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HAVE ONE 30.[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
SO I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NEED TO DO IS CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO NOTE? NO CHANGES.
SO I NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THEM AS WRITTEN AND A MAKE THE MOTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THE MOTION.
THE MINUTES THEN STAND APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
[2. Report on shelter statistical data.]
THE NEXT IS OUR REPORT ON SHELTER, STATISTICAL DATA.ANY COMMENTS THERE? NUMBERS LOOK PRETTY.
THEY LOOK PRETTY EVEN FROM A YEAR AGO.
AND UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE STAFF HAS ANYTHING THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, A QUESTION NOW, WHERE ARE WE ON STAFFING? ARE WE, DO WE, DO WE GET ONE MORE OR WHERE ARE WE DEPUTY, WE'RE STILL DOWN AT KENNEL TECH POSITION HERE.
WE'RE DOWN ONE KENNEL TECH POSITION.
AND ARE WE INTERVIEWING FOR IT OR? YES, WE STILL HAVE MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS COMING UP.
SO THAT IS STILL IN THE CONVERSATION? ABSOLUTELY.
AND HOW'S THAT WORKING WITH THE KENNEL TECH? HOW DO WE LIKE THAT?
YEAH, WELL IT'S JUST SOMETHING NEW.
AND UH, I'VE HEARD VERY, VERY FAVORABLE THINGS, SO BRING IT ON.
WE'D LIKE, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT OTHER ONE.
[3. Discussion on future meeting dates.]
MEETING DATES, I WOULD PROPOSE MAYBE EARLY FEBRUARY, DEPENDING ON WEATHER.TEXAS
LET ME GET A CALENDAR CUZ I DON'T KNOW WHAT WEDNESDAY IS IN FEBRUARY.
YOU WANNA TELL ME WHAT WEDNESDAY'S IN FEBRUARY? MAYBE THE SECOND ONE.
WEDNESDAYS WE GOT, WE GOT THE FIRST EIGHTH, 15TH, AND THE 22ND.
I PROPOSED WE DO IT AT ONE 30 ON FEBRUARY 8TH.
IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYONE? BEAUTIFUL.
[4. Discussion and election of Vice Chairperson.]
NEED A VICE CHAIRPERSON, WHICH CAN'T BE ME.KAREN, WOULD YOU LIKE THAT POSITION? WELL, YES, I WOULD LIKE THAT POSITION.
CAN WE ALL APPROVE THAT? I APPROVE NOMINATION AND SECOND, AND THAT'S APPROVED.
SO KAREN WILL BE OUR VICE CHAIRPERSON AND BE IN CONTROL IF I'M NOT HERE.
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WE NEED TO DISCUSS TODAY? I, DR.I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP IN THESE PREVIOUS MINUTES.
UM, WE DID MAKE IT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE REPRESENTATION THERE WITH THE TRAILER AND EVERYTHING.
UM, AND LIKE MARK SAID THIS A SECOND AGO, UH, INTERVIEWS AND APPLICATIONS KEEP HITTING, UH, FOR THE ADDITIONAL KENNEL TECH SPOT AND JUST TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT FIT, RIGHT, THE PERSON FOR THAT JOB TO FIT THIS GOOD TEAM THAT WE HAVE OUT HERE.
WHAT ARE THE HOURS? IT'S A FULL-TIME JOB.
UM, THE HOURS RIGHT NOW COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO A SCHEDULE WITH THE, THE TEAM AND HOW JUST IN CASE SOMEONE FLOWS THROUGH MY OFFICE THAT NEEDS RIGHT.
UM, FOUR TENS PROBABLY, UM, POSSIBLY AS PEOPLE OUT THERE START TO SMILE
UM, BUT DEFINITELY HAVE FULL-TIME WORK SCHEDULE.
AARON, YOU HAVE MORE? WELL, I, I, I DO HAVE A FEW GO FOR IT IF IT'S APPROPRIATE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU DR.
REED AND MICHELLE FOR RE VOLUNTEERING FOR THIS BOARD.
AND I, I JUST, I'M JUST HONORED TO TO SIT NEXT TO YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU.
UM, WELL I DID HAVE SOME REMARKS FOR MR. FARCO, SO I'LL JUST PRETEND THAT HE'S HERE.
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LAST NIGHT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, MR. BARCO DID BRING ATTENTION TO THE PODIUM REGARDING OUR NON-PUBLIC ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, PROCLAMATION AND IT'S PERSONAL OPINION, BUTAND ESPECIALLY WITH TWO OF OUR NEW MEMBERS AT THE SHELTER.
ALEX AND LAUREN, THANK YOU GIRLS.
WE, WE, THIS IS NOT AN EASY JOB AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING PART A BIG, BIG PART OF OUR SHELTER.
AND MARK A 30 YEAR EMPLOYEE, AGAIN, I WAS VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED.
I KNOW THAT THINGS HAPPEN, BUT MY DAD ALWAYS TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, NEVER SAY NEVER.
IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT THIS CAN BE SCHEDULED AND OUR PEOPLE CAN COME AND BE RECOGNIZED IN FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITIZENS? I THINK THAT THEY DESERVE THAT.
AND SPEAKING OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES, THERE THEY ARE.
AND AGAIN, YES, THE TRAILER, THE PERCEPTION, THE, THE PRESENTATION AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OPEN HOUSE, IT WAS WONDERFUL.
WE ALWAYS GET A LOT OF FOLKS TO COME DOWN AND VISIT US, UH, AT THE ADOPTION TRAILER.
LAUREN, YOU WEREN'T WITH US THAT DAY, ALEX, YOU WERE, BUT JUST OUT THERE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THEY HAD OUR, AND I THINK WE ADOPTED TWO DOGS AND TWO CATS.
WHAT, WHAT WAS OUR, IF I REMEMBER IT WAS EVERYTHING WE BROUGHT THERE THAT DAY.
WE HAD GREAT, WHAT WAS IT? HUNDRED TWO CATS LEFT.
UM, THE CHRISTMAS TREE, ARE WE DOING A DONATION TREE OR DO YOU HAVE THE STAFF TO DO IT? WHERE, WHERE ARE WE? YES.
I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA DO THE, THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
AND DID WE DECIPHER A TIME? WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET.
OKAY, WELL THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AGAIN.
IT IS JUST, WE'RE OUR VISIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT, HEY, DON'T FORGET ABOUT US AT, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES.
SO WHAT ELSE DID I HAVE? WELL, THANK GOODNESS THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THERE.
I, THAT'S WHAT, AND DEPUTY, I DID HEAR THAT YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB DIRECTING TRAFFIC
I'VE HEARD THAT, THAT YOU WERE AWESOME OUT THERE ON BEDFORD ROAD.
AND WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WONDERFUL HOLIDAYS AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
I THINK WE CAN CLOSE OUR MEETING.
ARE WE DONE? JUST NEED A SIGNATURE OR, I'M GOOD.
WHAT? WHAT? I GOTTA USE, I'M SORRY.
OTHERWISE HE HAS TO CHASE ME DOWN TO CHASE HER DOWN SOMETIMES TO COLORADO.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I MEAN, IT IS THE HOLIDAYS.
IT'S GONNA BE HERE BEFORE WE CAN BLINK.
DO YOU WANT THEIR PEN BACK PLEASE? RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO, ARE WE GONNA SEE YOU AGAIN? YEAH.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND IT, PLEASE.
I NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.