[Animal Shelter Advisory Board on February 11, 2026.]
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CALL TO ORDER THE FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026 ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6:04 P.M. WITH 23456 MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM AT THIS TIME. PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION LED BY TODD PICKENS, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY IN FEBRUARY AND THE GIFT OF LIFE. FATHER, PLEASE BLESS THOSE WHO ARE GATHERED HERE AS WE DISCUSS THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND ITS PROGRESS AND ITS FUTURE. HELP US TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS AND THE BENEFIT OF ALL IN THIS COMMUNITY. FATHER, WE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES. JESUS CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. 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. WE JUST HAD OUR SEVENTH MEMBER SHOW UP, WAIT FOR HIM TO SIT DOWN. 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. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. THE GOING INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025.
SO THERE IS A MISTAKE ON THE INVOCATION. IT SAYS TODD PICKENS. IT SHOULD SAY MICHAEL ON THERE. SO I MOVED TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS AMENDED. WOULD THAT CHANGE? I SECOND? ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY TODD. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AND PLACE ON FILE THE 2025 FOURTH QUARTER STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE TNR REPORT, AND I'M SURE YOU'VE ANSWERED THIS IN A PREVIOUS MEETING. BUT WHAT IS UNDER DISPOSITIONS? WHAT IS OTHER? SO THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS. IT'S BASICALLY IF IT DOESN'T FALL UNDER THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISPOSITIONS, THEN IT'S CONSIDERED OTHER. OKAY. SO THAT COULD BE LIKE RELOCATE
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COULD BE SOMETHING THAT DIED AT THE SHELTER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. JUST SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T FALL UNDER THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. JUST IN GENERAL, WAS THERE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY AS FAR AS QUANTITY OF NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE NORM? OR TR NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP. OUR TNR NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP OVER THE LAST TWO QUARTERS. THE LAST QUARTER WAS UP EVEN HIGHER THAN THIS ONE. YEAH, IT'S A TRAP NEUTER RELEASE FOR FERAL CATS. SO THAT'S BEEN INCREASING OVER THE LAST I GUESS SIX MONTHS.AND IS THAT IN A SPECIFIC AREA? IS IT ACROSS THE CITY. SO THEY'VE BEEN INCREASING PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE. I THINK THE HIGHEST INCREASE THAT WE HAD IF YOU LOOK ON HERE IS EIGHT. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE DOWN TOWARDS LIKE REDWOOD AT THE LAKE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THAT I THINK HAS BEEN OUR HIGHEST INCREASE. AND THEN SEVEN, WHICH IS GOING TO BE LIKE YOUR FIRST STREET, SECOND STREET, THAT TYPE OF STUFF. WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE THERE AS WELL. OKAY.
THAT WOULD SEEM TO MAKE SENSE TO ME JUST IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WHERE IT IS. THANK YOU. I DID HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT TOO. THEN DO YOU THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF BETTER AWARENESS THAT THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT IT'S THAT IT'S AVAILABLE? OR IS IT MORE FERAL CATS THAT WERE THAT WERE FINDING IN THE COMMUNITY? SO I THINK THE BEST WAY IT WOULD BE A COMBO, I THINK SO OUR PROGRAM, WE'RE GETTING MORE OUT THERE AND I BELIEVE WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB OF MAYBE ADVERTISING THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND THEN I ALSO THINK THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AN INCREASE OF CATS. SO IT'S KIND OF PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
DO YOU THINK MAYBE FOR OUR NEXT MEETING WE COULD HAVE THE JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER 2025 AND THE JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER 2024, MAYBE JUST TO KIND OF LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCES WERE. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? AGAIN, SORRY IF WE COULD HAVE IN THE NEXT AGENDA, MAYBE HAVE LIKE THE JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER 2024 AND THE JANUARY WHICH YOU HAVE HERE IS THE JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER 2025. MAYBE WE COULD HAVE BOTH JUST TO KIND OF LOOK AT IT. I DON'T WE HAVEN'T HAD IT BEFORE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE KIND OF GOOD FOR THE BOARD TO LOOK AT.
SO HAVE LAST YEAR'S AND THIS YEAR'S TOGETHER.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT? I'LL SECOND. I'LL SECOND. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A SECOND. SO PLEASE VOTE. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT IT WAS PASSED 7 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AND PLACE ON FILE THE ATTACHED 2025 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES INSPECTION OF RABIES QUARANTINE FACILITY COMPLETED NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025.
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DO THE 2025. WE DID FOURTH QUARTER. WE'RE GOING TO DO 2025. OH, YEAH.SORRY. YEP, YEP. WE LOOKED AT IT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WE DIDN'T I SEE IT. YEAH ONE'S A QUARTERLY SO IT'S GOING TO BE FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER. THE OTHER ONE IS THE FULL WHOLE YEAR OF 2025. YEAH I MISSED IT ON THE AGENDA. SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO ITEM THREE.
CONSIDERING PLACE ON FILE THE 2025 STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS. THANK YOU. I MOTION TO ACCEPT THE 2025 STATISTICAL INFORMATION. SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
OH, SORRY. SORRY. PLEASE TO SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. NOW TO ITEM FOUR. CONSIDER AND PLACE ON FILE THE ATTACHED 2025 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES INSPECTION OF RABIES QUARANTINE FACILITY COMPLETED NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025. AND THEN JUST SOME CLARITY ON THIS ONE. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THIS IS THE STATE REQUIRED INSPECTION.
YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER ONE BEHIND IT THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE FOR THE ACTUAL VET INSPECTION.
SO THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE. BUT THE FIRST ONE HERE IS GOING TO BE THE ACTUAL INSPECTION BY THE STATE. AND WE DID PASS IT THIS YEAR. IS THIS INSPECTION DONE ONCE A YEAR OR QUARTERLY OR.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE REPORT AS PRESENTED. I SECOND THE MOTION TO ACCEPT. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S VOTE. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW IT PASSED 7 TO 0. AND FOR THE FOR ITEM FIVE, CONSIDER AND PLACE ON FILE THE ATTACHED 2025 VETERINARIAN INSPECTION OF RABIES QUARANTINE FACILITY COMPLETED DECEMBER 12TH, 2025. AND MAY BE HARD TO READ THE INSPECTOR, BUT IT WAS DONE THROUGH PARKER ROAD. AND THAT'S BRAD ABRAHAM ON THERE.
I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE VETERINARIAN INSPECTION. I SECOND. ALL RIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT IT PASSED 7 TO 0. AND WITH NO FURTHER ITEMS ON THE REGULAR SESSION, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE WORK SESSION. AND THE FIRST
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ITEM IS. TO DISCUSS AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH COLLIN COLLEGE.SO I HAVE AMBER HERE OR AMANDA SORRY, JOHNSON HERE AS WELL. JUST TO HELP ME KIND OF EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE AGREEMENT. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN GO THROUGH IT AND THEN SEE WHAT YOU GUYS RECOMMENDATION IS. I GUESS I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS IF YOU DON'T MIND. YEAH. GO AHEAD AND COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. THERE'S A RED BUTTON. THERE'S A BUTTON DOWN BELOW. YOU CAN PRESS THAT BUTTON. THERE YOU GO. COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT COLLIN COLLEGE'S INVOLVEMENT WITH WILL BE WITH THIS? I ASSUME THERE'S A VETERINARIAN, VETERINARY STUDENTS OR VETERINARY TECH STUDENTS THAT ARE AT THE COLLEGE, AND THEY'D BE COMING OVER TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER TO PERFORM CERTAIN TASKS. IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS. YEAH. SO THIS IS A TWO YEAR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PROGRAM ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S A VETERINARY TECHNICIAN PROGRAM. SO THEY'RE BECOMING LICENSED VETERINARY TECHNICIANS. WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE SHELTER TO HAVE ANIMALS TO PERFORM CERTAIN TASKS, LIKE REQUIRED SKILLS LIKE COLLECTING BLOOD, PLACING AN IV CATHETER, RESTRAINING, COLLECTING A CYTOLOGY, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THEY WOULD BE USING THE ANIMALS TO PERFORM THESE SKILLS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO GRADUATE. AND SO THIS AGREEMENT IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. NOW, I DIDN'T WRITE THIS AGREEMENT. MY LEGAL TEAM DID. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN HELP YOU ON JARGON, BUT I WAS JUST TOLD, HEY, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM. AND SO THIS IS WHAT I GAVE YOU. WELL, CHRIS, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF I CAN. SO. SURE, I APPRECIATE THAT. IT HELPS ME JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT THE AGREEMENT IS ABOUT. AND I THINK YOU PRETTY WELL ENCOMPASSED IT VERY WELL. DO Y'ALL HAVE AN AGREEMENT CURRENTLY FOR YOUR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE OR AND YOU'RE MOVING FROM THAT AGREEMENT TO THIS, OR CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE HISTORY IS AND HOW YOU GOT HERE? YEAH. SO WE DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT YET WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER. THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING NEW. OKAY. WE DO HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE PLANO ANIMAL SHELTER, AND IT JUST KIND OF MAKES SENSE TO PARTNER WITH WILEY SINCE WE'RE SO CLOSE.
SO IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS ON MY AGENDA TO MAKE HAPPEN. AND SO WITH CHRIS BEING ON OUR ADVISORY BOARD AND IT JUST KIND OF MADE SENSE. SO IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT GET IN THE PIPELINE. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. HOW LONG HAS THE PROGRAM BEEN IN OPERATION AND SINCE 2020 OKAY. SINCE THE COLLEGE WAS BUILT. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY STUDENTS DO YOU HAVE? ABOUT 26. OKAY. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY WILEY HIGH SCHOOL OR WILEY EAST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT COME INTO THE PROGRAM? NO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT'S JUST COLLEGE STUDENTS. NO, I MEAN, THAT GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL HERE AND WENT INTO THE COLLIN COLLEGE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. YEAH. I'M SURE. YEAH. OKAY.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY GET ANIMALS. IS IT A VOLUNTEER OR ARE YOU STRICTLY USING SHELTER ANIMALS OR. YEAH.
SO GOOD QUESTION. SO WE DO WORK WITH ALLEN ANIMAL SHELTER PRETTY CLOSELY. BUT I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF OUR ANIMALS COME FROM STUDENTS OR STAFF OR THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S MY JOB IS TO COORDINATE THAT. SO THE PROFESSOR WILL TELL ME, HEY, I NEED FIVE DOGS FOR THIS LAB.
ON THIS DAY, WE'LL BE DOING JUGULAR VENOUS PUNCTURE. AND SO I HAVE A LIST OF ANIMALS AND THEIR OWNERS. AND I JUST BASICALLY GO THROUGH AND I CONTACT THEM, BE LIKE, HEY, CAN YOU BRING YOUR ANIMAL ON THIS DAY? AND THAT'S KIND OF MY PROCESS. AND SO SOME DAYS IT WOULD BE EASIER JUST TO GO TO A SHELTER AND GET ALL OF THOSE SKILLS DONE WITHOUT HAVING TO COORDINATE THAT. SO THAT'S WHY SHELTERS CAN BE EASIER. SOMETIMES WE CAN'T GO TO A SHELTER BECAUSE IF WE NEED TO STAY ON CAMPUS TO DO LIKE LAB WORK OR SKILLS THAT NEED TO BE ON CAMPUS. BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO GO TO A SHELTER, AND IT WOULD BE NICE
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TO HAVE A CLOSER SHELTER. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR RIGHT NOW. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE 26 STUDENTS APPROXIMATELY IN THE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW WITH 26 STUDENTS. ARE YOU LOOKING TO HAVE ALL OF THEM WORK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER, OR ARE YOU PLANNING TO DIVIDE THEIR TIME WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER, THE ALLEN LIKE YOU MENTIONED IN PLANO, SO THEY WOULDN'T ALL BE PARTICIPATING AT THE SAME TIME? THAT'S ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. SO LIKE IT WOULD BE JUST LIKE THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS ATTENDING CLINICAL PATHOLOGY. SO IT MAY JUST BE 16 STUDENTS OR TEN STUDENTS. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE COHORT. WHAT WAS THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION? WOULD YOU BE DIVIDING UP THEIR TIME LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH WILEY ANIMAL SHELTER AND THEN AT ALLEN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OR WE WOULD LIKE TO LIKE IF I PLAN TO GO TO A SHELTER ONE DAY, I WOULD LIKE TO STAY AT ONE SHELTER INSTEAD OF LIKE TELLING SOME STUDENTS TO GO TO ONE SHELTER AND ONE STUDENT TO GO TO ANOTHER SHELTER, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO I WOULD HAVE ALL THE STUDENTS GO TO ONE SHELTER IF POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.YOU'RE WELCOME. MY QUESTION IS, YEAH, THE WILEY ANIMAL SHELTER. AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A PROTOCOL IN PLACE FOR SAFE. THE STUDENTS DREW A BLOOD SAMPLE AND FOUND OUT THE DOG HAS HEARTWORM DISEASE. WILEY SHELTER IS AN ADULT, AS IS. DOES THAT MEAN THE SHELTER WOULD THEN NEED TO PUT IN PLACE A DIFFERENT QUOTE OR A DIFFERENT LEGAL THING? OR WOULD WE THEN NEED TO CREATE PROTOCOLS FOR TREATING THESE ANIMALS BEFORE ADOPTION? I GUESS THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU WITH WHAT YOU DO WITH THE INFORMATION. LIKE IF WE'RE RUNNING HEARTWORM TESTS AND WE. AND THEY GET A POSITIVE RESULT. I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU. I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SURE. SO. I GUESS THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO DISCUSS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO ESTABLISH OR NOT. BUT. WE MAY JUST BE GETTING BLOOD AND NOT RUNNING A TEST. IT MAY JUST BE THE ACTION OF VENIPUNCTURE AND NOT RUNNING ANY TESTS, BUT IT MAY BE GETTING BLOOD. AND THEN WE SAVE THE BLOOD AND THEN WE USE THE BLOOD BACK AT ON CAMPUS AND MAKE CYTOLOGIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WE USUALLY DO KEEP THE BLOOD FOR LEARNING PURPOSES. SO THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES. SO WOULD THAT MEAN THEN OUR CANDIDATE SELECTION MAYBE OR SELECTION OF WHICH ANIMALS CAN BE USED FOR THE PARTICULAR TESTS THAT WE ARE RUNNING WOULD THEN BE VERY IMPORTANT. WELL WE WOULD WANT ANIMALS THAT ARE. I SAY FRIENDLY LIKE WE DON'T WANT AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS, WE WANT ONES THAT ARE MORE EASILY RESTRAINED, ABLE TO THE STUDENTS. WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM DIFFICULT ANIMALS TO HANDLE. SO THAT MAY ALREADY LIMIT SOME OF THE ANIMALS, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES IN THE SHELTER THEY CAN BE NOT THE EASIEST TO HANDLE, RIGHT? SO THAT MAY ALREADY BRING DOWN SOME OF THE CANDIDATES, BUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE HEARTWORM POSITIVE DOESN'T NEGATE IF THEY CAN BE USED BECAUSE WE USE HEARTWORM POSITIVE DOGS AT THE OTHER SHELTERS AND IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
SO I GUESS IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS WHAT YOU'D WANT TO DO. OKAY. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY PARAMETERS OR.
LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT WORD RULES IN PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE 16 STUDENTS AND THERE'S ONLY THREE DOGS, ARE IS EVERY STUDENT GOING TO PRACTICE ON THESE THREE DOGS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE STUCK NUMEROUSLY. BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAY, IN SHELTER, ANXIETY IS
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HIGH. YEAH. THESE ANIMALS ARE ALREADY STRESSED. YES. HOW DO YOU MITIGATE AND LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF STRESS THAT YOU PUT THEM UNDER? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO WE HAVE PROTOCOLS.SO WE DEPENDING ON THE SKILL WILL DEPEND ON HOW MANY TIMES A SKILL CAN BE REPEATED. AND SO THE PROFESSOR WILL ADHERE TO THAT. SO I DON'T HAVE THEM ALL MEMORIZED. BUT I THINK VENIPUNCTURE IS LIKE FOUR TIMES INCLUDING THE PROFESSOR DOING IT IF NEEDED. SO THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT MORE THAN THAT. SO WE DO HAVE THOSE IN PLACE. WE DO RECOMMEND FOR AT LEAST FOR OUR PATIENTS, TRAZODONE TO HELP WITH ANXIETY, WHICH CAN HELP. I KNOW THAT'S NOT ALWAYS FEASIBLE IN A SHELTER, BUT WE DO RECOMMEND THAT FOR OTHER PATIENTS TO HELP WITH ANXIETY AND IT DOES SEEM TO WORK. I GUESS THAT'S THAT'S THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. OKAY, OKAY.
THANK YOU. SO I GUESS I'M CONFUSED. SO THIS WOULD BE WOULD THIS BE ADDITIONAL BLOOD WORK AND TEST THAT'S DRAWN THEN. OR WE WOULD IT BE WOULD WOULD WE STILL BE DRAWING. I'M ASSUMING WE DO SOME. DO WE DO ANY OF THAT WITH THE ANIMALS ALREADY THAT WE COME INTO CARE AND DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ARE WE DOING ANY TESTS IN ADDITION SO THAT WE'RE JUST THAT WE'RE THEN DOING DOING THIS TWICE? IT WOULD BE REPLACING SOME THAT WE WOULD BE USING FOR THAT. I JUST I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE POLICY, WHAT THE PROCESS IS NOW, BUT CURRENTLY ON INTAKE WE DO LIKE VACCINES AND STUFF. BUT AS FAR AS LIKE TESTING WE DO CATS FOR THE FELINE LEUKEMIA, BUT FOR DOGS WE DON'T DO ANY TESTING CURRENTLY. SO WOULD LIKE BACK TO YOUR QUESTION THEN WHAT WOULD I MEAN IF WE DID DO THESE TESTS IN, YOU KNOW, THE HEARTWORM TEST? I MEAN, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO WOULD WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION? AND THEN WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD YOU ALL NEED TO DO TO? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT WOULD ADD TO THE ADOPTION PROCESS POTENTIAL AND ALL THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK WE'D WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SHARE WITH RESIDENTS IF THEY'RE GOING TO ADOPT. YEAH. SO IF SORRY, GO AHEAD. SO. AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THOSE RESULTS. I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. IT WOULD BE IT SHOULD BE A RAPID TEST. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO THERE. OR WE COULD COME BACK TO LAB AND DO. SO. I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. WE COULDN'T GIVE YOU THOSE RESULTS. I'VE HAD. I'VE BEEN TOLD BEFORE THAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH SHELTERS WITH TEXTED WITH TECH SCHOOLS, THEY BASICALLY WOULD GO TO A SHELTER AND THEY WOULD GIVE THEM LIKE, HEY, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED. AND THE STUDENTS WOULD DO IT LIKE FECAL HEARTWORM TESTS, PHYSICAL EXAMS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THAT'S ALSO SKILLS THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD NEED TO DO. SO YOU'RE BASICALLY WE'RE DOING THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE ANYWAY, BUT THE STUDENTS ARE DOING IT. SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA. NOW, THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN WE'RE DOING THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY AREN'T GOING TO BE DOING, LIKE SETTING AN IV CATHETER. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE SETTING AN IV CATHETER IN A IN A DOG. THAT WOULD BE A AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO FOR A STUDENT TO LEARN. BUT WE COULD TRY TO MAKE IT SO THAT MOST OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING COULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE ANIMAL, LIKE TESTING WISE. SO.
IS TO FOLLOW JUST TO FOLLOW UP THEN, I MEAN, WOULD THAT REQUIRE YOU ALL THEN TO PUT SOME LIKE SHE WAS SAYING, SOME PARAMETERS IN PLACE THEN TO KIND OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW THAT WOULD, WOULD MAYBE CHANGE THE ADOPTION PROCESS FOR THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD OPEN UP THE QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW WHAT? BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THE RESCUES WILL THEN IF IT'S IF IT IS HEARTWORM POSITIVE, THEY'LL HELP COVER THE COST OF THAT, WHICH WOULD BE AN ADDED EXPENSE FOR THE CITY THEN. AND SO SO I GUESS THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS DOES THAT DOES THAT OPEN UP MORE COSTS FOR THE CITY THAN FOR US TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH? AND HOW WOULD THAT BE HANDLED? SO I WOULD SAY PROBABLY BE CASE BY CASE. SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE ANIMAL. BUT I WOULD SAY IF WE WOULD LOOK THROUGH RESCUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO TRY THAT FIRST, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE COST AND SEE HOW THAT AND THEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF ADOPTION. SO WE'D HAVE TO TAKE IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION AND THEN JUST MAKE A DECISION BASED OFF OF THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE ANIMAL'S BEHAVIOR, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR ALONG THE HEARTWORM IS, WHAT THE HEARTWORM TREATMENT GOING TO COST. AND THEN IF THE RESCUES ARE ABLE TO TO DO THAT AND HELP US PAY THE COST. AND
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THAT'S JUST ANOTHER PART, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PART OF THE EQUATION FOR US TO MAKE THAT DECISION. IS THERE CURRENTLY A PLAN IN PLACE TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT WOULD BE LIKE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THIS PROGRAM. HOW WOULD WE TRACK IT? WHAT IS WHAT WOULD THE ANIMAL SHELTER BE LOOKING FOR WITH COLIN? SO IT WOULD JUST I'M NOT SURE ABOUT LIKE TRACKING IT, BUT BASICALLY WHAT OUR IDEA IS JUST TO GET HELP ON TREATING ANIMALS, FIGURING OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW HEALTHY THEY ARE, AND IF THEY AREN'T, THEN FIGURING OUT WHERE TO GO FROM THERE. AND THEN SORRY, WHAT WAS THE OTHER PART? IT WAS THE TRACKING. AND THEN.JUST ESSENTIALLY HOW WOULD WE SHOW IT IN REPORTING THIS LIKE PARTNERSHIP? YEAH. THE BENEFIT OF THIS. GOTCHA I THINK I GUESS WOULD BE THE EUTHANASIA RATE LIKE LOWERING THAT BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET TREATMENT WE KIND OF KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT. WE CAN KIND OF SHOW, HEY, THIS ANIMAL WOULD NORMALLY HAVE BEEN EUTHANIZED BECAUSE OF THIS. AND THEN NOW WE'RE SHOWING, HEY, THROUGH THE TREATMENT OR THROUGH EARLY SIGNS OF CHECKING OF FINDING IT, THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO DO THAT AS MUCH. AND THEN WE CAN ALSO SHOW IT IN OUR MEDICAL SIDE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TAKING A DOG TO DIRECTLY TO A VET AND HAVING TO DO THE EXAM, GETTING CHARGED FOR THE EXAM, GETTING CHARGED FOR THE, THE, THE ACTUAL TESTS AND ALL THAT STUFF. WE CAN GO STRAIGHT THROUGH THEM AND AT LEAST GET THAT PART REDUCED AS WELL. YOU SAID THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE STAFF MEMBERS, STUDENTS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, THAT YOU'LL DO PROCEDURES ON THEIR PETS, I'M ASSUMING, LIKE DENTALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IS THERE A WAY THAT SOME OF THE SHELTER ANIMALS THAT IF THEY COME IN AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A DENTAL ISSUE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT COLLIN COLLEGE IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD UTILIZE FOR THAT VERSUS AN ADDED VET EXPENSE TO TRY TO OFFSET SOME OF, IF WE DO HAVE A HEARTWORM POSITIVE AND NOW THE CITY HAS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT EXPENSE, MAYBE THE OTHER HAND. OKAY, WE HAVE A DOG COME IN WHO HAS SOME DENTAL ISSUES, NEEDS EXTRACTIONS. IS THAT SOMETHING COLLIN COLLEGE WOULD DO, OR DO YOU HAVE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE WHERE IT'S A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE OR IT'S PRIORITY SCHEDULING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR IS THERE SOMETHING THAT THE THE COLLEGE AND THE SHELTER CAN WORK OUT THAT IT'S AN AS NEEDED BASIS? SO I DO THERE IS A LIST THAT I ALWAYS HAVE GOING FOR DENTALS BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE THEY'RE LIKE ALWAYS WANTED, RIGHT? YEAH. BUT I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK OUT.
WE ARE LIMITED TO FOUR HOURS IN THE LAB, SO WE CAN'T DO LIKE FULL MOUTH EXTRACTIONS OR HEAVY EXTRACTIONS, BUT WE CAN DO LIKE TWO, 3 OR 4 EXTRACTIONS, BUT NOTHING TOO CRAZY. WE DO FULL MOUTH RADIOGRAPHS. SO WE DO CHECK ALL OF THAT. BUT I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD OFFER. WE DO FREE SPAYS AND NEUTERS AS WELL. SO WE COULD OFFER THAT AS WELL. AGAIN THAT DOES FILL UP TOO, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD WORK WITH AND TRY TO ALSO HELP YOU GUYS OUT AS WELL, BECAUSE SOMETIMES I DO FIND MYSELF LIKE TRYING TO FILL IN HOLES BECAUSE PEOPLE EITHER DON'T ANSWER ME OR CANCEL OR WHATEVER. SO I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY WORK WITH THE SHELTER ON THAT TOO. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION TOO. SO WHERE WHERE DO MOST OF THE GRADUATES END UP WORKING? DO THEY WORK IN LOCAL VETS, YOU KNOW, MORE THE THE THE HIGH END CLINICS OR LIKE RATHER RESCUE CLINICS AND THINGS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT TECHS ARE ALWAYS A ARE REALLY MUCH NEEDED MUCH NEEDED POSITION IN THE IN THE VETERINARY CLINIC. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHERE DO YOU NORMALLY SEE YOUR GRADUATES GOING TO AND WORKING? THEY GO TO A VARIETY OF PLACES. SOME OF THEM ALREADY WORK SOMEWHERE, SO THEY'LL JUST STAY THERE AND THEY GET LIKE A PAY RAISE. BUT SOME OF THEM WANT TO BRANCH OUT AND THEY GO INTO SPECIALTY. SO THEY'RE GOING TO DALLAS OR PLACES LIKE THAT, BUT MOST OF THEM GO INTO GENERAL PRACTICE, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY LIVE, WILL DEPEND ON WHERE THEY WORK BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE DRIVING, I MEAN, FAR, LIKE SOME DRIVE HOURS TO GET HERE TO GO TO SCHOOL. SO THEY'LL OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING NEAR WHERE THEY LIVE. SO IT DEPENDS. BUT I
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WOULD SAY MOST OF THEM ARE IN GENERAL PRACTICE WORKING WITH DOGS AND CATS. SO WITH WITH THIS, WITH THIS AGREEMENT THEN ALLOW FOR YOU TO WOULD THAT HELP YOU EXPAND TO BE ABLE TO SERVE MORE STUDENTS, TO ALLOW FOR TO ALLOW FOR MORE VET BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE ONE BENEFIT, EVEN JUST TO THE GENERAL, NOT EVEN JUST TO A SHELTER, BUT JUST TO THE ANIMAL WELFARE AND, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRY IN GENERAL. IF IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO INCREASE YOUR STUDENT SIZE TO TO GRADUATE MORE STUDENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS. YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD HELP THE REACH OF THE STUDENTS THAT I CAN GET TO THAT I NEED FOR LABS. BECAUSE SOMETIMES, LIKE AS WE GROW, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE ANIMALS FOR EACH LAB. AND SO SOMETIMES IT MIGHT GET A LITTLE OUT OF HAND OF, I NEED TO GET EIGHT DOGS ON CAMPUS. WELL, THAT'S I CAN DO IT, PROBABLY, BUT IT'S GOING TO TWIST MY ARM A LITTLE BIT. AND SO IF I CAN GO TO A SHELTER AND GET IT DONE, THAT WOULD BE PREFERABLE. AND SO THAT'S JUST GOING TO BENEFIT THE STUDENT. AND SO I THINK DEFINITELY IT WOULD HELP. YEAH. ALL RIGHT I'D JUST LIKE TO GET KIND OF A RECOMMENDATION FROM EVERYBODY IF THEY FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD PROGRAM FOR US.I THINK IT DEFINITELY SOUNDS LIKE A BENEFICIAL PROGRAM. I THINK THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, I'S TO DOT AND T'S TO CROSS AND THE NITTY GRITTY TO WORK OUT. FOR ME, THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE IS THE WELFARE OF THE ANIMALS. THEY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE PINCUSHIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT, NOT SO GRACEFUL. BUT YOU SAID IT IS LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF PROCEDURES THAT CAN BE DONE SO THAT THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PARAMETERS IN PLACE. AND I MEAN, I TRUST THAT YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE THOSE PARAMETERS IN PLACE AS WELL. I KNOW HOW WELL YOU TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS THAT ARE THERE. SO I DEFINITELY SEE A BENEFIT TO THE SHELTER AND TO THE STUDENTS. I, I THINK IT COULD BE A GREAT WORKING PARTNERSHIP. I, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY EXPLORE FOR SURE. YEAH. I'M IN FAVOR OF US PURSUING THIS AS WELL, AND ALSO AGREE THAT THE IF WE DON'T HAVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE, THAT THOSE BE WRITTEN AND PLACED BEFORE WE BEGIN, ONE THING THAT COMES TO MIND IS IF A SOMEONE'S PET SHOWS UP AND BEFORE THEY REALIZE THAT IT'S AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND ARE ABLE TO PICK IT UP, THERE'S BEEN VETERINARIAN TECHS WHO HAVE BEEN PRACTICING FOR THEIR EDUCATION, AND THEY MAY NOT BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. SO I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE SOME POLICIES IN PLACE TO PREVENT THAT. THERE MAY BE YOU MAY YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD LIKE YOU'RE YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. GO AHEAD. IT WOULD BE FOR ANIMALS THAT WE CURRENTLY OWN. LIKE IT WOULDN'T BE A DOG THAT WOULD BE ON HOLD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE IT WOULD ONLY BE ANIMALS THAT WE ACTUALLY AS A CITY OWN. SO THAT'S USUALLY THE SEVEN DAY HOLD PERIOD ESSENTIALLY FOR THE CITY. AND ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE, DO YOU ALL PERFORM EUTHANASIA OR IS THAT A PROCEDURE THAT Y'ALL DON'T PURSUE? NO, WE DON'T PERFORM THAT. WE DON'T PERFORM THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND I DID JUST WANT TO ADD THE STUDENTS ARE COVERED BY PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE. YES. THAT'S ALL THAT. AND WE HAVE THEY'RE GOING TO BE RABIES VACCINATED. THE STUDENTS ARE SO OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND JUST TO GO BACK TO WHERE I STARTED. YEAH, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS AND THINK WE SHOULD PURSUE IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT VERY FIRM POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. ONE LAST QUESTION. YEAH, IT'S IT'S AMAZING THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE RABIES VACCINATED. BUT SOME OF THE PROCEDURES SAY MY CONCERN WOULD BE IF THEN WE KEPT THEM IN THE SHELTER LONGER. IT MIGHT PROLONG THEIR TIME IN THE SHELTER. IF THEN WE WE DO SAY LIKE A DENTAL, BECAUSE BY THE TIME YOU COME IN, DO THE BLOOD WORK, THEN GET THAT CLASS AT THAT TIME. APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? WOULD THE DOG HAVE TO BE RABIES VACCINATED AS WELL? IS THERE A WAITING PERIOD? SO IF THE STUDENT IS RABIES VACCINATED, THEN THE ANIMAL DOES NOT HAVE TO BE RABIES VACCINATED FOR THE STUDENT TO HANDLE. OKAY. AND IS
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THERE A WAITING PERIOD LIKE SAY THEY WE WE SEE THERE'S A DOG THAT NEEDS A DENTAL. AND THIS COMES BACK TO LIKE WHAT I WAS TALKING LIKE CANDIDATE SELECTION FOR WHICH PARTICULAR PETS SHOULD THEN BE USED FOR THIS PARTICULAR SAMPLE COLLECTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THEY'LL NEED LIKE A PRE EXAM SAY BEFORE A DENTAL. SO YOU DON'T END UP WITH, AS YOU SAID, THAT MOUTH THAT YOU HAVE ALL THESE EXTRACTIONS TO DO AND ONLY FOUR HOURS, WOULD THERE BE A TEAM IN PLACE TO DO THAT SELECTION. SO THE WEEK BEFORE WE DO A FULL PHYSICAL EXAM AND WE DO PRE-ANESTHETIC BLOOD WORK FOR FREE AS WELL. SO WE WOULD DO THE EXAM AND WE WOULD LOOK IN THE MOUTH AND ASSESS THE MOUTH THAT WAY. AND THEN WE DO PREOPERATIVE BLOOD WORK WITH A CBC CHEMISTRY, A UA. AND WE DO A FECAL AS WELL. OKAY. AND THESE WOULD BE DONE ON THE SAME DAY. OR WOULD THERE BE LIKE A SEVEN DAY PERIOD OR A TEN DAY A WEEK BEFORE THE ACTUAL PROCEDURE? SO SEVEN DAYS BEFORE THE ACTUAL PROCEDURE. OKAY, OKAY. SO I'M, I'M ASSUMING THE PROCESSES THAT WE, THAT EVENTUALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND AND APPROVE SOMETHING TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU GUYS NEED WHY DON'T YOU GIVE THE RECOMMENDATION THEN WE KIND OF GO, WE KIND OF FINALIZE EVERYTHING, GET IT ALL READY, AND THEN WE PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL. OKAY. BECAUSE I WOULD I MEAN, I THINK BEFORE WE APPROVE IT, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE PROCEDURES IN PLACE. AND I WOULD AGREE LIKE I THINK YES, WE'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, VERBALLY NO MORE THAN FOUR TIMES OR WHATEVER, BUT I THINK HAVING THAT WRITTEN OUT AND EXHIBITS THAT ACCOMPANY IT WOULD BE, WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE THAT IN WRITING BEFORE WE WOULD APPROVE IT FORMALLY. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD GET COPIES OF. IF YOU GUYS WANT WHAT WE REFER TO, I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH MY DIRECTOR. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE SECRET OR SECRET DOCUMENTS. I DON'T THINK IT IS, BUT IT'S JUST OUR I COOK PROTOCOLS. BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT COPIES OF, OR WE COULD MAKE AN EXCEL DOCUMENT OR SOMETHING OF THE TYPE OF PROCEDURES WE WOULD BE DOING, AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIMES THAT THE SKILL WOULD BE ATTEMPTED, WE COULD GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND THEN, I MEAN, I WOULD I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT IN WRITING SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE AGREEING TO FOR THE ANIMALS IN OUR CARE. SO YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. PORTER. I ASSUME THAT THIS IS A PROCEDURAL QUESTION. I ASSUME THAT THIS WILL COME BACK TO THIS BOARD, AND IT WILL BE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WE WILL VOTE ON TO, TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL, IS THAT CORRECT? I BELIEVE SO. AND ALSO, IF THERE'S ANY SHELTER PROTOCOLS OR GUIDELINES THAT COME FROM THIS AS WELL, WE WOULD WANT TO REVIEW AS WELL.AND THEN WOULD BE AN AGENDA ITEM FOR US TO APPROVE. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE DID. BUT I SEE THIS AS A VERY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP FOR BOTH THE STUDENTS AND THE ANIMALS. YOU'RE YOU HAVE ANIMALS IN A SHELTER AND YOU'RE GETTING SOME WORK DONE, EXAMS, THAT TYPE OF THING THAT NORMALLY SHELTER ANIMALS AREN'T REALLY GETTING. SO I THINK THAT'S BENEFICIAL, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE ADOPTING THEM. I DEFINITELY THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME PROTOCOLS AND SOME POLICIES PUT IN PLACE AROUND IT AS WELL, SO BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT THAT WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE THAT. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE BUSY, BUT. BUT YEAH, JUST KNOWING THAT THE ANIMALS ARE. I KNOW YOU GUYS DO BEST BY THE ANIMALS, SO I KNOW YOU'LL DO WHAT'S RIGHT IF A DOG COMES BACK HEARTWORM POSITIVE OR SOMETHING. I KNOW YOU ALREADY DO THAT WITH THE YOU TEST THE CATS FOR THE DISEASES THAT THEY NEED TO BE TESTED FOR. BUT YEAH, I THINK THIS WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL. SO. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS. I'LL BE HONEST. WELL PREPARED. ALL RIGHT. AND THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR WORK SESSION IS TO DISCUSS AN TO DISCUSS A PARTNERSHIP WITH FRIENDS OF RESCUE ANIMALS. SO FRIENDS RESCUE ANIMALS ARE KIND OF A LOCAL RESCUE GROUP, AND THEY'RE ALSO A VOLUNTEER GROUP AS WELL.
THEY ALREADY USE GO THROUGH. I THINK THEY DO GARLAND AND THEY DO SACKS NOW AS WELL. SO THEY DO ALL THE VOLUNTEERING AND THEY TAKE ON ALL THE APPLICATIONS. THEY THEY TRAIN ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, AND THEN THEY COORDINATE WITH THE SHELTERS TO SEE WHERE THE
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VOLUNTEERS GO. SO BASICALLY THE PROGRAM, THEY ALSO HAVE SOME OPTIONS AS FAR AS LIKE LOW COST STERILIZATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. LIKE GARLAND DOES TNR THROUGH THEM. SO THEY GO THAT'S TRAP NEUTER RELEASE. AND THEY SPONSOR THAT THROUGH GARLAND. SO IT'LL BE A FREE STERILIZATION, WHICH IS EVEN BETTER THAN WHAT WE UTILIZE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS TCAT, WHICH IS THE TEXAS COALITION FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION. WE USE THEM. WE GO TO GARLAND OR GARLAND AND ALLEN FOR BOTH OF THOSE. BUT WITH THEM IT WOULD BE NO COST AT ALL. THEY WOULD SPONSOR THAT.THEY DO A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET A LOT OF THE SHELTERS TO KIND OF COORDINATE TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER. SO WE'RE ALL NOT OUR OWN LITTLE SILO. WE'RE ALL KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER, AND THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THEIR GOALS AS WELL. AND SO BASICALLY THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE SAME THING. THIS IS ROWLETT'S AGREEMENT WITH THEM. AND IT KIND OF GOES THROUGH WHAT THEY KIND OF EXPECT AND WHAT THE ROWLETT OFFERS AND WHAT THEY OFFER FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER. AND THEN THE BIG THING FOR US TOO, IS THAT THEY RUN OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE A WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, BUT IT TAKES A LOT. IT TAKES A IT BASICALLY TAKES UP A WHOLE OFFICER AWAY THAT TO START DOING VOLUNTEER WORK, CONTACTING PEOPLE, DOING BACKGROUND CHECKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND THEY KIND OF TAKE THEY TAKE OVER THAT WHOLE PROCESS. BUT YEAH, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN TRY TO ANSWER SOME OF THEM. THERE PROGRAM THEY I DIANE, DIANE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE THING. SHE COULD MAKE IT TODAY. BUT ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME I CAN TRY TO RELAY IT TO HER. IF I DON'T IF I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS. I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT. AS THE RESCUE REPRESENTATIVE, I'VE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THEM IN THE PAST AND PRESENT, AND THEY'RE A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION. WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN GARLAND SPECIFICALLY HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT, TO THE POINT WHERE I THEIR CAT ROOM HASN'T BEEN FULL. MOSTLY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEIR DOG PROGRAM. I JUST WORKED WITH THE CATS, BUT THEY'VE HAD REALLY POSITIVE OUTCOMES AT THE SHELTERS THEY WORK WITH. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH THEM.
AND I'LL WHEN WE WE HAD A, I THINK 8 OR 9 CATS, RIGHT, RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS TIME AND NEW YEAR'S, AND THEY CAME IN AND THEY TOOK ALL OF OUR CATS TO GO PUT THEM UP FOR ADOPTION AT PETSMART AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THEY GOT THEY GOT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEM ADOPTED. I TALKED TO HER TODAY. THEY SAID THEY WERE DOING ABOUT THREE ADOPTIONS A DAY THROUGH THEIR PROGRAM. SO REALLY THEY DO HAVE REALLY GOOD OUTREACH AND ADOPTIONS. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ARE THEY IF THEY'RE TAKING ON IF THEY'RE WORKING WITH SO MANY ARTISTS ALREADY AND YOU SAID THEY'RE A SMALL ORGANIZATION, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE IS WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE EXTRA, THE EXTRA, THE EXTRA WORK THAT IT WOULD BE WORKING WITH US? AND THEN I THINK THE SECONDARY QUESTION WOULD BE, HAVE WE HAVE WE EXPLORED OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OR JUST STRICTLY WITH WITH THEM? BECAUSE I KNOW, LIKE OPERATION KINDNESS SPCA TEXAS, THERE'S SEVERAL OTHERS THAT DO THAT DO WORK OUT AND DO THE OUTREACH AS WELL TOO. AND SO JUST KIND OF SEE WHAT'S WHAT'S THE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR US AND OUR SHELTER IN THAT MANNER. I HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO OPERATION KINDNESS, BUT I CAN THEY THEY WERE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT KIND OF REACHED OUT TO ME. SO THAT'S WHY I JUST I HAD THIS ALREADY PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY WERE ASKING IF WE NEEDED IT WITH THEM. THEIR FISCAL YEAR IS THE SAME AS OURS. SO RIGHT NOW THEY CAN'T PUT A PUT ON ANOTHER SHELTER NOW. BUT ONCE IN OCTOBER, ONCE THEIR NEW YEAR STARTS, IS WHEN THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT ADDING US TO THEIR THEIR PROGRAM. YEAH. I MEAN I HAVE I HAVE A CONTACT AT OPERATION KINDNESS THAT I CAN CONNECT YOU WITH, BUT I, I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO JUST AT LEAST JUST DO DUE DILIGENCE AND AT LEAST TALK TO AT LEAST ONE OTHER ORGANIZATION TO KIND OF SEE WHAT, WHAT OPTIONS THEY WOULD HAVE VERSUS THIS. I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS WOULD BE NO COST TO US. CORRECT. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BE NO COST OR LOW COST, THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE, MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND MORE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GETTING THE MOST, THE MOST FOR OUR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO. I THINK MY ONLY QUESTION, YOU SAID THEY WOULD BE RUNNING THE VOLUNTEERS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC TO TAKE THAT OFF OF YOU GUYS. BUT DOES THAT MEAN THAT ANY VOLUNTEER WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEM, OR CAN YOU STILL VET VOLUNTEERS AND ALLOW PEOPLE IN, OR DO THEY STRICTLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FRAY? SO THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THE FRAY, THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THEM.
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WOULD ANY VOLUNTEERS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, WOULD THEY KIND OF JUST GET MOVED INTO THEM? YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT, THAT SAME PROGRAM. OKAY. ARE YOU ABLE TO GET A COPY OF THEIR VOLUNTEER GUIDELINES, WHAT THEY EXPECT FROM THEIR VOLUNTEERS JUST SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF TAKE HANDS OFF OF WHO WE ALLOW TO DEAL WITH THE ANIMALS, IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW WHAT THEIR GUIDELINES ARE. YEAH, I CAN I CAN GET THAT.AND IT'S KIND OF THIS IS SIMILAR AS THE LAST ONE. IT'S JUST TRYING TO GET WHAT EVERYBODY'S IDEAS ARE. AND THEN ONCE I KIND OF FINALIZE EVERYTHING, I CAN GET ALL THAT STUFF TOGETHER. BUT YEAH, THEY ALREADY SENT THAT TO ME AND I CAN I CAN SEND YOU THAT. LIKE I CAN SEND YOU THEIR THEIR LIKE PLEDGE, LIKE THEIR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, WHAT THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE. AND THEN ALSO IT HAS LIKE A THE LIST OF LIKE WHAT THEIR ACTUAL TRAINING IS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. WOULD SAY LIKE THAT IF THEY DID THE CATS WOULD ALL THE CATS HAVE TO GO THROUGH ADOPTION WITH THEM OR WOULD THEY? WOULD THEY CLEAN OUT THE SHELTER FOR THEIR ADOPTION EVENTS? WHICH IS WHICH IS GOOD THAT THE CATS GET TO GO AND THEY GET HOMES? EXPOSURE IS A WONDERFUL THING. AND OF COURSE, FINDING THE CATS HOMES IS A GOOD THING. BUT SOMETIMES I THINK THE WYLIE RESIDENTS MAY COMPLAIN THAT THEY WENT TO THE SHELTER TO ADOPT A CAT AND THERE WASN'T A CAT FOR ADOPTION. I THINK SOME OF THEM HAVE COME TO LIKE THE COMFORT OF ADOPTING A CAT AT THE SHELTER. SO WOULD WE SAVE SOME FOR ADOPTION? AT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WYLIE? SO IT'S. IT IS TO TWO SEPARATE THINGS. SO THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM IS ONE THING. SO THAT'S THE FRIENDS OF ROWLETT. BUT THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE THING THAT'S A RESCUE. AND THEY DO CATS. SO IT'S LIKE TWO SEPARATE THINGS. SO THEY'RE NOT LIKE 1 IN 1 IN THE SAME. THEY ARE RUN BY THE SAME PEOPLE KIND OF. BUT THE ONE IS JUST STRICTLY VOLUNTEERS. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS RESCUES. I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION KIND OF YOU SPARKED IT FOR ME. IN THE EVENT THAT THEY COME IN LIKE THEY CAME AND TOOK EIGHT CATS AND GOT THEM ALL ADOPTED, DOES THAT SHOW ON OUR RECORDS AS CATS ADOPTED, OR DOES IT SHOW FOR THEM BECAUSE WE SHOW THE INTAKE OF THEM, BUT THEN DOES IT SHOW THEM AS ADOPTED, OR IS THAT CLASSED AS OTHER. SO IT'S LISTED AS A RESCUE OKAY. SO IT'S IT'S LISTED AS IT'S AN ADOPTION BUT IT'S A SEPARATE IF YOU LOOK ON THE THE NUMBERS, IT'S LISTED AS A RESCUE. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION AND THIS IS ME JUST NOT KNOWING. DOES THAT DOES THAT AFFECT US AS OUR SHELTER THEN THAT WE'RE SEEING OUR ADOPTION NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN THEN. AND, AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO TO OTHER AREAS.
DOES THAT WHAT DOES WHAT WHAT KIND OF DISPOSITION OR WHAT KIND OF ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL THINGS CAN CAN CAN THAT LEAD TO IF WE IF WE SEE THAT? SO AS A RESCUE, I MEAN ADOPTION AND RESCUE ARE CONSIDERED POSITIVE OUT LIKE OUTCOMES. SO THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED ANY DIFFERENT OUTCOME REALLY. THEY'RE JUST CONSIDERED A POSITIVE OUTCOME. THE SAME THING WITH LIKE A TOW WHICH IS A RETURN TO OWNER. SO THOSE ARE ALL POSITIVE. AND THE RESCUE AND ADOPTIONS KIND OF GET GROUPED TOGETHER. WE JUST SEPARATE THEM OUT SO THAT WE KNOW, HEY, THESE WERE ADOPTED BY CITIZENS AND THESE WERE ADOPTED BY RESCUE GROUPS. IT'S BASICALLY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE.
AND SAME AS THE LAST ONE YOU BROUGHT TO US. I THINK THIS COULD BE SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY GREAT FOR THE SHELTER. I THINK IT COULD, YOU KNOW, HELP THE WORKLOAD ON YOU GUYS. AMBER VOUCHES FOR THEM. THAT TO ME IS GOLDEN. I, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH EXPLORING.
LIKE I SAY, LET'S GET THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT THEIR ADOPTION AND WHAT THEIR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM IS AND REVIEW ALL OF THAT. BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH GATHERING INFORMATION. YEAH, I AGREE. AND IT YOU KNOW, THE MORE ANIMALS THAT WE CAN GET
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INTO LOVING HOMES IS IS THE GOAL. AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE GOT PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE TO BE A PART OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO HELP WITH THAT, MORE THE MERRIER. BRING THEM IN. SO I'M ALL IN AGREEMENT FOR THIS AND WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE IT. THANK YOU. YEAH I WOULD AGREE. I THINK IT PURSUING IT LOOKING AT IT, BUT I THINK LOOKING AT WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE IS THAT IF IT DOESN'T LOCK US INTO ONE SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WOULD PREVENT US FROM WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR WHAT IT MIGHT DO AND WHAT OTHER OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE. I THINK JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, AGAIN, GETTING THE BIGGEST, THE BIGGEST RETURN FOR OUR FOR WHATEVER WE'RE PARTNERING WITH. SO. I MEAN, WHAT ELSE? ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE'LL NOW RECONVENE INTO THE REGULAR SESSION. AND WITH THAT, THERE'S NO OTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOTION TO ADJOURN. I SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE. PLEASE ALLOW THE RECORD TO SHOW. THE MOTION PASSES* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.