1 00:00:04,380 --> 00:00:14,780 Today is Wednesday, September 3rd, it is 2.02, and we will call the animal advisory committee meeting to order. Will our city secretary please hold? 2 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:45,860 We will move to item 4, consideration of an action on meeting minutes. 3 00:00:45,860 --> 00:00:46,900 Okay. 4 00:00:54,130 --> 00:01:01,990 We will bring those back at our next meeting for the minutes of Wednesday, May 6th. 5 00:01:04,090 --> 00:01:13,110 Item 5A, items for discussion, item 5A, discussion and possible action regarding the date for the first quarter meeting. 6 00:01:14,110 --> 00:01:15,090 So if you pass 7 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:25,180 on a Wednesday, December the 9th, it would also be off-site, of course, 8 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:29,560 that may be in place, and we're not going to have to answer the last question, so we're 9 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:30,500 going to set the flag right now. 10 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,940 So, but so that would also either be, I'd see you sooner or don't start on the billy, 11 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,620 ending the renovations that the city is going to 12 00:01:52,940 --> 00:01:52,940 have. 13 00:01:52,940 --> 00:01:55,280 To is there anybody who has a preference? 14 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:57,640 I do not. 15 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:05,310 Councillor Member Sheet, do you have a preference, Dr. Barker? This really is probably more 16 00:02:05,310 --> 00:02:10,710 sillier scheduled than this Wednesday's, okay. 17 00:02:13,970 --> 00:02:15,690 December 2nd. 18 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:24,620 December 9th? December 2nd? December 9th or November 2nd? 19 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:30,860 It says December 2nd online. I got 9th and November 9th. 20 00:02:30,860 --> 00:02:34,440 Okay. Then the 9th. The December 2nd is the Wednesday. 21 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:35,080 Yeah. 22 00:02:37,820 --> 00:02:38,480 It's available. 23 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:41,620 We can do the 9th. 24 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,920 No, it's fine with me. December 2nd. 25 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:44,240 Yeah, 1. 26 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:45,820 December 2nd is good. 27 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:46,200 Okay. 28 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:49,080 It gives time for something to go through. 29 00:02:49,220 --> 00:02:49,480 Okay. 30 00:02:49,780 --> 00:02:49,960 Yeah. 31 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:51,360 2 p.m. 32 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:53,920 Does that work? 33 00:02:54,820 --> 00:02:55,080 Okay. 34 00:02:56,900 --> 00:03:02,300 All right. So the general consensus is Wednesday December 2nd at 2 p.m. 35 00:03:02,300 --> 00:03:03,240 All right. 36 00:03:07,670 --> 00:03:11,230 Item 5B, discussion regarding local rabies control authority. 37 00:03:12,150 --> 00:03:17,130 acronym is L-R-C-A. I will turn this over to A-C-O-Martina. 38 00:03:17,990 --> 00:03:27,970 It's just an update that I was, I was appointed, sorry, I don't know, didn't know the right word. 39 00:03:28,490 --> 00:03:35,170 As a local rabies control authority and we've already been doing it. 40 00:03:35,170 --> 00:03:45,170 And we have the overseen of the quarantines and the byte reports and rabies testing, and that's it. 41 00:03:45,250 --> 00:03:47,030 It's just, I was appointed now. 42 00:03:48,510 --> 00:03:48,990 Yes, ma'am. 43 00:03:49,250 --> 00:03:50,710 Noted any rabies in the area. 44 00:03:50,990 --> 00:03:55,870 We had one positive fact, but that was it in the two years that we've been here. 45 00:03:56,850 --> 00:04:00,850 So, yeah, no, no traveling animals, so that's good. 46 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:12,160 We will move to item 5c discussion regarding local retail outlets available for donation purchase. 47 00:04:14,380 --> 00:04:18,460 We didn't have luck with any of the local retail outlets. 48 00:04:18,860 --> 00:04:20,860 We had tractor supply and converse. 49 00:04:21,100 --> 00:04:22,900 They're providing us with donations. 50 00:04:22,900 --> 00:04:26,620 They split them between converse animal care and our shelter. 51 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,820 And we had puppy power donate grooming services to us. 52 00:04:30,820 --> 00:04:36,740 So, and now that we more frequently needed them, because everybody has to, 53 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:43,160 all the, the stray dogs we picked up recently and needed medical grooming. 54 00:04:43,660 --> 00:04:47,840 So they've given us a special price to get the animals groomed there. 55 00:04:49,940 --> 00:04:50,560 Question? 56 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:51,320 Yes. 57 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,440 Are we not budgeting enough for food for the animals? 58 00:04:56,140 --> 00:04:58,640 We do, yes, that's in the budget, yes. 59 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:05,560 We've made, we've made room this last fiscal year for a budget because the dogs need to be on a steady consistent diet. 60 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:10,240 We purchasing high quality food from Murdoch's at a lower price. 61 00:05:10,580 --> 00:05:20,940 I think it's $33 a bag and that's high quality food versus $60 a bag with like the other diets that we have. 62 00:05:21,140 --> 00:05:26,340 So we've been on a steady diet because it affects them greatly when we don't. 63 00:05:26,340 --> 00:05:30,620 So sometimes the treats that we get donated will trigger diarrhea, so we have to be careful. 64 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:39,140 So this retail outlet donation is donating what we need or what we want to do. 65 00:05:39,580 --> 00:05:45,440 Sometimes, so we can spend money on the other things like bleach, laundry soap, even though we have. 66 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:46,840 Yes, it's not just food. 67 00:05:47,020 --> 00:05:47,940 No, it's not just food. 68 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,040 It's raw hides. 69 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:55,240 We have people donate raw hides for us, cat litter, so we don't have to spend the money to get it. 70 00:05:55,240 --> 00:06:04,160 And, you know, toys and stuff for the dogs, so we don't, you know, people like to donate. 71 00:06:04,300 --> 00:06:14,240 We just have had a big donation, I will make a Facebook post about about, we had a bunch 72 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:19,200 of greenies donated and things like that, so people support us a lot. 73 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:26,060 And I know from a standpoint, so that's the, that's maybe the appearance that, oh, it's not budgeted enough. 74 00:06:26,380 --> 00:06:30,980 But, understandably, most people can't foster. 75 00:06:31,660 --> 00:06:48,420 So, when they can actually donate a bottle of bleach or, you know, a raw hyde or something, it makes them feel like they're doing something, so, that's why there is also an Amazon wish list to that people donate from all the time. 76 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:51,600 And so that actually helps support. 77 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:56,840 So even those retail outlets, there may not be coming through there. 78 00:06:57,280 --> 00:06:59,440 There's definitely doubt nations and other. 79 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:07,260 We've built lots of relationships so far to to get support and whatever we may need. 80 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:09,960 We have had people coming rushing in to help us. 81 00:07:10,260 --> 00:07:15,260 I think when we had the pig or when you had a wife stop somebody donated some leftover 82 00:07:15,260 --> 00:07:15,920 letters. 83 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:25,420 It was actually Peter Piper's pizza, who said that if we would tell people to purchase calendars, 84 00:07:25,580 --> 00:07:31,320 they would give us their leftover salad bar donation each night, which is like a big bag for 85 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:39,200 when we had a pig, a sheep, and the rooster. So that was nice. 86 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:45,660 Oh. 87 00:07:47,940 --> 00:07:53,920 Oh, the gift cards. Oh, that's awesome. For bleach and laundry. So I'll pass those 88 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:55,060 that way. Thank you. 89 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:15,400 I was about to say I think they're DG market now. So in case somebody 90 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,280 He doesn't recognize his $1,000, General. 91 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:19,680 Maybe. 92 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,400 I'm wondering if I can have a hand in the fire. 93 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:24,960 We're more of a welcome than having a fire here. 94 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:26,420 And I wouldn't put out all the things. 95 00:08:27,020 --> 00:08:30,000 If you want to collaborate, just let us know. 96 00:08:30,260 --> 00:08:33,500 It's just in order for me to once create something, 97 00:08:33,820 --> 00:08:35,820 we'll get with some of them. 98 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:36,700 There's one thing in the cap. 99 00:08:36,900 --> 00:08:40,020 You know, if we'll create a fire, you can post it in also. 100 00:08:40,260 --> 00:08:40,600 Maybe. 101 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:42,520 Perfect. 102 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:47,460 Maybe we could make a dollar general wish list, what we can purchase from there, what we need. 103 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,440 Any more discussion on donation? 104 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:03,860 All right, we will move to item 6A, sorry, 6, reports, 6A is staff report quarterly statistics. 105 00:09:04,620 --> 00:09:06,900 I will turn this over to HSU Martinez. 106 00:09:08,220 --> 00:09:18,680 We have our animal statistics, the life release rate says 65.5%, but to us that it's not the goal. 107 00:09:18,820 --> 00:09:23,500 Our goal is public safety and getting the animals off the street that need help. 108 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,840 And what is not calculated in this statistics is all the other animals. 109 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,500 For some reason, it is only dogs and cats. 110 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:40,420 And the owner requested euthanasia still goes and counts against the life release rate, so I don't think that should be like that. 111 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:48,960 We have taken in 56 dogs, as you can see. 112 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,220 We returned 7 back to owner. 113 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:57,580 The owner does have to pay the impoundment fees and have to provide proof of rabies, microchips, sterilization, 114 00:09:57,580 --> 00:10:00,200 Well, sterilization only if we impound at the dog. 115 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:02,260 So that's what our ordinance says. 116 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,200 So I would like to see an ordinance where we can say, 117 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:07,160 we see a dog free of restraint. 118 00:10:07,380 --> 00:10:08,300 You need to get it fixed. 119 00:10:08,940 --> 00:10:09,620 That would be nice. 120 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:14,680 And we've built new partnerships. 121 00:10:15,180 --> 00:10:17,280 We have somebody coming today to pick up 122 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:19,020 the rest of our six guinea pigs. 123 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:20,600 It's a rescue. 124 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:23,600 And 125 00:10:26,070 --> 00:10:28,670 yeah, and we have currently at the shelter 126 00:10:28,670 --> 00:10:33,270 we have seven dogs, one cat, four guinea pigs. 127 00:10:33,890 --> 00:10:36,950 We have three dogs in foster care and four cats in foster care. 128 00:10:38,550 --> 00:10:41,450 And some of them are fostered to adopt because they're too small, 129 00:10:42,010 --> 00:10:44,430 too tiny to be fixed, especially the kiddies. 130 00:10:46,050 --> 00:10:49,430 And there's one dog that was heart-run positive, 131 00:10:51,450 --> 00:10:52,990 should be done in October. 132 00:10:54,090 --> 00:10:56,510 And then he will get adopted out as well. 133 00:10:58,810 --> 00:11:14,910 I prefer foster to adopt because with regular foster my experience is that people don't bring them and they sit and foster care longer while instead of being at the shelter, except for the bottle, maybe the kittens, those come back fairly quickly. 134 00:11:16,690 --> 00:11:18,350 Do you have any questions? 135 00:11:18,350 --> 00:11:19,330 All 136 00:11:22,020 --> 00:11:27,480 right, we will move to item 6b, staff report, general updates. 137 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:33,840 General Shelter, we have some repairs that are going to be done, the kennels that were 138 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:40,820 built, the dogs were chewing on the metal play before we got there, probably due to lack 139 00:11:40,820 --> 00:11:47,780 of enrichment and stuff, so the whole, there's an outside part that was homemade with those 140 00:11:47,780 --> 00:11:52,920 chemical bears that they cut slices out and use that as a port to go to the outside 141 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:58,740 kennels and those have to be redone. We're starting on one side first. We're working 142 00:11:58,740 --> 00:12:04,420 on it now. One side and then in the winter when we move all the dogs over to the other 143 00:12:04,420 --> 00:12:08,280 side that's where the sun hits and it's warmer in the evening. They like to lay in the 144 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:15,660 sun and in the summer we have them on the shady side. And we're doing good on space currently. 145 00:12:15,660 --> 00:12:18,580 We do pick up every stray animal that we see. 146 00:12:18,740 --> 00:12:21,700 We're trying to build our knowledge of the community. 147 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:30,600 We know now which dog lives where and get compliance from people and I shouldn't have said 148 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:30,780 that. 149 00:12:30,900 --> 00:12:35,460 I'm sorry, so we're doing good. 150 00:12:36,140 --> 00:12:36,980 I'm happy. 151 00:12:37,220 --> 00:12:42,680 Our dogs, we have a good group right now. 152 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:54,720 Now we just send one home foster to adopt, it's been busier lately, but we're overall doing good what we have. 153 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:13,780 We will move to item seven, request by committee members for items to be placed on future animal advisory committee agendas and announcements on city events in community interest. 154 00:13:14,420 --> 00:13:19,300 Dr. Rowland, would you like to start with you, don't forget when we go around. 155 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:26,900 Yes, ma'am. I just want to remind everybody tonight is a town hall meeting at 6.30. If you have any last questions 156 00:13:26,900 --> 00:13:29,960 We had a town hall meeting two weeks ago as well 157 00:13:30,620 --> 00:13:35,740 And we've been having uncle and discussion. So please come out if you have questions in reference to the public budget 158 00:13:35,740 --> 00:13:38,080 Got here some of the things we're trying to do 159 00:13:38,740 --> 00:13:42,540 And then number two tomorrow Thursday will have our final 160 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:47,060 City Council meeting for this year we run on a 161 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:52,440 physically you're not a calendar here. So a year will be in September 30th City 162 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:57,120 Council will approve the tax rate and also adopt the proposed budget so come 163 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:03,760 out and see how your city works. We also have National Idol. It's going to be in 164 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:13,600 October and October 6th and then those are the two main things that are going on in 165 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:18,740 reference to things in the community. So please come out next week. We have a number of meetings. 166 00:14:19,380 --> 00:14:24,760 We kick off with economic development on Monday. Please, please, please stay informed. We have 167 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:32,100 a mass notification system where you can get emails, phone numbers, where text messages. It's free 168 00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:38,100 to you. All you have to do is register and then you will get advanced three-day reminder 169 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:43,420 when all these activities are going on so if you're not on Facebook you're not on 170 00:14:43,420 --> 00:14:48,660 some of the other things if you have the the mass notification system you'll 171 00:14:48,660 --> 00:14:54,280 get email, text or phone call however you accept it in sub to 27 languages 172 00:15:02,420 --> 00:15:03,320 That's another sheet. 173 00:15:05,580 --> 00:15:32,400 The change in the ordinance. Do you know the number on the ordinance? No, I can find it for you an email. You need to change. What do you need changed in that? It is that an owner has to the animal has to be impounded for us in order to request to require the owner of sterilization. And so impound means we pick up 174 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:37,880 the animal, but if I see the dog loose frequently and we have some dogs that run home right away, we know it's 175 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:44,060 a dog. I think the owner should be mandated to sterilize that animal because it's roaming free of 176 00:15:44,060 --> 00:15:47,460 restraint. The city of San Antonio does the same thing. I can send it to you. 177 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:49,520 Okay, thanks. 178 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:50,180 Yes, ma'am. 179 00:15:53,060 --> 00:16:00,920 Do you want to bring that to our next meeting or do you want to get information? 180 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:06,120 Let's put it on the next meeting which will be December and then by that time we should 181 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:11,380 have had time to review out the wording or whatever and bring it up and then they can send 182 00:16:11,380 --> 00:16:11,840 it to the council. 183 00:16:12,420 --> 00:16:12,560 Perfect. 184 00:16:13,180 --> 00:16:14,080 If you could add that. 185 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:18,500 Dr. Werther. 186 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:21,040 Okay. 187 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:23,580 I do not have anything. 188 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:32,140 Thank you guys for coming and spending the 17 minutes with us. 189 00:16:34,460 --> 00:16:36,820 And with that, I will adjourn the meeting. 190 00:16:37,260 --> 00:16:37,960 Thank you. 191 00:16:38,220 --> 00:16:38,720 Thank you. 192 00:16:39,260 --> 00:16:41,640 Oh, sorry, meeting adjourned at 2.18.