[00:00:03]
[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
LET'S OFFICIALLY CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.AND THE FIRST, UH, THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS APPROVE THE MINUTES
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
FROM THE LAST MEETING.SO IF THERE'S ANY EDITS OR ADDITIONS OR SUBTRACTIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO THE MOTION PASSES THAT THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
SO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TELL US SOME
[2. Report on shelter statistics.]
REPORT ON THE STATISTICS? YES.SO THIS JUST SEPARATED WITHIN, THROUGH THE ANIMALS, UH, THROUGH THE SPECIES.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY THE ADOPTIONS AND DOC, I'LL BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU REAL QUICK.
SO THE BLUE WILL BE THE, UH, 20, UH, 22 AND 2023 WILL BE THE WHITE ONES.
SO THE ADOPTIONS WENT DOWN, UM, 'CAUSE OUR IN, UH, DOG INTAKE WENT DOWN AS WELL.
SO TOTAL INTAKES WERE 130, UH, ON THIS YEAR.
UH, SO ADOPTIONS WERE AT 66 AND 2 20, 22.
2023, THEY WENT DOWN TO, UH, 36.
UM, RETURN TO OWNERS KIND OF STAYED THE SAME.
UH, EUTHANASIA WENT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 31 TO 18.
UH, RESCUED ANIMALS WENT UP AS WELL FROM 11 TO 16.
AND SERVICED ANIMALS, WHICH MEANS, UH, DECEASED ANIMAL THAT WE GET CALLED DOWN ON, UM, WENT FROM ONE TO ZERO.
UM, OBVIOUSLY OUR CATS JU SKYROCKETED ON INTAKE AND RESCUES 'CAUSE THIS WAS, UH, THE CASE HAPPENED AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY, THE HOARDING CASE.
UM, SO OUR TOTAL INTAKES FOR THIS YEAR WERE 183 FOR LAST YEAR WERE 85.
UM, STILL WITHOUT THE HOARDING CASE, WE WERE STILL BENT UP AT LEAST 40 INTAKES THIS YEAR.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH OUT 91 CATS TO RESCUE.
UH, WE, OUR EUTHANASIA DROPPED FROM 19 TO 12.
UH, AND WE RETURNED, UH, THREE CATS TO OWNER, UH, ADOPTED 53.
UM, SO THIS QUARTER FROM THE LAST FEW QUARTERS, Y'ALL SEE THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE WILDLIFE INTAKE ON 2023 BECAUSE WE'RE INTAKING EVERYTHING IN OUR SYSTEM AS WE, THEY'RE DEAD IF THEY'RE IN TRAPS, IF THEY'RE IN ADDICTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO TOTAL INTAKE WENT FROM 18 LAST YEAR TO 75 THIS YEAR.
IN THIS QUARTER, UM, WE SERVICED, UH, 39.
UM, SO 39 DOAS AND NINE LAST YEAR, UH, RELEASED TO WILD, WE RELEASED 17 TO WILD.
AND, UH, FOR LAST YEAR, UH, RESCUED, BASICALLY WE WOULDN'T REALLY ADOPT ANYTHING, ANY WILDLIFE OUT WE RESCUED.
UM, THREE THEY WENT TO, UH, UH, WILDLIFE RESCUES AND, UH, WE EUTHANIZED 14 DUE TO ILLNESSES AND THREE LAST YEAR.
UM, AND OUR FIELD CALL FOR SERVICE, UM, DUE TO US BEING MORE PRE PROACTIVE NOW AND PUTTING PATROLS IN, UM, PUTTING CALLS IN CORRECTLY, WE JUMPED FROM 2 65 TO 4 99 IN THIS LAST QUARTER.
UM, AND THEN BASICALLY JUST GOES OVER THE TOTAL NUMBERS ON THE VERY BACK.
UH, UH, AND AGAIN, WE ARE INTERVIEWING AT THIS TIME TO FILL THAT FIFTH POSITION WE'VE ALREADY INTERVIEWED AND THEY'RE JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS, EVERYTHING GOING THROUGH BACKGROUNDS AND, UH, PSYCH EVALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THE RIGHT PERSON.
AND WHEN DO YOU THINK WE'LL BE UP AND RUNNING WITH THAT? HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
AND THAT WILL BRING ONE SUPERVISOR, THREE OFFICERS, AND ONE KENNEL TECH, RIGHT? CORRECT.
[3. Shelter updates.]
ANY OTHER SHELTER UPDATES WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT? UH, JUST GOING OVER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OPEN HOUSE.UM, WE WERE ABLE TO ADOPT ONE DOG OUT THERE.
UM, UH, WE DID TAKE FIVE DOGS.
UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD TURNOUT.
UM, I'LL LET CHIEF TOUCH ON IT A LITTLE BIT AROUND SO I GET THROUGH WITH IT.
BUT WE DID HAVE THE ARCHITECTS COME DOWN, UH, THIS WEEK AND WE SPOKE TO THEM.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE WILL BE AT THE PD OPEN HOUSE ON THE 16TH.
[00:05:01]
BEFORE WE GET UP TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER THOUGH, I'D LIKE TO SAY KUDOS TO, TO THE STAFF FOR INCREASING THEIR PATROLS.UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS FROM CITIZENS ABOUT HAVING SOME PROACTIVE PATROLS OUT THERE.
SO GOOD JOB BY, BY ALL YOU GUYS INVOLVED.
SO WE HAVE, UH, UH, A SIGNED CONTRACT WITH, UH, BENNETT AND ASSOCIATES, UM, BENNETT AND ASSOCIATES TO, UH, UM, LOOK AT REMODELING OUR SHELTER AND IMPROVING THAT.
SO THIS WAS JUST THE INITIAL KICKOFF MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK.
UM, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT DESIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE JUST RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE FEEDING ALL THEM THE INFORMATION OF OUR WISHES THAT THE, THAT THE STAFF HAS THAT WE THINK THAT WE NEED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THE PROPER FACILITY FOR THE YEARS TO COME.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'LL HAVE SOME GROUNDWORK, LABOR.
WE CAN ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT IT'S CONCEPTUALLY GONNA LOOK LIKE AND, AND HAVE A, HAVE A PATH.
SO, OKAY, IN THE CONNECTION, IT SAID AN EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE OF SPRING 2025 MM-HMM.
SO AM I, UH, IS IT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE OR, SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND START GROUND LEVEL UP, WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR ANIMAL SERVICES? ARE WE GOING TO COME AND OPERATE OUT OF THE PD? ARE WE GOING TO GO TO ANOTHER CITY? WHAT ARE WE YEAH, WE DON'T KNOW.
SO OBVIOUSLY OUR ANIMALS WILL HAVE TO BE SHELTERED ELSEWHERE.
SO ONCE WE, WE GET A LITTLE FARTHER INTO THE PROCESS, WE KIND OF KNOW A TARGET DATE OF WHEN WE'RE GOING TO, UM, HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF THE SHELTER.
THEN WE'LL START SPEAKING TO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES ABOUT SHELTER ANIMALS.
SO IT IT'LL HAVE TO BE A TOTAL CLOSE DOWN THEN.
THERE, THERE'S, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN THERE THE DUST AND OKAY.
AND DEBRIS FROM THAT, THAT WOULDN'T BE HEALTHY FOR THE ANIMALS TO, TO LIVE AROUND THAT.
SO, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE SERVICING THE COMMUNITY.
THAT WE WILL BE KEEPING ALL OF OUR PEOPLE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT OUR CITIZENS WILL SEE IS WHEN THEY GO TO ADOPT OR WHEN THEY GO TO PICK UP AN ANIMAL, THEY WILL NOT BE COMING TO THE BEDFORD SHELTER.
SO OUR OFFICERS WILL BE HERE, THEY'LL BE HOUSED IN BEDFORD.
UM, JUST WHERE THEY'RE, THE ANIMALS ARE GONNA BE KEPT AT, WILL BE OUTSIDE OF, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'LL BE DIFFERENT.
ALL EMPLOYEES WILL STAY IN, ALL EMPLOYEES WILL STAY.
AND THEN WITH THE CATS, THE CAT SITUATION WE HAD AT THE SHELTER, UM, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING LIKE THEY'RE GETTING BETTER.
UM, WE HAD A CLOSURE FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
WE HAD IT ON THE WEBSITE, UM, JUST DUE TO UPPER RESPIRATORY, BUT EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING GOOD.
UM, WE HAD THE, THE STRAY CAT ROOM THAT BROKE OUT AND GOOD THING WE WERE ABLE TO CONTAIN IT THERE.
UH, OUR ADOPTABLE CATS WERE STILL GOOD TO BE ADOPTED, SO WE'RE STILL PUSHING THOSE OUT.
AND I TRUST WITH A NEW FACILITY THAT, THAT CAN BE HANDLED, THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER SEPARATION, A BETTER WAY.
EVERYBODY'S NOT GONNA BE, IF YOU GETTING, SO YEAH.
THAT'S GONNA BE GOOD GOAL IS TO HAVE A TRUE INTAKE AREA.
SO WE CAN HOUSE THEM THERE FOR YEAH.
A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE BEFORE THEY GO BACK IN GENERAL.
IN GENERAL POPULATION
AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE ADOPTION, A CHRISTMAS TREE.
ARE WE STILL GOING TO DO THAT OR NO? YES, WE ARE DOING THE ADOPTION OF CHRISTMAS TREE.
AND THAT'LL BE IN THE CONNECTION.
WE'LL GET IT OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN PUT IT OUT SO THE COMMUNITY KNOWS.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO POST IT TO OUR FACEBOOK TOO.
OH, WE DON'T SHARE TO OTHER PAGES.
LIKE WE RELY ON EVERYONE TO, OTHERWISE WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP OKAY.
WE JUST HAVE STRICT RULES HERE AT RALEIGH.
IF YOU, IF SOMEONE CAN TELL ME THE DATE THAT IT'S AVAILABLE, WE'LL POST IT.
YEAH, I'LL, I'LL KEEP HIM TALKING.
AND YOU KNOW, Y'ALL DON'T CONSULT ME MUCH FOR ILLNESS AT THE SHELTER.
I AM ALWAYS AVAILABLE BY PHONE.
THERE ARE SOME NEW TRICKS FOR RESPIRATORY STUFF IN CATS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE FORCED TO GO TO LOTS OF CE
AND AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN DOING THIS, THEY STILL COME UP WITH GOOD NEW LITTLE TECHNIQUES TO, TO DO THINGS.
SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING.
AND THERE'S LOTS OF VETERINARIANS AT THE BUILDING, EVEN IF I'M NOT AVAILABLE, SO FOR SOME REASON.
[4. Discussion on future meeting dates.]
SHOULD WE SET A DATE FOR FUTURE MEETINGS? SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON.UM, SO WITH FUTURE MEETINGS, I WANT TO DO THEM RIGHT AFTER THE QUARTER'S, THE END.
AFTER DECEMBER, I THINK JANUARY WE SHOULD HAVE ONE.
[00:10:01]
I THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL WE SHOULD HAVE ONE, AND THEN THE BEGINNING OF JULY WE SHOULD HAVE ONE.AND THEN OF COURSE AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, THAT WOULD WOULD'VE FINISHED THE YEAR OFF NEXT YEAR.
BUT, UH, I THINK JANUARY, WELL WE NORMALLY HAVE THREE A YEAR.
SO YOU'RE THINKING FOUR A YEAR, RIGHT.
TO FINISH OFF THE, SO I CAN REPORT THE QUARTERS BEFORE THEY GO TO CHIEF AND HE HAS TO, OR THEY COULD HAVE TO PRESENT 'EM TO THE COUNCIL.
IN JANUARY, IF YOU WANNA DO, UM, A MONDAY MORNING MEETING, MY BEST SCHEDULE WOULD BE PROBABLY MONDAY THE 15TH OR THE 22ND.
EITHER ONE OF THOSE WORK FOR ANYBODY.
15TH IS A OFF FEDERAL HOLIDAYS.
HOW ABOUT THE 22ND? 22ND, 22ND WORKS.
DOES IT NOT WORK FOR YOU? I, I, I'LL JUST WON'T GO TO THE KROGER THAT DAY.
IT'S TALKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
I, I I'LL SWITCH MY AND 10:00 AM IS, IS GREAT FOR ME.
AND I'LL GET WITH FARCO AND CHRIS FOR THE, YEAH.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING.
ALRIGHT, WELL, UM, I'VE ALREADY TOLD MY STORY, BUT I WANT YOU TO HEAR MY STORY AND I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GO.
BUT NONETHELESS, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OPEN HOUSE, THAT, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND CHIEF, THERE'S BEEN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I'M GONNA CARRY IN MY HEART.
LONG STORY SHORT, THIS FAMILY CAME IN WALKING IN.
ALEX WAS OVER THERE, JOSE'S OVER THERE, AND THEY HAD A DOG.
AND THEY'RE WALKING IN AND THIS DOG SAW ALEX.
AND I WANNA TELL YOU, THIS DOG COULDN'T GET TO HER FAST ENOUGH.
HE JUMPED UP HIS PAWS, WERE UP HERE AND THE TWO OF THEM ARE ROCKING BACK AND JOSE COMES OVER AND BLAH.
RIGHT? WHERE WAS YOUR VIDEO? OH, I TELL YOU SOMETHING.
AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT'S GOTTA BE HER DOG.
THAT, THAT, THAT MUST BE ALEX'S DOG.
AND THE DOG TURNS AROUND, TURNED BACK AND OFF THEY WENT.
WELL, I HAVE FOUND OUT TODAY THAT WAS NOT ALEX'S DOG.
THAT WAS A DOG THAT SOMEHOW SOME WAY GOT DUMPED AT OUR SHELTER.
BUT WHAT WENT ON WITH ALEX AND JOSE, AND YOU MUST'VE BEEN THE FIRST TIME IN THAT DOG'S LIFE, THAT IT HAD HUMAN CONTACT.
I THOUGHT I, I I HAD TO GO HAVE A CIGARETTE.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH AGAIN FOR JUST TAKING YOUR TIME AND TAKING CARE FOR THESE POOR CREATURES.
'CAUSE ALL THOSE DOGS THAT SHE, THAT WE HAVE BACK THERE, SHE'LL BRING 'EM UP IN THE FRONT OFFICE AND SHE'LL LET 'EM GO AND GET HUMAN INTERACTION.
'CAUSE WE, WE KNOW WE CAN'T GO BACK THERE AND RUN WITH 'EM, BUT THEY CAN COME UP FRONT AND INTO THE OFFICE AND RUN WITH US.
SO ALEX DOES A GREAT JOB DOING THAT.
AND THAT HAS A LOT TO SAY FOR OUR PEOPLE AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I KNOW YOU WANNA GET BACK TO THE OFFICE AND WE OFFICIALLY WE GOTTA MAKE A MOTION, A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
I SECOND IT ALL, ALL APPROVED.
AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.