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10.[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
OKAY, WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
THING SHOULD BE IF ANYBODY HAS READ THE, HOPEFULLY EVERYONE'S READ THE MINUTES AND ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR ADDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE? OKAY.I NEED A MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS READ AS WRITTEN.
SO THE MINUTES PASS AS WRITTEN.
[2. Report on shelter statistics.]
SO NOW WE HAVE THE SHELTER STATISTICS JUST LIKE NORMAL.I'LL BRING YOU THE PRESENTATION.
THE BLUES ARE GONNA BE 2023 AND THE WHITE ONES ARE GONNA BE 20, 24 FOR THIS QUARTER.
UH, SO THE SECOND QUARTER, JANUARY THROUGH MARCH, UM, ADOPTION WENT FROM 24 TO 25.
RETURN TO OWNERS WENT FROM 66 TO 55.
EUTHANASIA WENT FROM 11 TO EIGHT.
RESCUED WENT FROM 18 TO SEVEN.
SERVICE WENT FROM FOUR TO FOUR.
UM, SO SERVICE ANIMALS THE SAME THING AS, UH, DECEASED ANIMALS OUT IN THE FIELD.
UM, AND THEN, UH, TOTAL INTAKE WENT FROM 116 TO, UH, 98.
SO THIS, THE TOTAL INTAKE HAS GONE DOWN BECAUSE WE DID MOVE OVER TO OUR APPOINTMENT BASE AND HAS BEEN HELPING TREMENDOUSLY.
UM, EVEN WHEN WE CALL BACK AND SAY, HEY, OKAY, WE'RE READY FOR YOU GUYS TO BRING YOUR, OH, WE'VE ACTUALLY DECIDED TO KEEP OUR DOG.
OR WE ACTUALLY REHOMED IT TO A FAMILY MEMBER.
SO WE'RE HAVING LESS, UH, OWNER SURRENDERS COME IN.
UM, OUT OF THOSE 98 DOGS THAT WERE INTAKE AND 66 WERE STRAYS THAT WERE BROUGHT IN FROM THE FIELD FROM THE OFFICERS.
UM, SO, UH, A LOT OF THOSE, THOSE WERE STRAYS THAT OFFICERS DID PICK UP OUT IN THE FIELD.
UM, GOING OVER TO THE CATS, WE HAD WENT FROM 21 TO 26, RETURN TO OWNERS, WENT FROM THREE TO SEVEN.
EUTHANASIA WENT FROM FIVE TO THREE, UH, RESCUES.
SO WE PUSHED OUT A RESCUE FOR 10 TO FIVE.
UM, IN TOTAL INTAKE ON CATS WENT FROM 43 TO 52.
WE WERE FAIRLY BUSY WITH CATS OF THE LA THIS LAST QUARTER, THIS NEW QUARTER COMING IN.
IT'S AS SOON AS WE WENT IN TOMORROW, I MEAN, INTO APRIL.
UM, WILDLIFE, UH, EUTHANIZED, UH, WENT FROM FOUR TO SEVEN RESCUES, UH, OR PUSH 'EM OUT TO WILDLIFE.
REHABBERS WENT FROM ZERO TO NINE, RELEASED TO WALLS, ONE TO FOUR, SERVICE 14 TO 43.
AND, UH, TOTAL INTAKES WENT FROM 20 TO 54.
UM, THAT IS BECAUSE LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE LOGGING EVEN THE DOAS THAT WE PICK UP IN THE FIELD.
THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE DOCUMENTATION.
UM, TOTAL INTAKES, UH, 2023 WAS WE HAD 179.
TOTAL RETURN TO OWNERS WENT FROM 69 AND 62.
UH, TOTAL ADOPTED WENT FROM 46 TO UH, 51 TOTAL.
TOTAL SERVICE WENT FROM 22 TO 47.
AND THEN OUR CALLS, UH, FIELD CALLS FOR SERVICE WENT FROM TWO 90 TO TWO 707.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? KAREN? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I DO.
FIRST OF ALL, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS, MOLLY HELPED ME WITH THIS NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER APPRECIATION WEEK.
AND I JUST WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT YOU ARE APPRECIATED.
IT IS A NATIONAL, IT WAS A NATIONAL, I GUESS WHAT, BUT NONETHELESS, MOLLY, I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE IT ON FACEBOOK AND YES, MA'AM.
HAPPY, HAPPY, UM, DR. REED AND, AND CHRIS, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING ON THIS BOARD.
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AND YOU'RE WELCOME.AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF AND MOLLY, OUR NUMBER ONE CHEERLEADER,
OF COURSE, YOU ARE OUR NUMBER ONE CHEERLEADER FOR THE SHELTER AND YOU ARE APPRECIATED ALSO.
UM, HOW ARE WE STAFFED RIGHT NOW? WE ARE FULLY STAFFED AT THE MOMENT, FULLY STAFFED AT THE MOMENT.
AND, UH, WE HAVE OFFICER WHEELER HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE MET HER, BUT OFFICER LEADER HAS BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR TEAM.
AND, UM, SHE HAS REALLY STEPPED IT UP.
UM, AFTER GETTING ACCLIMATED AND, AND, AND, AND GOING RIGHT WITH BEDFORD, SHE LEARNED THE BEDFORD WAY AND SHE'S MOVING FORWARD AND HELPING US, UH, TAKE THE DEPARTMENT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
SO WE HAVE A SUPERVISOR AND THEN, UH, TWO, TWO ACOS, ONE SENIOR A CO AND THEN A SHELTER TECH.
AND AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE AREAS THAT, I DON'T WANNA SAY STRUGGLING, BUT ARE YOU GUYS TOO MUCH? THEY HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF IN THAT SMALL BUILDING.
[3. Shelter updates.]
IS THERE ANY, UM, UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH, WITH THE SHELTER? YES.SO THERE'S NO UPDATE RIGHT NOW, UM, WHERE THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO EXPAND WHILE CRAMMING.
UM, SO WE STILL HAVEN'T, I KNOW THAT CHIEF AND I HAVEN'T REALLY HAD LIKE, HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
CHIEF REACHES OUT TO THEM, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S STILL IN MOTION, EVERYTHING'S STILL GOING RIGHT.
UM, BUT AT THE MOMENT THERE'S NO UPDATE.
IN THE LAST MEETING, THE ONE THING CHIEF ASKED ME TO MENTION, HE TEXTED ME RIGHT BEFORE THIS STARTED, IS, UM, GARY JOHNSON, THE FORMER INTERIM CHIEF, IS ALSO GONNA COME ON TO HELP MANAGE THE PROJECT.
SO, OKAY, WELL, I DON'T KNOW ALRIGHTYY DODY WHEN
YOU KNOW THAT I'M ON A LIMITED TIME HERE.
I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, I'M RUNNING OUTTA TIME.
YOU GUYS, UM, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THIS TODAY.
UM, I WENT IN TO RENEW MY CITY LICENSES.
AND BEHIND THE GATE THERE WERE TWO DOGS.
THE ONE DOG WAS DRESSED IN A DINOSAUR COSTUME.
SO I SAID TO ALEX, I SAID, ALEX SAID THAT THE OWNER PASSED AWAY AND APPARENTLY THE DOG WAS GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE PHOTO SHOOT OR RIGHT.
SOMETHING TO PROMOTE THE ADOPTION.
AND I WAS AN EXTREMELY IMPRESSED.
THE, THE STAFF, I MEAN THE, UM, SO EVERY TIME A DOG COMES UP FOR ADOPTION, THE STAFF DRESSES 'EM UP AND WE TAKE PICTURES OF EVERY SINGLE DOG, EVERY SINGLE CAT, AND WE PROMOTE IT ON THE SHELTER PAGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THANK YOU.
STAFF, UM, I, I, ONCE AGAIN, I'M JUST GONNA PUT IT OUT THERE.
WHEN I CAME TO THE SHELTER THAT DAY, UM, AT BEDFORD ROAD AND RELIANCE DRIVE, THE SIGNAGE, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS PUBLIC WORKS.
WE ARE NO LONGER BEDFORD ANIMAL CONTROL.
WE ARE BEDFORD ANIMAL SURFACES.
NOW I KNOW THAT I AM PROBABLY, BUT FOR ME, THAT COULD BE THE FIRST INTRODUCTION TO, UH, A CITIZEN, A FUTURE ADOPTEE, WHATEVER.
I'VE, I'VE, I SPOKE TO MR. FARCO.
ANY WAY WE CAN GET THOSE DIMES CHANGED, WE ARE NO LONGER BEDFORD ANIMAL CONTROL.
SO I'M JUST GONNA, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT APPARENTLY LE LEE, UH, THERE HAS BEEN SOME COMMENTS MADE REGARDING, UM, ANIMALS AT LARGE DOWN AT THE BOYS RANCH.
WE, WE HAVE A PATROL DOWN THERE.
NOW DO YOU ANIMAL SERVICES, DO YOU PATROL THE PARK OR IS THAT MAYBE POLICE OFFICERS ON THEIR BICYCLES? YOU KNOW? WELL, WE GET DOWN THERE, UM, THE ACOS DO, THEY'LL PATROL THE AREA.
UM, USUALLY FOR ANIMALS AT LARGE, THEY'LL CALL PD WILL CALL US OUT REGARDLESS.
UM, SO WE ARE OUT THERE, WE ARE ACTIVELY PATROLLING THE PARKS.
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RANCH WHERE WE'RE GETTING, IT'S DRINKING.WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING IT AT EVERY PARK.
SO IS THAT JUST 'CAUSE THE WEATHER'S NICER? YEAH.
PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, HEY, GO RELEASE 'EM.
SO WE GOTTA REMIND THEM, HEY, THIS IS IN THE DOG PARK.
IF YOU WANT YOUR DOG LOOSE, TAKE 'EM OVER THERE.
WELL, POLICE PATROL AND ALSO OUR VOLUNTEERS IN POLICING, PATROL DEPART AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO.
AND I THINK ANOTHER CONCERN WAS OF COURSE, THE DOGS, YOU KNOW, DEFECATING DOWN AT THE PARK, WHICH WE CANNOT ALWAYS CONFUSE AT WITH GOOSE DROPPINGS.
I MEAN, BUT THAT'S, I'VE HEARD THERE'S JUST AN OVERABUNDANCE OF DOG AND I'M LIKE, MAYBE, BUT THE GEESE CERTAINLY CAN ADD RIGHT TO THAT ACCUMULATION.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO TODAY IS I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO IKA, THE MOTHER GORILLA IN CLEVELAND THAT SEGREGATED THAT LITTLE BABY CHIMP.
OH, THAT CAME FROM, UH, FORT WORTH.
JUST GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN AND GOT THAT LITTLE PRECIOUS SLING UP THERE.
AND NOW AREN'T YOU ALL GLAD, BUT I THINK I'M FINISHED AND THANK YOU ALL
WHAT? DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE? YEAH, I GOT A COUPLE SHELTER.
IT'S JUST, UH, SO ON, UM, MARCH 17TH, WE HAD A ST.
PATTY'S ADOPTION EVENT OVER AT TURNING POINT BEER.
WE TOOK, UH, FIRST WE TOOK FIVE DOGS.
'CAUSE WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE HARD TO GET.
WELL THOSE FIVE DOGS GOT ADOPTED WITHIN MAYBE TWO HOURS.
SO WE SENT, UH, ONE OF THE OFFICERS BACK TO PICK UP FIVE MORE, AND WE ENDED UP ADOPTING SIX DOGS OUT THE 10 THAT WE BROUGHT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER EVENT THIS PAST SUNDAY, UH, THE SPRING FESTIVAL DOWN AT THE TURNING POINT.
AND SEVEN ANIMALS WERE ADOPTED.
I THINK THERE'S THREE DOGS AND FOUR CATS.
UM, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER EVENT COMING UP ON THIS SATURDAY AT THE DANNY CELTIC PUB.
UH, IT'S GOING TO BE ADOPTION EVENT FROM 11 TO THREE.
UM, DANNY CELTIC PUB HAS OFFERED TO COVER THE ADOPTION FEES FOR WHOEVER GETS ADOPTED.
UM, AND THEN, UM, OUR SOUTH AFRICAN MA THAT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE MARK WAS THERE, UH, CHIEF WAS ADOPTED, MARK
I GOT EMAILS FROM CLIENTS WANTING ME TO HELP WITH THAT.
HE'S A, HE'S, I MEAN HE'S DOING GREAT WITH HIS NEW FAMILY, DOING GREAT WITH THE KIDS.
AND HE'S JUST, HE'S LIVING LIFE.
UM, SO WE DID PUT OUT, UM, FOR ASSISTANCE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE KITTEN SEASON COMING UP SO WE CAN GET KMR AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I KNOW MOLLY ASKED ME RIGHT NOW, SO KMR BE ONE OF THE THINGS FOR, WE CAN GET TO THE FOSTERS OR WHOEVER'S FOSTERING THESE KITTENS FOR US, IF THEY'RE NOT WITH THEIR MOM, THEY'RE GONNA NEED BOTTLE BABIES.
SO WE CAN GET KMR COMING IN, YOU KNOW, LITTER, UH, ANY TYPE OF WET FOOD.
WE NEED A LOT MORE CLEANING SUPPLIES.
SO ANYBODY WANTS TO DONATE THE, UM, KENNESAW OR THE BLEACH, UM, DISH SOAP, UM, LAUNDRY SOAP, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, WE'LL, MORE THAN HAVING TO TAKE IT.
UM, AND, BUT IF WE DON'T GET IT, YOU HAVE IT IN BUDGET TO GO BUY IT, DON'T YOU? I MEAN, WE'VE GOT THE FUNDING THERE.
IT'S NOT, WE HAVE, WE HAVE BUDGET FOR IT, BUT SINCE WE ARE, EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP IN PRICE.
SO, UH, NOT, THAT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT CLEANING SUPPLIES, THAT'S NOT TALKING, I'M TALKING ABOUT HEARTWORM TESTS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE COMBO TEST, THE, FOR THE CATS, THE SNAP TEST, ALL THAT.
RE CAN TELL YOU, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S PRICEY.
I MEAN, IF WE ORDER LA OUR LAST ORDER, I'M GONNA HAVE TO PUT ANOTHER ORDER IN DR.
BUT, UM, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY PRICEY TO GET THOSE, THOSE, A BUNCH OF STUFF WENT UP ALMOST 10% YEAH.
SO, BUT WE'RE NOT IN POSITION.
I MEAN, IF, IF WE'RE OUT THERE CERTAINLY IS ROOM OR AVENUE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET.
WE NEED TO TAKE, TAKE CARE OF THESE ANIMALS.
AND THAT'S ALL THE UPDATES THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
[4. Discussion on future meeting dates.]
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THE MEETING THAT YOU PROPOSED FOR THE NEXT MEETING? THE NEXT MEETING I WAS AFRAID WAS TOO FAR AWAY FROM ME TO AGREE TO IN JANUARY.YEAH, WE DIDN'T DO ONE FOR, SO IT'S GONNA BE APRIL, MAY, JUNE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE SOMETIME IT IS GONNA, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE SOMETIME IN JULY.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, WE CAN, I CAN REACH OUT TO YOU.
IF WE GET CLOSER, WE CAN, UM, AND WE CAN JUST FIGURE IT OUT LIKE THAT, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
I KNOW I WON'T BE ABLE TO BE THERE ON THE 8TH OF JULY.
OR THE 22ND NOW THAT I LOOK AT MY WRITING.
ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I NEED A MOTION.