[Animal Shelter Advisory Board on August 13, 2025.]
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AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MAY 13TH. THE AUGUST 13TH, 2025 ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 604. WITH FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. AT THIS TIME, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION LED BY TODD PICKENS, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE. PRAY WITH ME, PLEASE. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER BLESSED DAY. AND TOGETHER, AS CITIZENS, AND ALSO TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH THIS NEW BOARD. FATHER, HELP US TO WORK TOGETHER EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITY. AND BY THE ANIMALS THAT WE WILL COME INTO CONTACT WITH AND HELP US TO EXECUTE THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE TONIGHT AND GOING FORWARD WITH EACH MEETING WITH COMMON SENSE AND MIND. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU GIVE US IN OUR LIVES. AND CHRIST NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. 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. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS CITIZENS PARTICIPATION. IF ANY CITIZEN OF WYLIE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OF 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. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. NOW WE'LL GO INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, AND THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS CONSIDER AND ACT UPON. ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR APPOINTMENT FOR A TERM ENDING JUNE 2026. ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS OR ANY VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE AS THE BOARD CHAIR? I AM GOING TO NOMINATE AMBER PORTER TO CONTINUE AS THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. ALL RIGHT. SHEILA HAS NOMINATED ME AND REPORTER TO SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. IS THERE ANY SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY TODD. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. NOW. IT LOOKS LIKE OUR VOTING IS LOCKED. THREE. MINE JUST WORKED. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THE MOTION PASSED 5 TO 0. AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD VICE CHAIR, APPOINTMENT FOR A TERM ENDING JUNE 2026. DOES ANYONE HAVE A NOMINATION? VOLUNTEER. IF HE'S OKAY, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MICHAEL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. TODD PICKENS HAS MADE A MOTION TO ELECT MICHAEL SCHWERIN AS VICE CHAIR. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT NOMINATION. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY TRACY VU. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT THE MOTION HAS PASSED 5 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD. MINUTES OF MAY 14TH, 2025. I MAKE A MOTION TO
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ACCEPT THE MINUTES. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. SECOND. YOU SECOND. YEAH, I SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD AND VOTE. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT THE MOTION HAS PASSED 5 TO 0. AND THEN THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AND PLACE ON FILE THE 2025 SECOND QUARTER STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS. I'M JUST GOING TO ASK TO, IF ESPECIALLY NEW MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW I TRIED TO DO A DETAIL ABOUT THE STATISTICAL REPORT, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO TRY TO GO THROUGH AND EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL, I AM HAPPY TO DO SO. WE DID KIND OF SEPARATE THE BOARD HAD MOVED TO HAVE A MORE INCLUSIVE REPORT SEPARATE FOR OUR TNR PROGRAM THAT COUNCIL HAD APPROVED, SO THAT THAT INFORMATION IS SEPARATE. SO JUST YEAH, I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS AS I READ OVER IT LAST NIGHT, A LITTLE BIT TODAY, AND THERE WAS JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT. I WAS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS OF TRAP NEUTER RETURN SERVICES AND JUST THE ZONES LIKE 33, ZONE EIGHT HAD 33, AND I THINK I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY BASED ON WHERE IT IS THAT THAT WOULD BE THAT WAY. ZONES FOUR AND SEVEN SEVEN MAYBE. I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT. SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY HIGH NUMBER IN THAT AREA. SO ANY INFORMATION YOU MAY HAVE ON THAT. SO. OKAY, SO YOU'RE ASKING IF WHY ZONE FOUR HAS AN INCREASE TO AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE AREA IN WHICH IT'S IN. OKAY. SO THERE'S NOT.THERE'S NOT ANY RHYME OR REASON. HONESTLY THE NUMBERS ARE. SPECIFIC. BUT THERE ARE I, I DO REMEMBER IN IN DETAIL, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ONE THAT INITIALLY KICKED OFF WHEN WE STARTED OUR TNR PROGRAM TO LET'S SAY YOU HAVE MAYBE ONE FEEDER THAT HAS 12 ANIMALS AND THEY MULTIPLY. IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MATTER ABOUT IT'S NOT INDIGENOUS TO WHERE IT'S AT. IT'S TO WHO HAS HAD ASSISTANCE BEFORE. SO EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE AREAS THAT LOOK LIKE, WOW, I THINK THERE MIGHT SHOULD BE MORE THERE BECAUSE IT'S MORE POPULATED, WE DO HAVE RESCUE GROUPS THAT PERFORM TNR PROCESSES. WE ALSO HAVE OWNERS THAT UTILIZE AND DO TNR THEMSELVES, WHICH THEY CAN IN PARTICULAR ZONE FOUR STRETCHES STRAIGHT. THERE WAS A PROBLEM AREA IN THERE WHERE THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT THAT WAS TAKEN FROM A COUPLE OF STREETS THERE, AND THAT WAS JUST BECAUSE OVER IT WAS NEVER REPORTED. AND OVER TIME, CATS MULTIPLY SO QUICKLY THAT IT WAS THEY WERE BACK TO BACK TRAPPING AND IS ALL OF THE TRAP AND NEUTER? ARE THEY ALL CATS? IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? OKAY. THIS IS THIS. THIS PROGRAM IS JUST TNR, SO IT'S JUST TRAP, NEUTER RETURN. JUST A FERAL CATS. SO IT'S IT OUR OUR PROGRAM IS INCLUSIVE. SO WHEN THEY GO THROUGH US WHICH WE HOLD FOUR SPOTS A WEEK PRIOR TO US BEING ABLE TO ESTABLISH THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WITH THE PROVIDER, NOW, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO UP THERE AND BE LIKE ONE OF THE
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FIRST ONES IN LINE, BECAUSE THEY ONLY DO SO MANY A DAY. WE WERE WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH WHERE WE COULD DO THAT. SO OUR RESIDENTS, WHEN THEY GO THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, THEY COME TO THE SHELTER ONE TIME, AND THAT'S FOR THEM TO RETRIEVE THE TRAP. AFTER THAT POINT IN TIME, THEY ARE GIVEN A CARD THAT TELLS THEM EXACTLY WHEN WE'RE COMING BACK TO PICK IT UP FROM THEM. WE GO AND RETRIEVE THE TRAP. WE BRING THE ANIMAL BACK TO OUR SHELTER FOR OVERNIGHT. WE TRANSPORT THE ANIMAL TO THE FACILITY TO HAVE IT TESTED. WE DO FELINE LEUKEMIA TESTING TO DO THEIR RABIES VACCINE AND TO HAVE THEM STERILIZED AND THEIR EAR CLIPPED TO MARK THEM AS PART OF THE PROGRAM. AND THEN AFTER THEIR RECOVERY, WE RETURNED THEM BACK TO THE CARETAKER, TO THE RESIDENT THAT IS TAKING PROCESS IN THIS. SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO DO ANYTHING MORE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. AS FAR AS THE EAR CLIPPING, I DO KNOW THAT THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.DO Y'ALL GET A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE WITH CATS THAT ARE ALREADY CLIPPED? OKAY, SO HONESTLY, NO. SO HONESTLY, WE I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE GOTTEN ONE IN A TRAP BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO TRAP ANOTHER FELINE, BUT IN GENERAL, YOUR YOUR FERAL CAT COLONIES, THEY, THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT THE ISSUE. SO THEY'RE WE'RE NOT GETTING PHONE CALLS THAT SAY, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO REMOVE THIS BECAUSE IT IS SPRAYING OR FIGHTING OR DOING ANY OF THOSE THINGS. THEIR INSTINCTS ARE JUST A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT. AND WE HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD ACTUAL CARETAKERS TOO, THAT DO A REALLY GOOD JOB. SO THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND I WILL COMMENT ABOUT THIS. I GOT A FRIEND DOWN IN KERRVILLE THAT HE BOUGHT A HOUSE DOWN THERE, AND THE OWNER SAID, BY THE WAY, YOU'RE ADOPTING 17 FERAL CATS, AND HE'S BEEN FEEDING THEM AND TAKING CARE OF THEM EVER SINCE. HE'S DOWN TO 14 AFTER ABOUT FOUR YEARS. RIGHT? RIGHT. WELL, AS LONG AS I AS LONG AS YOU DO THE TNR PROCESS, YOU DON'T. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO MULTIPLY. AND EVENTUALLY YOU'RE HONESTLY PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO GET ANOTHER TNR CAT TO STOP THAT POPULATION. SO, OKAY, THE ONLY THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS WAS THE TRAP BY RESIDENT. AND THIS IS ON PAGE NINE AT THE TOP, TRAPPED BY RESIDENT. OTHERS 25. SO OTHERS I WOULD ASSUME WOULD BE ARMADILLOS, POSSUMS, ARMADILLOS ARE A HUGE ISSUE. I'VE HAD LOTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THEM TEARING UP MY YARD, TRAPPED ENOUGH OF THEM MYSELF, AND HAULED THEM OFF. BUT WHEN RESIDENT CALLS YOU WITH A TRAPPED OTHER, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? SO WE ARE HUMANE RELOCATION. SO. THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE TRAP FROM US. THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN TRAP. WE PROVIDE TNR TRAPPING. SO IF THEY HAVE SET A TRAP FOR A WILDLIFE CONCERN, YOU KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE RELOCATED TO THE NEAREST AREA OF THEIR HABITAT. OTHERWISE, ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE KILLING THEM. WE'RE TAKING THEM FROM THEIR FOOD, THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO THAT THAT IS A CONCERN FOR US NOW. THEY THEY CAN RELOCATE ON THEIR OWN. I MEAN, WE HAVE TO MAKE THE RIGHT ETHICAL DECISIONS NOW. WE DO WARN THEM ALWAYS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET A SKUNK, YOU PUT US IN A VERY BAD POSITION BECAUSE THE DA DOESN'T ALLOW US TO TRANSPORT CHEMICALS INTO A FIELD. SO A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CALL WILDLIFE REMOVAL SPECIALISTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT WHEN THEY'RE TRAPPING, WE A LOT OF IT'S BEEN EDUCATION. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CALLS EVEN TODAY. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE SCARED. THE POSSUM, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE RABIES. AND WE TRY TO JUST EDUCATE AND EXPLAIN THAT. NO, THAT'S THAT'S NOT THE SITUATION. BUT THAT HAS WENT DOWN IMMENSELY. I THINK IN, IN OUR TRAPPING, EVERYBODY HAS REALLY BEEN VERY GOOD WITH THE TNR PROGRAM. I FELT LIKE IT WAS ESSENTIAL. IT'S A PROCESS WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT DEFINITELY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO US IN THIS LINE OF WORK TO ELIMINATE SOMETHING SIMPLY BECAUSE IT EXISTS. SO THEY'RE IN OUR ECOSYSTEM FOR A REASON AND FOR A BALANCE. AND WHEN WE START REALLY MESSING WITH THAT BALANCE, IF A RESIDENT SAYS, I DON'T WANT THAT HERE, I WANT YOU TO CARRY IT OFF AS FAR AS WE CAN. WE SAY, WELL, I MEAN, MAYBE YOU COULD TALK TO A NEIGHBOR OR FRIEND, BUT HERE WE WANT TO BE HUMANE AND WE DO TELL THEM THERE'S A REASON THE ANIMALS HERE, MAYBE YOUR BIRD FEEDER,
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MAYBE YOU'RE FEEDING, YOU KNOW, YOUR DOG OUTSIDE, LEAVING IT OUT. SO THEY'RE ATTRACTED TO THAT. BUT I THINK OVER THE EDUCATION OF TALKING TO PEOPLE, A LOT OF THAT HAS SLOWED DOWN A LOT, AND THE FEARS HAVE CAME DOWN A LOT. IT WAS A LOT OF TIMES IT WAS SKUNKS, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT TRAPS OUT TO TRAP A SKUNK IN THERE. THEY HAVE LARGE, LARGE LOTS AT NIGHT AND THEY'RE JUST DOING WHAT A SKUNK WOULD DO. YOU BAIT THEM IN AND THEY'RE LIKE, YES, BUT THEY'RE RABIES CARRIER. WELL, YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT LIKELY TO GO PET A SKUNK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO JUST LEAVE. LEAVE THEM BE. LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT VACCINATING YOUR ANIMALS, MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING ON TRACK. AND HONESTLY, IT'S BEEN IT'S SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S WORKING OUT VERY WELL. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PLEASE EVERYONE ALL THE TIME, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE HUMANE AND TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. WE WORK WITH A LOT OF REHABBERS, SO IF THEY'RE INJURED, THAT'S I'D SAY A PLUS FOR THE ANIMAL, BUT IT KIND OF IS BECAUSE WE CAN GET THEM TO REHABILITATION. IF IT'S A BIRD AND IT QUALIFIES, IT'S A MIGRATORY BIRD ACT, SOMETHING WE CAN'T LEGALLY DEAL WITH. WE'RE WE'RE NOT TRAINED. WE DON'T GO TO BASIC TRAINING. THEY TRAIN US ON WILDLIFE. IT'S IT DOESN'T COME UP. IT'S NOT PART OF WHAT WHAT WE DID. SO WE'VE LEARNED THIS THROUGH GOING AND TALKING TO REHABILITATORS ONE, ONE TIME AT A FAIR HERE. WE BROUGHT A REHABILITATOR IN JUST TO TRY TO TALK TO PEOPLE, TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A BALANCE AND WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THEM OUT OF OUR SYSTEM. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE THE SAME FORM OF TAKING A FERAL CAT OUT OF THE SYSTEM. THEY HAVE A PURPOSE TO AS WELL. AND I THINK IF WE JUST TRY TO BALANCE THAT THE BEST WE CAN NOW, IF WE GET SOMEONE THAT JUST ABSOLUTELY, UNEQUIVOCALLY THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT US ON IT, WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIND ANOTHER ROUTE, ANOTHER COURSE OF ACTION, TO TRY TO MAKE THEM HAPPY, BUT ALSO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THE ISSUE IS GOING TO CONTINUE IF THE REASON'S NOT ELIMINATED. SO EDUCATION IS A BIG PART OF IT AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONE LAST QUESTION, ROBIN. YOU'RE FINE. IMPOUNDS. OH THANK YOU.IMPOUNDS. THERE WERE 94 OTHERS. SO DO I UNDERSTAND IMPOUNDS CORRECTLY, THAT Y'ALL ARE TAKING THE ANIMAL IN. RIGHT. SO YOU HAD 96 DOGS AND 52 CATS THAT WERE IMPOUNDED. SO THAT'S BROUGHT INTO THE SHELTER. SO YOU'RE BROUGHT IN 94 OTHERS. WHAT IS THAT? THAT THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE EXACTLY WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. LIVESTOCK. IT'LL EITHER BE LIVESTOCK INTERACTION THAT WE HAD TO HAVE OR WILDLIFE SQUIRRELS, RABBITS, POSSUMS, SNAKES, SKUNKS, ALL OF ANYTHING THAT THAT IS IN THERE. WE GET ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE USE GLUE TRAPS FROM US WHICH SNAKES GET ON. SO WE'RE NOT TRYING FOR THAT EITHER. BUT WE'VE ABOUT FIGURED IT OUT HOW TO GET THEM OFF. SO. SO I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE GETTING CALLS FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE YOU REMOVE THE MICE FROM THEIR GLUE TRAPS. I IS THAT ON? ACTUALLY WE HAVE HAD THAT BEFORE AND WE DO NOT PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. THERE'S A LEVEL OF SERVICE WHERE WE HAVE TO STOP, BUT SOMETIMES ANOTHER ANIMAL GETS ON IT AND NOT WHAT THEY INTENDED. SO IF IT'S LIKE A FORM OF WILDLIFE, WE WILL TRY OUR BEST. I THINK WE'VE LEARNED WE USED PAM AND WE CALL A REHABBER TO SEE WHAT WE CAN TRY TO USE TO REMOVE IT, AND THEN WE SET IT FREE. SO. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE IT. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION AS WELL TOO. JUST SINCE I'M NEW, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON THE MAP HERE AND THAT TNR PROGRAM VERSUS THE CHARTED TNR NUMBERS THERE? SO THE MAP IS INCLUSIVE. SO IT IS INCLUSIVE OF THE TNR PROGRAM. SO IT IS A I THINK I PUT IT ON HERE. SO THE INCEPTION BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022. AND THESE ARE THE ONES, AS THE CARETAKER REPORTS THEM COMING OUT OR OR WHAT WE HAVE PROVIDED SERVICE FOR. SO WE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE THAT WERE INJURED OR WHATEVER. AND THE CARETAKER REPORTED THEY WERE NO LONGER IN THE IN THE PROGRAM. SO THAT IS A COMPLETE NUMBER FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE COUNCIL APPROVED THE TNR PROGRAM FOR OUR SERVICE. RIGHT. OKAY. SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE THROUGH THROUGH 2022. YOU SAID THE TOTAL NUMBERS UP THROUGH THEN OR WHENEVER THE STARTED PROGRAM AND THE MAP. SO
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THE MAP IS THE NUMBER SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2022. I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY CLARIFIED THE MAP IS SINCE SEPTEMBER 22ND. THE NUMBERS YOU SEE ARE THE QUARTER NUMBERS. OKAY.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. WITH NO FURTHER ITEMS ON THE REGULAR SESSION, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE WORK SESSION. AND WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR WORK SESSION AGENDA, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES FOR 2025 AND 2026. I HAND OVER TO SHEILA. OH, SORRY. WE NEED TO WE NEED TO RECONVENE BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PLACE THE 2025 SECOND QUARTER STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS ON FILE I SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE. ALL RIGHT. AND THE MOTION IS PASSED 6 TO 0 WITH NO FURTHER ITEMS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO OUR WORK SESSION. AND WE WILL DISCUSS A FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES FOR 2025 AND 2026. OKAY, SO I, I PUT THIS ON HERE BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF YOU NOTICED WHEN I, I KNOW I SHARE A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT I HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THREE DATES ON THE CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE TO RESERVE THIS AREA AHEAD OF TIME. AND THOSE THREE DATES HAVE BEEN PLACED STRATEGICALLY. SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE HAD THREE THIS YEAR. WE'VE MET OUR STATE STANDARDS. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS BOARD IS JUST ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT MORE. I KNOW WHEN WE HAD OUR RENOVATION GOING, WE WERE MEETING A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO. WE HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO DO ANOTHER MEETING. IF THE BOARD FEELS THAT IT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS YEAR. SO I HAVE THE DATES ALREADY ON THE CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT I'VE JUST BEEN GOING WITH THE PROCESS OF HOW THIS BOARD HAS FUNCTIONED SECOND WEDNESDAY, THE DATES, THE REASON THEY ARE THE WAY THEY ARE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND, IS THAT WE CAN'T HAVE A MEETING LIKE THE SECOND WEEK IN JANUARY, BECAUSE I CAN'T HAVE THOSE STATISTICS DONE IN TIME TO HAVE THEM PLACED ACCORDING TO THE STATE LAW, TO WHEN THEY NEED TO BE POSTED FOR THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. SO IT IN PARTICULAR, I THINK THIS DAY GIVES ME LIKE A DAY TO GET THEM DONE. AND THAT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE. AND TO GET THEM OVER TO STEPHANIE SO WE CAN DO THE POSTING THAT IS REQUIRED. SO WE TRY TO DO THEM NORMALLY. IN FEBRUARY THIS PAST YEAR, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED WE DIDN'T, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE I WAS OUT WITH THE LEG SURGERY. SO WE DID MARCH, FEBRUARY, MAY AND AUGUST HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN OUR TIMES BECAUSE AT EACH OF THOSE I WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A STATISTICAL REPORT. SO I'VE TENTATIVELY PUT THOSE ON THE CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR, MADE SURE WITH THE CITY THAT THE ROOM WAS AVAILABLE FOR US, AND IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH US KIND OF STAYING IN LINE WITH THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'LL BE GLAD TO SCHEDULE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO RESCHEDULE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THAT, I WOULD JUST ASK IF IT'S A DIFFERENT NIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE USUALLY TRY TO JUST KIND OF FOLLOW BEHIND THAT. JUST KEEP IN MIND I WOULD NEED TIME TO DO STATISTICS. SO FOR THIS YEAR, IF WE HAVE ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO, THE DATES AVAILABLE WOULD TAKE US INTO THE END OF THE YEAR. SO EVEN OCTOBER, THE ONLY DATE THAT'S AVAILABLE IS OCTOBER 22ND. WE HAVE LIKE SOME HOLIDAY AND THAT'S LIKE RIGHT BEFORE. BOO ON BALLARD, I BELIEVE. SO THAT IS AN OPTION IF Y'ALL FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING OR NOVEMBER 5TH. THOSE ARE THE TWO. IF YOU FEEL LIKE THAT, WE NEED TO DO SO. AND I'M OF COURSE OPEN TO THAT. I COULD HAVE THE STATISTICS FOR THIRD
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QUARTER FOR EITHER ONE OF THOSE DATES. IF NOT. SO WE TRY TO PUT TWO IN THE FRONT. OF COURSE, WE TRY TO DO ONE RIGHT AFTER WE GET MEMBERS ON HERE, SO THAT AT LEAST YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AS A NEW MEMBER THOSE THREE. MORE MEETINGS TO BE CALLED IF THEY'RE NECESSARY. BUT JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE LIKE SIX A TOUR AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ONE, YOU KNOW, FROM 6 TO 8 MEETINGS DURING YOUR TIME THAT IF I'VE JUST SEEKING INPUT TO SEE IF I FELT LIKE WE NEED TO DO ANOTHER ONE, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO ANY FURTHER. I DON'T WANT TO I REALLY DON'T WANT GO INTO DECEMBER. WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO THE HOLIDAY AND THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING.THERE'S A LOT OF TRAVEL TIME. SO OCTOBER 22ND REALLY ISN'T GREATLY IDEAL. IT'S REALLY OFF OF THE SCHEDULING THAT KIND OF WHERE WE WENT. BUT NOVEMBER 5TH IS KIND OF IN LINE WITH WHAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE. BUT NORMALLY THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE END HAVING MEETINGS. BUT I KNOW THAT'S A BIG GAP. AND IF Y'ALL THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER, THEN WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A MEETING ON NOVEMBER 5TH. DATE NOVEMBER 5TH. THAT'S WHAT I THINK. YES. AND IF EVERYBODY CAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN BE HERE, OF COURSE I WILL BE HAPPY FOR IT. WE CAN HAVE AS MANY AS WE WANT. I'M HERE. SO I JUST I JUST I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE I HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE TO YOU AT THAT TIME. SO. IS NOVEMBER 5TH SEEM OKAY FOR EVERYONE THAT'S HERE? OKAY, I'LL TAKE THAT DIRECTION, TOO. AND THEN FOR. DO WE WANT TO COME BACK? MAYBE, YOU KNOW, PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA NEXT YEAR AFTER MAYBE, MAYBE THE SECOND MEETING IN MAY OR SOMETHING AND DISCUSS WHETHER, WHEN WE WANT TO HAVE THE LAST ONE THERE. I HAVE THREE SCHEDULED CURRENTLY, LIKE I SAID, FEBRUARY, MAY AND AUGUST. SO. OR DO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO PUT A FOURTH ONE ON? NOW LET ME GO AHEAD AND CHECK AND SEE IF AND PUT ONE KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT AND PUT FOUR ON THE CALENDAR I THINK SO BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT A SIX MONTH GAP, I THINK, BETWEEN THOSE TWO, ESPECIALLY WITH NEW MEMBERS COMING ON, IS A PRETTY BIG GAP.
SO I THINK, OH YEAH, GO AHEAD. AND IF I'D RATHER HAVE THE SPACE RESERVED FOR IT, RIGHT. YEAH, I'M OKAY WITH DOING THE SAME THING IN NOVEMBER NEXT YEAR. THAT FIRST WEDNESDAY IN NOVEMBER. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH, NOVEMBER 5TH. ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 25 IS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY. YEAH. SO WE HAVE. YEAH, WE HAD TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE I BELIEVE THE NEXT, THE NEXT ONE. SO THERE WAS A REASON YOU KNOW WE CONTACT YOU KNOW WE CONTACT CITY HALL AND THEY TELL US WHAT DATES ARE AVAILABLE. I KNOW COUNCIL ONLY DOES USUALLY ONE I THINK IN NOVEMBER DECEMBER. SO USUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN. BUT I THINK TEEN COURT I THINK THEY MIGHT STILL BE USING THIS AREA TOO AS WELL. BUT THERE WAS A REASON THAT THAT WAS THE DATE IT HAD TO BE. SO I WILL THROW THAT ON THERE, AND THEN I WILL LOOK TO SEE IF NOVEMBER THE 2ND WEEK WOULD BE AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR. OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND ONCE YOU CONFIRM THAT, CAN YOU JUST SEND US ALL THE DATES. THANK YOU. YES, I MOST CERTAINLY WILL. WHEN I GET IT, I'LL SEND YOU ALL OUT THE LINK THAT SHOWS IT BECAUSE I THINK ON THE CITY SIDE, WHEN YOU GO TO LOOK, IT ONLY SHOWS LIKE THE NEXT 2 OR 3. YOU CAN'T SEE ALL OF THEM. BUT IF YOU CLICK WHERE I SENT YOU THE LINK AND CLICK ANIMAL, THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD CALENDAR, YOU CAN SCROLL THROUGH AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THEM TOO AS WELL, BUT I WILL SEND IT OUT AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? NO. I KNOW AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD DISCUSSED THE FACILITY AND AS WE'VE SET THE DATES OUT. I THINK WE SHOULD PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA OF BECAUSE WE'VE PLANNED THE DATES OUT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. I THINK WE SHOULD PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA
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OF GETTING THE SHELTER FULLY EQUIPPED, BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS NOW, AS WELL AS LAST QUARTER, THE NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP A LOT. THE CITY IS GROWING AND YES, THE SHELTER IS SMALL, BUT WE DO NEED MORE SPACE. I, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT THE ECHO IS A LITTLE HARD FOR ME TO HEAR FROM DOWN HERE. SO IF THE CHAIR CAN KIND OF REPEAT OVER WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, PUTTING BACK ON THE AGENDA ABOUT THE DISCUSSIONS WE WERE HAVING ABOUT THE SHELTER, THE SPACE AND RENOVATIONS AND NEED FOR A NEW ONE. YES. SO YOU CAN SEND THAT TO ME VIA EMAIL AND WE CAN GET IT ADDED TO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE NOW RECONVENE INTO THE REGULAR SESSION. WE HAVE NO OTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE, WE MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL RIGHT. LET'S VOTE. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT THE MOTION PASSED 6 TO 0. WE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.