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[0:22] Very good. I am going to open the agenda

[0:26] for the LaPorte County Animal Shelter Advisory Committee meeting

[0:30] for Thursday, October 1,

[0:33] 2026 at 4:49 p.m. m. I'm Brett Kessler

[0:36] , the vice president, because our

[0:37] president is in Wisconsin at the

[0:39] World Dairy Expo. Please stand

[0:42] for the Pledge of Allegiance.

[0:46] Mr. Handley.

[0:48] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[0:50] United States of America and to the

[0:52] republic for which it stands, one nation

[0:55] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:58] justice for all.

[1:04] Who is our secretary?

[1:09] Are you ready to take attendance? Take

[1:10] attendance.

[1:13] I had

[1:14] never had to do it before.

[1:15] Oh. Very well, simply turn around

[1:21] the table and indicate that you are here.

[1:23] Amanda Lainer is present.

[1:25] Adam Handley, LaPorte County Sheriff's Office

[1:26] .

[1:28] Lisa Balaszi, generally present.

[1:30] County Commissioner Joe Haney,

[1:32] present.

[1:32] Director Brooke Heady-Bowen.

[1:35] Brett Kessler, Vice President,

[1:37] County Council Representative.

[1:40] Very well, let's move on to item number four in

[1:42] our minutes, approval of the

[1:44] minutes of the June meeting. Does

[1:46] anyone have any additions or

[1:47] corrections to those minutes?

[2:05] Motion to approve.

[2:06] Motion to be approved by Ms. Land?

[2:08] Seconded by Dr. Clovis. Any

[2:11] discussion? Since none are seen, all

[2:13] those who are in favor should indicate this

[2:15] by saying "Yes".

[2:16] Those who oppose it? The motion is

[2:18] approved. Is

[2:26] Mrs. Land still there or not?

[2:28] Yes, I think so.

[2:29] Mrs. Land, are you still there? Yes.

[2:31] Okay. I'm sorry. We

[2:33] also have Luann Troxel on the

[2:35] phone. So, to be

[2:37] clear. Very good,

[2:39] shelter statistics, Ms. Kegley.

[2:41] Very good. In September, we received 28

[2:46] dogs and 36 cats at the shelter. We didn't

[2:49] have any other animal species.

[2:52] We returned 12 dogs to their owners,

[2:55] we did not return any cats to their owners.

[2:59] Ten dogs were adopted, double the number from

[3:01] last month, so it was great.

[3:03] Adoptions of 19 cats. We have

[3:06] transferred six dogs to other

[3:08] facilities, and 23 cats to other

[3:11] facilities. No dog died

[3:15] under our care. Yes, a

[3:16] cat died while in our care.

[3:18] A dog and 11 cats were

[3:21] humanely euthanized. As of yesterday, at the

[3:25] end of yesterday, we had 21 dogs at

[3:28] home, 24 cats, seven dogs in

[3:30] foster homes, 54 cats in

[3:33] foster homes, and our

[3:35] live animal release rate by the end of the month was

[3:38] 84%. Ten loose animals were reported

[3:42] , along with four bites, seven cases

[3:46] of negligence and cruelty, and 11 other

[3:49] complaints, bringing the total to 32

[3:52] complaints. Does

[3:55] anyone have any questions about the

[3:56] shelter's statistical reports?

[3:58] What's included in others, just out of

[4:00] curiosity?

[4:01] Well, usually it's our

[4:02] chickens and our turkeys.

[4:05] Peacocks occasionally.

[4:07] Yes, I mean, if we had anything

[4:09] else, it would all fall apart like

[4:10] rabbits or turtles or,

[4:12] I mean, other complaints.

[4:14] Oh, uh, it could be many

[4:16] different things. Aggression, noise complaints

[4:19] . I only listed these three

[4:24] specifically because they are the ones we

[4:26] receive most frequently out of all

[4:28] . I'm just

[4:29] curious.

[4:30] And then, of the 10 dog adoptions

[4:33] , some of them were of a mother and

[4:35] five puppies.

[4:37] So far, only the

[4:38] mother has been adopted.

[4:39] Oh, okay. Alright.

[4:40] Well, owners have been found, but they

[4:42] weren't neutered, so they have

[4:44] n't been adopted yet.

[4:46] But no, that was a really

[4:47] good case.

[4:49] Yes.

[4:52] So, does anyone have any more

[4:53] shelter statistics? Brooke

[4:56] , if you continue with the

[4:57] staffing.

[4:59] Very good. My update is that we're still doing

[5:02] well. Four

[5:04] full-time positions and including our

[5:06] contracted part-time position, that

[5:08] makes five part-time employees.

[5:11] Okay. Pending issues,

[5:13] 501c3 foundation update.

[5:17] Yes, I have good news. The

[5:19] presentation will take place today. If it's not

[5:22] done today, it won't be done on

[5:23] time; it will be tomorrow. The

[5:26] DiMartino County Prosecutor, in his

[5:28] private capacity, will handle this for

[5:30] us free of charge. It will be

[5:33] presented today or tomorrow. He is

[5:35] scheduled to do it today, which is

[5:36] good. Everything is going well in the meantime,

[5:40] like everything else we do outside

[5:41] of court. Yes, there it is

[5:44] .

[5:44] Excellent. And that will make those funds,

[5:47] to which people donate their last

[5:49] wishes or whatever, much

[5:52] easier for the

[5:54] small animal shelter staff to access and

[5:56] use to help the community

[5:58] and animals of Polk County.

[6:02] Yes, and it will also allow the

[6:04] foundation to go out and do many more

[6:06] donation campaigns and things like that. There

[6:09] is a limitation here, you know,

[6:11] regarding the current status of the shelter.

[6:13] So it's going to make things much easier

[6:16] . Hopefully, it will also bring many

[6:17] more donations.

[6:18] Yes. Excellent. Very good. We continue

[6:22] with the pending issues on the agenda:

[6:25] the new ordinance 2026-3.

[6:31] That was the ordinance on

[6:35] community management of cats, capture,

[6:36] sterilization and return, and

[6:37] shelter sterilization. Well, that

[6:40] was approved by the commissioners and it

[6:43] passed. Well, that's already in effect.

[6:46] We, as a shelter, do not currently have a

[6:48] program for the

[6:50] return of spay/neuter services to the

[6:52] shelter. However, this simply

[6:55] aligns better with

[6:56] current practices in

[6:58] Polk County.

[6:59] Okay. I had several questions from

[7:02] some people who were curious

[7:04] about what this meant. As you rightly

[7:06] said, it's about adapting

[7:07] county ordinances to best

[7:09] practices in light of what's happening,

[7:11] and also aligning those ordinances

[7:13] with some of the amazing

[7:15] rescue groups we have here in the

[7:16] county to make sure everyone

[7:18] is on the same page. So,

[7:20] nothing really changed apart from the

[7:21] ordinances. Everything that was

[7:23] happening is still, you know, functioning

[7:24] normally. We simply aligned

[7:26] our ordinances and brought them out of the

[7:28] Stone Age; not that they were in

[7:29] the Stone Age, but they needed an

[7:31] update.

[7:32] In the undergrowth, not on the rocks.

[7:33] Yes, there you have it. Very

[7:35] good. Thank you so much for that. About the

[7:37] work trucks.

[7:43] I could talk a little. I was going

[7:44] to say that I knew you had something. I

[7:47] went and spoke with our excellent

[7:48] workers we have in the shop,

[7:50] Sam, who drives those trucks a lot. And

[7:53] he said, you know, honestly, both

[7:55] are rapidly approaching the end

[7:58] of their useful life. Obviously, he

[8:00] would suggest that the truck with the highest

[8:02] mileage should be the first to leave.

[8:04] And I think that's the newest truck

[8:05] , but it has more miles on it. It has

[8:08] already undergone some

[8:09] fairly significant repairs. But both have

[8:14] high mileage, so they haven't

[8:17] reached the point where it's not a

[8:20] rip-off, but they're getting close. So I

[8:23] think it would be wise if

[8:25] we at least developed a plan for one

[8:27] vehicle, what that vehicle would be,

[8:30] what the cost is going to be, and then, you

[8:32] know, I think two

[8:34] vehicles are probably going to be difficult, but

[8:36] at least we developed a plan for one.

[8:38] Good.

[8:39] We'll try to get it up and running maybe

[8:40] next year.

[8:41] And I think we've talked about this in

[8:43] previous meetings, probably a

[8:45] van of some kind would be a

[8:47] better option than a truck.

[8:49] Obviously we have the

[8:51] livestock trailer here that might need a

[8:53] truck at some point, but we have

[8:56] county road or county maintenance trucks

[8:58] that, if we needed to move the

[9:00] trailer,

[9:00] we could do that, right?

[9:01] We can do it.

[9:02] OK.

[9:03] But vans would be much more

[9:05] accessible, much easier for

[9:07] cages, with

[9:10] climate-related temperature control, they would make much more sense.

[9:13] Well, we haven't reached that

[9:16] point yet, but as we

[9:19] see it, you know, some kind of Isuzu,

[9:22] Ford, whatever. You know, look at it

[9:25] that way. Thank you for

[9:32] going out and talking to them. Does anyone

[9:36] else have any other

[9:37] pending matters that we haven't included on

[9:39] the agenda? It

[9:41] probably covers the memorandum of

[9:42] understanding here. Do

[9:44] you want to add it to your to-do list

[9:44] ?

[9:45] Yes, I could too.

[9:46] Then, D will add a memorandum of

[9:50] understanding with our current

[9:54] shelter liaison. I don't know what to say. That

[9:56] works according to that memorandum of

[9:57] understanding.

[9:58] Very good. I would make a motion to

[10:00] approve the memorandum of understanding

[10:02] here between the animal shelter and

[10:04] Ms. Boyd.

[10:06] Support. I'm sorry.

[10:08] We have a motion from Mr. Haney,

[10:10] seconded by Mr. Hannon. Debate.

[10:16] Madam President, do you have anything to

[10:17] say about this, or is this okay?

[10:19] I'm fine.

[10:20] OK. With no further discussion, all

[10:24] those who are in favor of signing the

[10:25] memorandum of understanding until

[10:27] 31/12/2026 with Ms. Boyd and the

[10:31] animal shelter, please indicate this by

[10:33] saying yes.

[10:34] Yes.

[10:34] Those who oppose it?

[10:35] Yes. Since no

[10:37] one is present, the motion is approved.

[10:39] Thank you. Very good. Let's move on to new

[10:50] matters. Air conditioning units

[10:52] . I

[10:54] understand we have about three

[10:56] air conditioning units here,

[10:58] all dedicated to different parts of the

[11:00] shelter. One of them is down.

[11:03] Cool down, I mean, three places: the

[11:10] laundry room, the adoptable cat room,

[11:12] and our meeting

[11:15] and welcome area. The

[11:19] building maintenance team is working on getting us the

[11:21] quotes. We've received two

[11:23] quotes, but they're still

[11:25] waiting for the

[11:26] third. Okay. Okay. And well, it's a

[11:29] two-ton air conditioning unit

[11:31] , we're waiting for those

[11:33] quotes. We may have another

[11:36] participant from the county who is

[11:38] willing to step in and help with

[11:40] funding, so we wouldn't have to

[11:42] take money from our own funds.

[11:45] We just have to wait for the

[11:47] budgets and then we would have to

[11:49] contact that person, and

[11:50] Brooke and I have already talked about that, and

[11:52] then we had to follow the

[11:54] proper channels through the county to

[11:56] get them. If budgets come in,

[11:59] I think they will come in and I think you

[12:00] think they will come in, and I think we'll

[12:02] probably agree on

[12:04] that. So, I hope that doesn't

[12:08] involve any out-of-pocket expenses for the

[12:10] shelter itself. Is it

[12:12] for a new unit or for repair?

[12:13] Replace it.

[12:15] Yes. It's a complete replacement. This is beyond

[12:18] repair. I'll just say

[12:19] that I'm not surprised. But

[12:21] none of that is new, not by a long shot.

[12:23] No.

[12:25] Okay. Well, with that, thank you, Brooke.

[12:28] The city of La Porte does not have an

[12:30] animal control officer.

[12:32] Yes, for anyone who doesn't know, they

[12:34] no longer have an animal control officer

[12:37] there. They only had one. Well

[12:41] , that position is currently vacant.

[12:44] We are helping in any way we can

[12:46] . I would ask,

[12:49] when did that happen?

[12:51] A couple of weeks ago. It was the week I

[12:54] was on vacation.

[12:56] Okay. Well, it

[12:58] never fails.

[13:00] How did you finish the count? How many

[13:04] dogs and cats do we have in La Porte City

[13:07] ? Thank you. La Porte City. Well, it seems we

[13:19] have about 35 now. And well,

[13:24] we've adopted a couple since the last

[13:26] time you and I talked about it, but

[13:29] yes, we have about 35 animals in La

[13:32] Porte City currently. Many of them

[13:35] are in foster homes. Because

[13:37] they are cats, kittens.

[13:41] Very good. Are they planning to fill that

[13:43] position? The city of LaPorte, do we

[13:45] know it? It is

[13:47] currently being debated.

[13:48] Okay, it's currently being debated.

[13:52] Currently, the county is in

[13:53] discussions with the city

[13:54] regarding them. Obviously, they don't have

[13:57] their own shelter, so we take in

[13:59] many of their animals in their own

[14:00] incorporated municipality. Therefore,

[14:02] they need...If they are going to continue

[14:03] using us, there must be some kind

[14:05] of reimbursement or memorandum of

[14:06] understanding between the city and the

[14:08] county. And right now we're in

[14:10] discussions with the city,

[14:11] preliminary discussions to

[14:12] figure out exactly how

[14:13] that reimbursement structure is going to work.

[14:16] And one thing that's probably

[14:18] worth mentioning and bringing up as we

[14:20] go along is that they don't currently have

[14:22] an animal control officer. Yes,

[14:26] I hope they fill that position and do what is

[14:27] necessary about it. If something gets

[14:29] blocked there, what would be the

[14:31] board's or shelter's feelings about it

[14:34] ? I thought about this in the past

[14:36] because your previous animal control officer

[14:38] worked part-time

[14:40] , as I understand it,

[14:42] right?

[14:42] Was it a full-time position?

[14:44] Full-time?

[14:45] Yes, it was a full-time position.

[14:46] Was it full-time? Okay. OK

[14:48] . I remember that there were some who

[14:50] used that person, I think, for

[14:51] half animal control and half something else

[14:53] . They

[14:54] split it up, or

[14:55] she would work in

[14:57] code enforcement and then in

[14:58] court. I worked in

[15:00] code compliance.

[15:00] But he worked full time. As

[15:02] far as

[15:02] I know, he worked full time. In

[15:04] other words, without speaking to Dermody, I'm almost

[15:06] certain that she worked

[15:07] full-time.

[15:08] That's what I always understood when

[15:10] I spoke to her, that she worked

[15:11] full time. I think we need to be

[15:16] very careful. Because they will try

[15:19] with all their might to make us do their

[15:21] work and not pay for it.

[15:24] We have made an extra effort. They've been

[15:26] so generous over the years

[15:28] with New Carlisle, Michigan City,

[15:30] Kingsbury Heights, and Westville, and yeah,

[15:32] so

[15:34] everyone else is like, "Well, they're

[15:35] doing it, so we

[15:37] can do it too."

[15:39] And we don't have the staff.

[15:40] No, not even space. We don't have it. They're

[15:44] a municipality, and one of the things that, you

[15:46] know, for anyone who tunes in

[15:48] and sees, uh, you know, the

[15:49] municipal tax you pay, if you live in the city

[15:51] , you pay higher taxes. And one of

[15:54] the responsibilities of cities

[15:56] is animal control. Therefore

[15:58] , they can handle it

[15:59] internally or they could outsource it.

[16:00] For example, if they didn't want to deal with

[16:02] that, they could hire the county. Not

[16:05] only as a physical shelter to

[16:06] house their animals;

[16:08] They could also hire animal control

[16:10] through us. But they would have to

[16:13] , you know, hire us and pay us

[16:15] something to provide

[16:17] animal control in the city of LaPorte.

[16:19] Again, as if

[16:20] you were paying more to the city, you are

[16:22] paying. If you live in the county, you're

[16:24] paying about 1.7 out of every 100. If you live

[16:25] in the city, you're paying almost three

[16:27] out of every 100. So, you know, that

[16:29] extra money you're paying as a

[16:30] city resident goes toward...

[16:32] Some of that should go toward

[16:33] animal control. So, it

[16:35] 's not like...Yeah, it's not like, you know,

[16:37] when you talk about 911 or

[16:39] emergency medical services, where it's something that

[16:40] the county provides countywide

[16:42] . You know, for the

[16:43] LaPorte County Animal Shelter, we're here

[16:44] for unincorporated areas

[16:46] , not incorporated municipalities.

[16:47] The municipalities obtain their own

[16:49] funding for that. They're not

[16:50] using it for that. They should

[16:52] hire us and pay us for that, because it's

[16:53] not right that unincorporated areas

[16:55] , you know, subsidize the

[16:57] city in that way, when

[16:58] city residents are already

[17:00] paying for that too. Anyway, I

[17:01] just want to make sure that

[17:02] was clear to the public.

[17:03] Brooke, I appreciate you and your staff

[17:05] taking care of those

[17:07] extra animals in the meantime, and

[17:09] providing that service to ensure

[17:11] the animals are well looked after,

[17:13] and it shows that, you know, we

[17:15] should all want to be leaders in everything we

[17:17] do. We are demonstrating that through

[17:20] the care of animals.

[17:22] So we appreciate it.

[17:24] Oh, that's right. That brings me to my other

[17:26] point about all of that. Would there be

[17:28] interest if the city—and I have no

[17:30] idea if the city wants to do this

[17:31] or not, but just as we're in

[17:33] negotiations with them to house

[17:35] their animals—La Porte County

[17:40] would be willing to provide them with an

[17:42] animal control officer if they

[17:44] reimbursed us for it and hired us

[17:46] for that job? I mean

[17:47] , they would have to pay the

[17:48] full salary.

[17:49] Yes. Yes.

[17:50] they would. Yes. Yes. It will be a

[17:51] full-time position. That can't

[17:53] come from any of his other positions.

[17:55] Can you hire someone else to

[17:56] do that?

[17:57] If they pay. If the city pays for it, then they don't

[17:59] even have to

[18:01] do it. If they want a

[18:02] comprehensive solution for the animal control period

[18:04] within the

[18:05] city limits, perhaps they could come up with a

[18:07] figure.

[18:07] Yes. Yes. Yes, there should be one. I

[18:09] think it would be worth discussing. I'm

[18:10] going to send them the discussion. It would be

[18:12] very interesting to see it. Well, I

[18:14] was already debating whether whoever they

[18:16] brought on board, we could help

[18:18] train them. Well, if that's something

[18:22] we're considering, then I think

[18:24] the biggest problem is the number of

[18:26] animals coming from La Porte City and

[18:29] what they're going to do with the animals they do

[18:31] n't have a place for. So, it does

[18:35] n't solve the problem if we can

[18:37] give them an animal control officer

[18:39] , but that doesn't solve their

[18:40] problem.

[18:41] Oh, yes, it would have to be both,

[18:43] but yes, I'm just

[18:44] dropping it.

[18:45] Yes, if we wanted to, you know, if there

[18:47] was interest in taking it on. If there

[18:49] were one, obviously we would...

[18:50] That might be worth discussing.

[18:52] Of course.

[18:54] Very good. Anything more on that at this

[18:56] time? Good. Moving on to number nine

[19:00] on our agenda,

[19:01] public disclosure. Updates on

[19:05] past events, creature of the

[19:06] week.

[19:07] Yes, the creature of the week

[19:09] is back. Well, we have a

[19:13] slot approximately once a month

[19:16] on Eagle 96.7 FM. Last month

[19:21] we talked about Earl, who was finally

[19:25] adopted and went to his new home.

[19:31] Tomorrow is the next one. At 7:45 in

[19:34] the morning we will talk about a dog that has been

[19:37] here for a while. It's called

[19:39] Biscotti. Do you want me to move on to the

[19:44] next thing?

[19:45] Go straight to them.

[19:46] Okay. We went to the movies at

[19:51] Stone Lake Park on June 26th. We didn't receive

[19:58] any donations, or very few, while we

[20:00] were there, but it was still a

[20:02] good exposure for our dog,

[20:04] who at that time was called Maddie.

[20:07] He left. He had a good time. She loved

[20:10] all children and now she has

[20:12] officially gone home too. On June 28th

[20:15] we had the

[20:18] LaPorte Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram car show.

[20:22] We received over $700 from

[20:25] donations at the booth and from

[20:28] car show tickets. The

[20:36] pop-up VR event we did, I'm sorry I don't

[20:39] have a date here, but it rained

[20:42] a bit on us, but we were brave. The

[20:47] assistant director, myself, Dr. Pink, and a couple

[20:50] of people from the All Creature Features

[20:53] Animal Hospital joined us,

[20:55] and even in the pouring rain,

[20:58] we implanted microchips in 12 animals.

[21:04] The Bark and Bloom event took place

[21:06] at Blue Family Farms

[21:08] last weekend, on September 26th. Again, it

[21:12] was a good exhibition, a welcome

[21:14] break from the shelter for some of

[21:15] our dogs. Snow White and Lucky

[21:18] Penny were able to leave and take a

[21:20] break from the shelter. And that's all

[21:25] about disclosure.

[21:26] Okay. And now, updates on

[21:28] future events. I see four there.

[21:30] Are you planning to do the same thing for Halloween

[21:32] as you did with us last year

[21:33] ? In

[21:35] fact, it will take place on the same day as

[21:37] another event. Alright

[21:38] .

[21:39] Yes.

[21:39] But you can go ahead and talk about

[21:40] the rest.

[21:41] Well, Aurelio's Pizza, its owner

[21:43] contacted us and now they

[21:46] are printing, well, they have a

[21:48] store to which we send flyers.

[21:51] They pay for the flyers and

[21:53] are adding them to their pizza boxes.

[21:55] So some of our

[21:57] adoptable animals are being exhibited in that

[21:58] way.

[21:59] That's great.

[22:01] Auto Park Ford of LaPorte. So,

[22:05] they're organizing an event. This is

[22:07] the event that will take place on the same

[22:09] night as the Halloween event, or the

[22:11] same day, sorry. But on

[22:13] October 24th at 10:00 a.m. m. at 1:00 p.m. m.

[22:17] There will be raffles there. There will be

[22:20] food trucks there. The profits will be

[22:22] split 50/50 between us and

[22:24] Giant Paw Prints. I hope we can go

[22:29] there and set up another

[22:31] microchip station and also show

[22:35] some of our dogs and cats.

[22:38] Excellent. It's a

[22:40] day holiday for dogs, so it's

[22:42] going pretty well. Our friends

[22:44] at Soil and Water and Purdue Extension have been

[22:46] doing this for several months. They

[22:49] normally bring the dogs to their

[22:51] office once a week, but now

[22:54] the LaPorte County Courthouse

[22:56] is also involved and they bring one

[22:59] dog every Thursday and another every Friday

[23:02] .

[23:03] Brilliant. The

[23:05] dogs go outside and receive the attention they

[23:08] so desperately need, and get away from the

[23:10] stressful environment.

[23:13] Where are you going to put the

[23:14] horse division with that? It sounds fantastic. I

[23:18] was also talking to the

[23:20] sheriff's shop and I told them, "You guys

[23:22] need to have a dog around

[23:24] here too." Photos with Santa Claus. Pet

[23:29] Supplies Plus has already started

[23:31] planning for this on December 12th

[23:33] . They already have Santa Claus ready and

[23:39] he will be there.

[23:42] Excellent. With that, that's the

[23:47] public outreach portion of our agenda

[23:49] . Does anyone have anything else to add

[23:51] to the public disclosure at this

[23:52] time?

[23:53] Yes, I...

[23:55] I'll add that, and this is really a

[23:58] public disclosure. Sorry, I got

[24:01] ahead of myself.

[24:02] No, you're fine.

[24:03] But I applied for our grant from

[24:06] the Unity Foundation and we received our

[24:09] check. So, if anyone is

[24:13] curious about the amount, it was $

[24:16] 61,430.

[24:18] Oh.

[24:19] So, the goal is to buy a

[24:21] vehicle with all that?

[24:23] Well, I told them about a couple of

[24:25] projects we were

[24:26] planning to work on next year.

[24:30] A new vehicle, but I also

[24:32] talked about how we have some

[24:34] kennels that really need to be

[24:35] replaced. So, yes, the money

[24:39] is... It's

[24:40] great to know that those funds are

[24:42] there.

[24:43] And they have to be used before the

[24:44] end of the year, is that what

[24:45] happens?

[24:46] So, they said they have to be used

[24:51] within a certain timeframe, but I don't know if

[24:55] that's a definite thing. I feel that it's

[24:58] more that

[24:59] you have to have an end goal with

[25:00] it.

[25:00] I think we corrected it. I think it was only

[25:03] necessary if we're working on something

[25:05] and we can sit there and say to them, "

[25:06] Hey, if X Yes." So I think

[25:09] they're willing to work with

[25:11] us on that. It's just that, yes, it's just that if we do

[25:13] n't end up using them for what they

[25:15] 're intended for, then we don't do it

[25:17] . So

[25:18] what, do you keep the money

[25:19] ?

[25:20] Correct.

[25:21] Yes. So, with that, we'll move

[25:23] forward and close the

[25:25] public disclosure, the public comments.

[25:30] Seeing that there is no one from the public here

[25:31] , we will proceed and close

[25:32] public comments. With that, number

[25:35] 11.

[25:37] He presents a motion for closure.

[25:38] Motion to adjourn by Mr. Haney,

[25:40] seconded by Ms. Kackman. Everyone

[25:43] who is in favor?

[25:44] Yes.

[25:45] The session is adjourned.

LaPorte County Animal Shelter Advisory Committee October 1, 2026

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