. EITHER COURT ORDERED SCHOOL SERVICE AND FOR OUR VOLUNTEER. NOW OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE TO BE RETRAINED BECAUSE OPERATIONS HAVE CHANGED, THINGS HAVE CHANGED. LOCATIONS OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED. CHEMICALS HAVE CHANGED BASED ON WHERE YOU'RE WORKING AND WHAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH. AND THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER BACKGROUND CHECK BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT HAS PASSED. SO WE JUST NEED AUTHORIZATION FOR THAT. SO IF THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM, IT'LL BE A LOT QUICKER TO GET THEM BACK IN. BUT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT WHERE WE'D REALLY LIKE TO BE, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON SOME EQUIPMENT TO COME IN. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON SOME THINGS TO GET DONE. WE'RE READY. SO WE'VE TAKEN THAT. AND THAT WAS UPDATED ON THE CITY WEBSITE. WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TAKEN THOSE RESTRICTIONS OFF. AND WE ARE JUST HOPING THERE'S NO MORE ISSUES AFTER THIS POINT. BUT WE'VE WE'VE CHECKED EVERYTHING NOW. SO THEY DID COME LOOK AT THE ROOF AGAIN AFTER THAT LAST STORM. I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LIE ON THAT, BUT THAT FACILITY WILL LIKELY NEED ONE VERY SOON. SO OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T THINK WE. AS FAR AS WE OH, THAT WAS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOME KIND OF COME OUT AND DO SOME PHOTOS BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE AREAS, LIKE WE SAID, ARE AREAS THAT. LIKE SAY, QUARANTINE IS RESTRICTED OR AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THE PHOTOS OUT THERE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THERE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S PRIVACY, THERE'S STATE LAWS, THERE'S REQUIREMENTS. THERE'S THERE ARE AREAS THAT THE PUBLIC JUST CAN'T GO INTO. SO. CRANFORD, MISS CRANFORD SAID SHE HAS SOMEONE THAT COULD COME OUT, MAYBE LIKE EVEN A, LIKE A LITTLE SMALL DRONE KIND OF THING. BUT WE'RE STILL IN BOXES. WE ARE ON OUR SIDE. ON STAFFING SIDE, WE'VE GOT BOXES THAT JUST NEED TO GET OUT, GET DONE. IT WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE OUTSIDE HELP OR MOVING. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING
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THEY DID. STAFF DID THIS. THEY MOVED EVERYTHING OUT. EVERYTHING IN EVERYTHING FROM CONNEXES. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PUSH THROUGH AND GIVE IT THAT, GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE WHERE WE'RE AT. I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE DONE. AND THEN. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE OPEN HOUSE STILL. AND MY THING WAS TO EXPRESS TO EVERYONE THAT IT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG, HUGE, GREAT THING AT THIS POINT IF THE PUBLIC JUST WALKS THROUGH, IF THEY CAN'T REALLY SEE A LOT OF THE AREAS. SO I KIND OF WANT TO GET THOSE PHOTOS. I TALKED TO CRANFORD. MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME BLOWN UP, PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE.THERE'S NO REASON WHY I CAN'T HAVE A LINK. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TO THAT. MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO PLAYING, YOU KNOW, OR WHATEVER. BUT I WAS KIND OF THINKING WE WERE GOING TO PARTICIPATE AND CLEAR THE SHELTER AGAIN THIS YEAR. THAT. I'M NOT SURE. DOES THE ADA INSPECTION KEEP ANY OF THAT UP OR DONE? LIKE AS LONG AS THAT VARIANCE THIS TIME? OKAY. SO AS LONG AS WE CAN GET ALL THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS AND EVERYTHING DONE, THEN I THINK WE COULD TRY TO MAKE SOME KIND OF MAYBE A PASS THROUGH, THROUGH ONE OF THOSE AREAS, LIKE THE STAFFING. LIKE YOU CAN SEE IT, YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE LOBBY. BUT THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF IT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH OUR INTAKE. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHERE THEIR WORKSTATIONS ARE. SO I, I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE SCHEDULE AN ONSITE LIKE WE HAVE DONE A TOUR BEFORE WHERE WE I JUST DID A TOUR AND IT WAS JUST LIKE A HEY, THIS IS A TOUR. WE ALL WENT THROUGH THAT AND, YOU KNOW, NOTHING DONE AS FAR AS THE BOARD THAT DAY. NO. NO VOTING, NO AGENDAS, NO NOTHING, BUT JUST KIND OF LIKE, HEY, COME OUT AND WALK THROUGH THIS. WE COULD OPEN THAT UP IF PUBLIC DID COME OUT TO IT AS WELL. BUT JUST SO WE COULD GET AN IDEA OF HOW WE KIND OF WANT TO PROCEED WITH THINGS WHERE WE WHERE WE'RE AT ON THIS IS WE WERE TRYING TO GET NEW CATTERY CAGES, AND THIS HAS CAME ON THE END OF THIS BECAUSE WE HAD DONATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT WE MOVED INTO OUR TOOLS ACCOUNT, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE COVERED EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS OUR EQUIPMENT, OUR SAFETY AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WE'VE GOT CAGES FOR THEIR ISOLATION AREAS LIKE THAT MEDICAL PART, MAKING SURE WE GET ALL THAT DONE AND WE REALLY WANT OUR GOAL IS TO WE'RE THINKING WE HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO GET THOSE CAGES IN THERE, AND THAT WILL MAKE A QUITE A GOOD IMPACT IN THERE. AND WE'VE ALREADY. REDONE THE CAT HOLDING AREA TO MAKE IT WHAT WE FEEL IS SAFER FOR THE ANIMALS, WHERE THEY'RE NOT MORE IN THE OPEN TOWER SITUATION. WHILE IT MAY NOT LOOK AS FRIENDLY TO PEOPLE TO BE IN THE STAINLESS LIKE THE STAINLESS KENNELS LIKE A BOARDING KENNEL, IT KEEPS THAT COMMUNICATION DOWN WHEN WE'RE BRINGING SOMETHING IN, AND THEN THEY DON'T START SNEEZING UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, KIND OF LIMITS THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT ROOM SET. WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS REALLY ON THESE SAFETY AREAS, THAT MEDICAL ISOLATION AND STUFF FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THEIR. MY SUGGESTION, SINCE WE'RE JUST IN DISCUSSION IS WHERE DO WE MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE AFTER WE KNOW WE KNOW THAT THIS PORTION IS THIS IS JUST GETTING US WHERE WE ALREADY NEEDED TO BE. AND HOPEFULLY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO OUR AS WE ALL HAD THE OUTSIDE MARKETING COMPANY COME IN. WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED AS A CITY, AND I SUGGEST THAT AS A BOARD, MAYBE WE START LOOKING AT THAT IN DEPTH AND HELP ME KNOW WHERE, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME YOUR ADVICE, TELL ME WHERE WE NEED TO GO. WE'VE SEEN WE'VE SEEN THE EVALUATION. WE KNOW WE'RE RIGHT. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, I MEAN, I WILL SEND IT. YOU PROBABLY SAW IT IN THE PREVIOUS RECORDS FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT. WE'RE NOT BIG ENOUGH. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE IN OUR OUR CATTERY IS OUR IS THE HARDEST PART. I MEAN, THE DOGS ARE HARD. I MEAN, WITH 15 CAGES, IT'S 15. AND THE TOUR KIND OF ENLIGHTENS YOU TO THAT TOO. WHEN YOU COME OUT AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, BUT THERE'S THESE. WELL, THERE'S A PROCESS AND A CLEANING AND A HUMANE. AND WHEN WE GET THESE ANIMALS INTO HOLD, THAT'S GREAT. WE'VE GOT THESE ISOLATION AREAS AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH THE FIRST TWO CASES.
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IT'S GOING TO HELP US BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THEN. BUT I'VE TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO PULL THEM OUT, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO EUTHANIZE SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S SICK AND IT CAN BE TREATED. SO LET'S LET'S PUT IT HERE. NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO SHUT DOWN. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE COMES IN WITH SOMETHING ELSE. IT'S NOT YOU KNOW UPPER RESPIRATORY. BUT NOW WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, RINGWORM AND OR OR WHATEVER. AND NOW THEY'RE IN THE SECOND OR IT'S A STATE QUARANTINE BECAUSE THE ISOLATION WILL DOUBLE AS A CAT RABIES STATE QUARANTINE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PUT THAT IN THE DOGS AREA. THOSE ARE NOT AS COMMON AS AS OUR AS OUR DOG BITES. THERE'S NOT AS MANY THAT GO INTO THAT QUARANTINE, BUT. THEN WHERE WE ACT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE NEXT CASE COMES IN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS TREMENDOUSLY GOING TO HELP US. BUT WE'RE STILL LACKING A LOT OF THINGS. AS A CITY, I THINK THAT WE REPRESENT, WE DON'T HAVE MEET AND GREET AREAS. WE DON'T. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, BUT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. WE JUST CAN'T. I MEAN, WE HAVE SPACE TO SAFELY HOUSE. WE HAVE KENNELS IN THERE. THE WAY WE HAVE IT NOW, WE ONLY HAD SIX LIKE WE HAVE TRIED TO RESTRUCTURE THIS SO WE CAN GET MORE CATS IN THERE. BUT THE MORE YOU GET IN THERE, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS WHEN THE ONE GETS SICK AND THEY'VE ALREADY SNEEZED AND THEY'VE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS BEEN EXPOSED. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A VET ON THE BOARD, LIKE WHEN THEY ALL START SNEEZING, THEIR, THEIR THAT'S THEIR SPACE. NOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR MEDICATION, THEY'RE GOING TO GET TREATED. AND WE CAN'T BRING IN ANYBODY ELSE. BECAUSE NUMBER ONE STATE LAW SAYS YOU CAN'T COMBINE SICK AND HEALTHY TOGETHER. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANYONE, ESPECIALLY ON THIS BOARD, THAT WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE SHOULD JUST EUTHANIZE THEM. AND FOR US, THAT'S REALLY IT. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, YOU KNOW, TO JUST EUTHANIZE THEM IF IT'S RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH. AND WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS OF OUR CITIZENS, TAXPAYERS MONIES AS WELL STAY IN OUR BUDGET. BUT UPPER RESPIRATORY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NEEDING THEIR ANTIBIOTICS. THEY NEED LOW STRESS. LIKE WE TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO. BUT YOU CAN'T PUT THOSE IN FOSTER. OUR FOSTERS HAVE CATS. THEY I MEAN THEY HAVE ANIMALS. SO AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ZOONOTIC DISEASES, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE LINING UP THAT SAYS, YES, I WANT THE ONES WITH RINGWORM.YOU KNOW, THEY THAT'S VERY IT'S VERY HARD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE VERY CAUTIOUS. THEY HAVE KIDS OR WHATEVER, AND THEY DON'T WANT THEIR OTHER ANIMALS. SO I JUST I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS RENOVATION IS GREAT. IT NOT I'M NOT SAYING THAT, BUT WE KNOW WE NEEDED THIS BEFORE. WE'RE WHERE WE NEED TO BE AT THIS MOMENT. BUT I JUST DON'T WANT ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING OR ANYBODY TO HEAR THAT. THIS MEANS NOW WE CAN JUST DO EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN IT. WE KNOW WE CAN'T. WE KNOW IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. AND YOU HAVE TWO ROOMS AVAILABLE BESIDES THOSE TWO ISOLATION CAGES. SO YOU HAVE HOLDING AND YOU HAVE ADOPTABLE. THERE'S NO MEET AND GREET. YOU WANT TO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THERE'S NO OTHER. THE LITTLE ROOM THAT THEY'RE IN HOLDING NOW IS, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT PLAY AREA LIKE COME OUT. BUT YOU CAN'T PUT EVERYBODY IN ONE ROOM BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S SICK ALL THE TIME. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT'S BEST FOR THE ANIMALS AND THE WAY WE DO IT NOW, GETTING THEM IN, GETTING THEM PAST THEIR WHOLE TIME, GETTING THEM TO THE PROPER RATE, GETTING THEM VETTED COMPLETELY. THEY'RE NOT LEAVING UNTIL THEY'RE FIXED. YOU'RE NOT LEAVING HERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO CHASE THAT DOWN. AND THAT'S OUR RULE. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO. WE WANT TO CONTROL THE POPULATION, MAKE SURE IT'S GOOD. DO WE PUT THEM IN ADOPTION? SO THEY'RE THEY'RE HERE. AND THAT'S SOMETIMES DOESN'T SEEM FAST ENOUGH FOR SOME PEOPLE. BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT. CATS ARE EASY. I MEAN, I KNOW NOBODY THAT WORKS FOR ME IS LIKE, OH MAN, CATS ARE THEY'RE SUPER LIKE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THE DOGS. WE GOT TO TAKE THEM OUT. WE GOT TO WALK THEM.
THEY'RE JUMPING ON. THEY'RE LIKE, CATS ARE FUN AND EASY. AND THAT'S THE PART I THINK THAT'S HARD FOR MY STAFF WHEN THEY READ SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHEN THEY READ THINGS, IS THAT THERE'S NOTHING HARD ABOUT THEM. WE WOULD LOVE IT. BUT WE'RE ALSO OUR DUTY IS TO PROTECT THEM AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT. AND IT'S NOT RIGHT, IN MY OPINION. AND IN MOST PEOPLE'S OPINION, TO JUST EUTHANIZE SOMETHING THAT COULD JUST GET AN ANTIBIOTIC AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE, THEY'RE THERE. RIGHT. SO
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THAT HAS BEEN OUR STANCE ON THAT. WE THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND WE'RE ABOUT HUMANE ENFORCEMENT. AND IF THAT MEANS A FINDER MAY HAVE TO HOLD SOMETHING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS OR LET US TRY TO REACH OUT, I MEAN, FOSTERS, THIS IS SUMMER. YOU KNOW, IT'S HARDER IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE PEOPLE TRAVEL A LOT. BUT AS A GROUP, WE'VE NOW SAVED ONE SMALL AREA FOR LIKE THOSE. FOSTER. OH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOING ON VACATION. DON'T WORRY. WE CAN GET THEM BACK. SO WE'RE SAVING THAT ONE KENNEL. SPAY A LITTLE SPACE WHERE WE CAN TRY TO DO THAT. WE'RE CONSTANTLY THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, BUT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO BE. AND. WHAT THE CITY DOES DESERVE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, GREATER CITY FOR PETS AND ALL THESE THINGS. WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE THEM IN. IT DOESN'T I MEAN, WE NOBODY SIGNED UP FOR THIS JOB BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT. I MEAN, CATS ARE FUN AND EASY AND YOU CAN ADOPT THEM. LIKE, AND THAT'S WHERE THIS HITS OUR STATISTICS. WHEN WE'RE NOT GETTING THEM IN, WE'RE ONLY GETTING SICK ONES OR WE'RE GETTING NEONATAL. WE HAVE NEONATAL. WE GOT REALLY SMALL ONES. NO DOCTOR WHO CAN TELL YOU. I MEAN, WE GET SMALL ONES AND THEY'RE SICK. IT TAKES US SOME TIME, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE. SO THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. OR THEY LOOK ONLINE. I'M LIKE, OH, YOU ONLY GOT TWO. WELL, EVEN IF YOU LOOK ON OUR SHELTER SOFTWARE, YOU DON'T SEE COURT CASES, YOU DON'T SEE NEONATAL, YOU DON'T SEE FOSTERS, YOU DON'T SEE PD HOLDS, YOU DON'T SEE THE WARRANT SERVICES. YOU CAN'T SEE ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS LIKE THAT UNTIL YOU REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS. AND THEN YOU KIND OF SEE, OH, THEY HAD WELL WHERE WAS WHERE ARE THESE BEEN? SO THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT FULLY TRANSPARENT BECAUSE LEGALLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S ON OUR WARRANT. OR SOMEBODY HAD A HOUSE FIRE. AND WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ORDINANCES FOR THIS. WE SHALL HOLD THEM FOR THIS LONG. OR IF WE KNOW WHO THE OWNER IS, WE'RE NOT PUTTING THEM ON THERE. WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT THEM ON FACEBOOK LOOKING FOR THE OWNER BECAUSE WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE. SO WE JUST. WE SEE A LOT. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE EVERYBODY THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED HELP TO GET THERE. THAT MEANS WE NEED A FACILITY. WE NEED SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO CARRY US AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT. NOW, I MAY NOT BE HERE TO SEE THAT THEY ARE. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. WE WE'VE HAD THE WORK DONE THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT PERSON. I MEAN THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE THEY'RE TELLING YOU LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO WHAT WE LOVE TO DO. LIKE WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. AND IT'S HARD WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE SAY, HEY, THEY DON'T WANT THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT. NO, WE WANT TO TAKE THEM THERE. SO WE TAKE THEM HOM. LIKE, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO KEEP POINTING DOWN TO DOCTOR, BUT ALL OF OUR LOCAL VETS KNOW WHAT WE DO. LIKE WE TAKE THEM LIKE WE WORK AROUND THE CLOCK ALL THE TIME. SO WE NEED A FACILITY. WE NEED THAT 166%. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT WHERE WE'RE AT.SO EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE CAN'T JUST TAKE IT IN THERE BECAUSE YOU WALK INTO THE OH THE OH THE ADOPTION READY ROOM. THERE'S ONLY TWO CATS. I CAN'T PUT A HOLDING CAT IN THERE. SO I NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN'T TAKE SOMETHING OFF THE STREET AND PUT IT IN HERE NEXT TO SOMEBODY THAT'S READY TO GO HOME WITH SOMEBODY, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY, FIND OUT AFTER THAT CAT GOT ADOPTED THAT IT JUST GOT EXPOSED TO FELINE UPPER RESPIRATORY AND NOW SEND IT TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE. LIKE WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS CYCLE AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. THAT I'M JUST SEEKING HELP FROM THIS BOARD OF LET'S MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND IN MY OPINION, THIS NEEDS TO GO TO THE TAXPAYERS. HONESTLY, I KNOW IT'S HARD TIMES RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET A FACILITY WITHOUT A BOND. AND I HAD TO GET THERE. I KNOW I'M ON THE RENOVATIONS PART OF IT, BUT WE'VE DONE THIS AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THIS BOARD HAS DONE TO HELP US GET THIS. I MEAN, IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, WE CAN BREATHE, WE CAN WORK, WE CAN DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT ISN'T THAT WE HAD NEEDS THAT WE NEEDED AS PEOPLE AND AS AS STAFF MEMBERS TO THE CITY. AND THERE'S SIX OF THEM. SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, NO HOLIDAYS ALL NIGHT LONG. I MEAN, THERE'S SEVERAL TIMES THEY'RE OUT FOR WARRANT SERVICES EARLY IN THE MORNING, 5 A.M. THEY DO SERVE A WARRANT. THEY DON'T WANT TO GET CHEWED UP. WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT ALWAYS A FULL, TRANSPARENT VERSION OF WHAT THIS JOB ENTAILS IS NOT JUST THESE ANIMALS HERE. WE'RE WE'RE ALL OVER, AND THERE'S SIX OF THEM. SEVEN DAYS
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A WEEK, EVERY HOLIDAY, EVERY NIGHT. SO. THEY'RE GIVING YOU EVERYTHING, AND WE'VE GIVEN YOU EVERYTHING WITH THE FACILITY THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU. WE'VE BEEN OPEN LIKE NOW OUR INTAKE. WE DID OWNER SURRENDER. WE CALL, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET BATMAN SHOW UP OR WHATEVER. IT DIDN'T TAKE US, WHAT, THREE DAYS TO FILL UP? I MEAN, MAYBE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I BLINKED, I THINK I WAS, I WAS IN THERE ON MONDAY AND THEN TODAY I WAS LIKE, WE GOT ONE CAGE. SO WE'RE STOCKED AND THERE'S ANOTHER 166% ON TOP OF WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW THAT NEEDS SERVICE. AND WE CAN'T DO IT. WE CAN'T PHYSICALLY DO IT. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE SOME GUIDANCE FROM YOU ALL ABOUT I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT BOND ELECTION. I'M ALSO YOU KNOW, I'M, I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THE CITY DOES THOSE. I DO KNOW THAT IT IS IN IN THE EARS AND EYES OF OUR COUNCIL. THEY WERE VERY AWARE WHEN WE WENT TO THIS PROJECT THAT WE NEED A NEW FACILITY. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS, BUT ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY CAN DO OR HELP OR ADVIC, I AM WILLING TO TAKE THAT AND.START MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS BECAUSE ON IT'S ALREADY IN MY NOTES FOR OUR GOALS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR IS TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. I BELIEVE THE NEXT ELECTION IS MAY 2ND OF NEXT YEAR, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING FEASIBLE, BUT THAT WOULD BE WHEN WE COULD GET IT POSSIBLY OUT TO THE VOTERS OF WILEY. SO, SO NEXT YEAR. YEAH. 2026 OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I GOT ONE JOB I'M NOT SURE I KNOW ONCE WE GET ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACED ON OUR BOARD. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THEY COULD PROBABLY PROVIDE A LOT MORE INSIGHT FOR US. BUT I JUST KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE NEXT ELECTION IS. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT ON THAT. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I DIDN'T PUT THIS PROGRESSIVE TALK ON OUR AGENDA, BECAUSE WE'RE FIXING TO GO THROUGH THIS TURN, AND I NEED TO SEE WHO I'VE GOT THAT'S WILLING TO GO. LIKE, I'LL JUST BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HAVE TWO YEARS TO RETIREMENT, MAX. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS. I WANT THEM TO HAVE THIS BEFORE I GO. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT BUILT BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW IT TAKES A WHILE. BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO DROP THIS BALL. I MEAN, IT'S WE'RE FAR BETTER THAN WE WERE WHEN I GOT HERE, AND I WANT TO LEAVE IT WHERE, YOU KNOW, I GET TO COME BACK FOR A VISIT, YOU KNOW, AFTER IT'S BUILT AND SEE IT. SO I KNOW WHAT THEY DO WITH WHAT THEY HAVE, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE LATER. AND WE JUST GOT TO GET THERE. I THINK THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER GETTING ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE BOARD WILL HELP.
HAVING CONSISTENCY IN THIS BOARD, HAVING EXTRA MEETINGS IF IT'S REQUIRED, LIKE THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET THIS BOND TO BE SEEN. AND THAT MEANS SHOWING UP, LIKE GOING TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS OR DOING WHATEVER. THEY SEE ME A LOT. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, BUT THE FACES OF OUR RESIDENTS FACES OF, YOU KNOW, OUR DAUGHTER, I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S A RESIDENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST OTHER PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED WITH THIS. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED. AND IT'S I, I DON'T THIS CITY IS A WE'RE ALMOST THERE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY, A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PASSIONATE PET OWNERS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US GOING. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE. I'VE SEEN IT BEING AT THESE MEETINGS. I'LL LEAVE.
THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, I'LL VOTE. YOU KNOW, I'LL Y'ALL WANT A NEW SHELTER. LIKE I GET IT A LOT. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE SUPPORT. THAN THERE IS. NONSUPPORT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING. BUT EVEN WHEN I TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT MISUNDERSTANDING TO PEOPLE, IT'S DIFFICULT. SO I WANTED TO TAKE THE MOMENT TO SAY THOSE THINGS. WHILE THEY NEED TO BE SAID. IT'S ON RECORD LIKE WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN DO. THIS IS WHAT WE CHOSE TO DO AS A CAREER. YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT. SO WE WANT TO DO THIS. THE ANIMALS ARE OUR PASSION. YEAH. WE HAVE TO MAKE TERRIBLE DECISIONS SOMETIMES THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO MAKE, BUT I DON'T LIKE THE FIRST QUARTER NUMBERS. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE WERE CLOSED A LOT. NOBODY ASKED ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT A LOT OF. COURT INCIDENTS AND JUST PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T WANT ANIMALS BECAUSE THEY
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WERE AGGRESSIVE. I MEAN, THERE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IN OUR JOB, BUT I CAN'T WORRY ABOUT A NUMBER ALL THE TIME. I HAVE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO ADOPT SOMETHING OUT THAT ATTACKS OUR VERY OWN STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE OUT HERE TRYING TO LOVE YOU AND PET YOU, YOU KNOW, DO THINGS LIKE THAT. SO. WE NEED IT. I THINK THE CITY I THINK THE CITY WOULD LOVE IT. I THINK THAT IT IT WOULD BE A GREAT EDUCATION LIKE THESE SCHOOLS. LOOK WHAT WE DO WITH THIS, WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW. WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. WE'VE DONE SUMMER READING PROGRAMS. WE'VE DONE ALL KINDS OF THINGS. I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHERE THEY WILL BE. AND I JUST THINK IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, OH, HERE'S A SHELTER FOR OR A POUND OR WHATEVER. PEOPLE SAY, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS. I MEAN, THAT SPREADS. I MEAN, KIDS CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THIS. IT'S I WE WOULD GO TO THE NURSING HOMES. THERE'S A LOT OF JOY IN THERE, TOO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE JUST A PET OWNER. YOU KNOW, OUR TEACHERS LOVE IT. I MEAN, THE READING PROGRAM WAS GREAT. KIDS THAT STRUGGLE WITH READING ARE COMFORTABLE GOING TO SIT ON A PILLOW IN FRONT OF A DOG'S KENNEL, AND READING IS JUST THEM. IT'S NOT PEOPLE LOOKING. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO HERE. SO I JUST I DON'T WANT TO JUST BE PORTRAYED AS, OH, HERE'S JUST ARE WE REALLY GOING TO NEED THIS FOR AN ADOPTION? WE DO NEED IT. WE ABSOLUTELY NEED IT. THE PROBLEM IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. WE'RE DOING A LOT WITH TNR, DOING A LOT WITH PUSHING STERILIZATION, BUT JUST HAVING THE FACILITY TO BRING IN A LOT MORE RESOURCES AND BRING IN MORE PEOPLE AND TO BE SEEN, WE NEED TO BE SEEN LIKE WE'RE WE'RE IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN'T BE SEEN. SO I THINK WE GET THE BOARD ON THERE. AND THEN MAYBE I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I PROBABLY I WILL SPEAK TO RENEE, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. RENEE ALLEY, ABOUT. SHOULD I SHARE THAT WITH Y'ALL? BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR BOND PREPARED, AND I JUST NOT SURE ABOUT THE FLOW OF THAT, SHOULD IT, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH, COUNSELOR, COME THROUGH HERE FIRST OR HOWEVER I DON'T CARE. I MEAN, I, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT TO GET INSIGHT ON WHAT MAYBE I'M GOOD WITH CRITICISM, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. LIKE HELP ME OUT. LIKE WHAT? WHAT ARE THESE KEY POINTS WE NEED TO POINT FORWARD. AND. WHAT SHOULD WE DO? SO LIKE MISS PORTER SAID, I THINK THAT ONCE WE GET A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER ON AND THAT HAPPENS, YOU'LL NOTICE I HAVE A MEETING IN JULY.IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE. THAT'S WHEN WE BRING EVERYBODY IN. THAT'S THE LAST ONE I HAVE SCHEDULED. BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR ME TO SCHEDULE WHEN WE'RE BRINGING NEW PEOPLE IN, AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SAY ON WHAT WHERE WE'RE GOING. ONCE WE GET TO THAT MEETING, WE'LL MEET OUR STATE MANDATED MEETINGS. BUT I HAVE TO FOR THE STATE AS A STATE QUARANTINE FACILITY AFTER THAT POINT, IT'S JUST BONUS FOR US. SO THAT'S WHERE WE CAN GO INTO I DON'T HAVE TO STICK TO JUST THESE THINGS THAT THE STATE REQUIRES ME TO DO, WHERE WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATION AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THERE. I AGREE. SO AS I, I HOPE IN JULY THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY DISCUSS SOME OF THESE THINGS, I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL STILL BE ON THE BOARD OR NOT, BUT I AS A CITIZEN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY SEEING THIS MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE NEED TO PROVIDE YOU GUYS THE RESOURCES AND FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO DO YOUR JOB, AND I DON'T I THINK ALL OF US AGREE. AND ANY CITIZEN THAT'S SEEN THE SHELTER KNOWS THAT'S NOT AN ADEQUATE SHELTER FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS CITY. AND IT HASN'T BEEN FOR A LONG TIME. SO THE RENOVATION WAS LIKE A BAND-AID. AND I KNOW IT WAS JUST THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, BUT WE DEFINITELY I, I AGREE, I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. SO DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THEN WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE NOW RECONVENE INTO THE REGULAR SESSION AND WE HAVE NO OTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I WILL MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT OKAY. PLEASE VOTE TO ADJOURN.
MOTION HAS PASSED 4 TO 0. WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.