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TO BRIEF.IF YOU GUYS WANT TO JUST GO, I'LL CATCH UP.
SO I'M GONNA OFFICIALLY CALL THE MEETING
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TO ORDER, AND THE FIRST ORDER VISITS WILL BE TO APPROVE OF THE MINUTES OR DISPROVE OF THE MINUTES.I DID NOT SEE ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE MYSELF.
UH, AND I'D LIKE TO SECOND THAT PLEASE.
I CAN FIRST IT AND I'LL SECOND THAT.
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SHOULD WE GO ON TO SHELTER STATS FIRST? YEAH.SO I'M GONNA DO THE SHELTER STATS AND UPDATES RIGHT AFTER IT.
UM, SO BASICALLY, UM, LIKE EVERY MEETING, UH, BRING YOU A PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR ANIMAL INTAKES HAS SIGNIFICANTLY GONE UP.
UM, OUT OF THOSE 136, UH, 76 OF THOSE WERE BROUGHT IN, UH, FROM OFFICERS BEING OUT IN THE FIELD, UH, AND, AND BRINGING ANIMALS IN.
UM, SO WE ADOPTED 29 DOGS AS THE PAST QUARTER.
UH, WENT UP A LITTLE BIT FROM THE PAST YEAR.
UH, WE RETURNED TO OWNER 57 DOGS AND LAST YEAR WAS 47.
WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH A LOT MORE OF AGGRESSIVE DOGS, UH, THAT ARE, THAT ARE POPPING UP LOOSE IN THE CITY.
UM, SO OUR EUTHANASIA WENT UP FROM 11 TO 15 ON DOGS.
WE DID THOUGH, GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY ON THAT NUMBER OF DOGS.
WE PUSHED OUT TO RESCUE, SO WE PUSHED OUT 24 DOGS TO RESCUE FROM THE SEVEN FROM LAST YEAR.
AND THEN WE PICKED UP TWO DECEASED, UM, WITH A TOTAL INTAKE OF 136 THIS YEAR, 94 LAST YEAR, UM, WITH THE CATS.
ADOPTED 30, UM, LAST YEAR WAS 27.
UH, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF MORE, UH, OWNED CATS COMING IN THROUGH THE PUBLIC, UM, TRAPPING ANIMALS, AND THEN THEY'LL BRING 'EM TO US.
WE'LL SCAN AND WE'LL GIVE A CALL AND RETURN THE ANIMAL.
UM, WE EUTHANIZED SEVEN CATS, UH, FROM FOUR FROM LAST YEAR.
UH, WE ONLY SENT FOUR CATS TO RESCUE THIS YEAR, OR FROM 20 FROM LAST YEAR, BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE 101 CATS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY AT A CAPACITY AT THE SHELTER WITH CATS.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT, I BELIEVE 57 50 CLOSER TO 60.
UH, AND THAT'S WITH MOMS, UH, AND, AND THEIR KITTENS, FERAL MOMS WITH THEIR KITTENS.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE PH MOMS AS LONG AS WE CAN BECAUSE I HAVE NO, UM, BOTTLE BABY FEEDERS.
AND SO WE HAVE NO, NO WAY TO PUSH 'EM OUT UNLESS I TAKE 'EM HOME.
BUT I CAN ONLY TAKE SO MANY HOME AT A TIME TO TRY TO GET THOSE, UH, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A MOM.
SO I TRY TO WAIT AND SEE IF WE DON'T HAVE ONE THAT HAS A MOM THAT'S COMING IN FOR OUR FOSTER THAT HAS SOME, AND WE PUSH THEM OUT TO HER.
AND IF SHE CAN'T TAKE 'EM, THEN WE'LL TAKE 'EM HOME OURSELVES.
BUT Y'ALL ARE TAMING THE KITTENS.
THEY'LL GET PUT UP FOR ADOPTION WILDLIFE NOW ON OUR NUMBERS.
THAT HAS, THAT WAS LAST YEAR, I GUESS.
WAS THE, THE BIG HOUSE THAT WE HAD.
SO THIS IS, UH, APRIL THROUGH JUNE.
AND SO WITH WILDLIFE, UM, WE WENT FROM, UH, EUTHANIZED IN THE EIGHT TO 15 AND WE HAD A LOT MORE, UM, SICK WILDLIFE THAT CAME IN, INJURED WILDLIFE, SO WE HAD TO EUTHANIZE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, WE SEND 23 OFF TO, UM, WILDLIFE REHABBERS.
UH, WE RELEASE 11 BACK OUT TO THE WILD AND WE SERVICED, UH, DECEASED ON ARRIVALS, UH, 50 OF THEM.
UH, OUR TOTAL INTAKE WAS 99 FOR THE WILDLIFE.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE TOTALS PAGE, TOTALS OF ANIMALS TAKEN IN IN TOTAL CATS AND DOGS AND KIND ANIMAL THAT CAME INTO THE FACILITY IN 2023 WAS 175.
UH, AND WE WENT UP TO 336 THIS YEAR FOR THIS PAST QUARTER.
AND A TOTAL RETURN TO OWNERS WAS 47 LAST YEAR.
UH, ADOPTED OUT WAS 50 LAST YEAR, 59 THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S WITH US JUST HAVING IN THE MONTH OF MAY, WE ONLY HAD ONE DOG ADOPTED.
UH, SO WE WERE TRYING OUR HARDEST EVEN TAKING 'EM OUT TO ADOPTION EVENTS AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH 'EM OUT.
UM, BUT THIS YEAR, THIS MONTH HAS BEEN A LOT BETTER.
UM, TOTAL RESCUE, UH, UH, IN 23, WE PUSHED OUT 27 THIS YEAR WE PUSHED OUT 51.
AND THEN TOTAL SERVICED, UH, WHICH WAS DOAS PICKED UP
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WAS 60 LAST SIX LAST YEAR, AND 60 THIS YEAR.UM, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SERVICE CALLS FOR SERVICE, UM, I KNOW LAST QUARTER FOR THIS YEAR, OUR, OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE WE'RE UP TO ALMOST 700 OR PAST 700.
WE HAVE GONE DOWN TO THREE 50 THIS, UM, THIS QUARTER.
UM, WE ARE SHORT STAFFED AND THERE'S A LOT MORE ANIMALS COMING THROUGH THE FACILITY.
UH, WE'RE GETTING A LOT, A LOT OF CALLS IN FOR DIFFERENT STRAY DOGS.
AND WHEN WE DO GET OUT THERE, WE'RE FINDING THAT STRAY DOG, IT TAKES TIME SOMETIMES TO CAPTURE THOSE ANIMALS.
SO, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO DO PATROLS AS WE CAN.
IS IT OKAY, UM, IS, YOU SAID THAT WE ARE SHORT STAFFED? YES.
AND WHERE, WHERE ARE WE? WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOMEBODY GOING THROUGH THE BACKGROUND CHECKS AT THE MOMENT, UH, THROUGH THE PD.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE BACKGROUND CHECKS, AND I'M SURE TWO, UH, NO, WE, WE GET A, YOU KNOW, INTERVIEW BOTH OF THEM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, AND THEN, UM, HOPEFULLY, UH, SOMETIME SOON WE CAN, WE CAN HIRE SOMEBODY.
UM, WE HAD THE, UH, JOB FAIR AND WE HAD PD WAS THERE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAD ANYBODY COME BY TO, TO, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL, BUT WE HAD, THERE WAS 500 COMPANIES, 22,000 JOBS, AND THEY HAD, UH, 27,000 PEOPLE COME THROUGH AT THE STADIUM.
SO I KNOW THAT THERE WAS PEOPLE LOOKING, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAME THROUGH.
FOR, FOR US FOR ANIMAL CONTROL.
DO YOU LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE DOING THE BACKGROUND CHECKS ON? UH, YEAH.
I MEAN, WE GOT SOME PRETTY STRONG CANDIDATES.
WE JUST GOTTA, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PICKING THE RIGHT CANDIDATE.
UM, I DON'T, UH, JUST WANNA PICK.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, IT IS TOUGH, BUT WE'RE, WE, WE GOT AN AWESOME TEAM DOWN THERE.
I MEAN, THERE'S, WE'RE NOT MISSING A BEAT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA HIRE THE RIGHT PERSON.
WE DON'T WANT JUST HIRE SOMEBODY THAT'S GONNA COME IN AND, AND SAY, HEY, THIS ISN'T FOR ME.
AND THEN WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.
UM, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED, WHEN IS BUDGET OCTOBER? WHEN, WHEN DO YOU SET THE BUDGET? WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT NOW? OR IS IT TODAY? TUESDAY NIGHT? YEAH, TUESDAY NIGHT, FIVE TONIGHT.
HAVE WE DONE A REVIEW AND MAKING SURE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A TURNOVER.
WHAT'S THE STARTING SALARY OF THIS POSITION? YES.
UM, ARE WE, ARE WE, WHERE ARE WE WITH OUR PAY SCALE FOR OUR PEOPLE? I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY, EVEN WITH THE REST OF THE CITIES THAT ARE OUR SIZE FOR, FOR PAY ON OFFICERS, PRETTY EVEN.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE'RE, WE'RE EVEN WITH THE, 'CAUSE WE, I MEAN OUR, OUR STARTING PAY, OUR, OUR STARTING PAY FOR OUR ACOS IS, I MEAN, IT'S $20 AN HOUR WHERE A LOT OF OTHER CITIES ARE STARTING $16 AN HOUR, $17 AN HOUR.
AND THEN, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND WE GOT THOSE GOOD BENEFITS AND RIGHT.
AND, AND THE THING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN THEY APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THE MISCONCEPTION THAT ANIMAL SERVICES PLAYS WITH PUPPIES AND KITTENS ALL DAY.
AND THEY COME INTO THIS NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO.
AND THEN THEY GET, OH, OKAY, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT ME SNAKES, WE GOTTA BE WITH SNAKES.
AND THEY TURN, THEY TURN THEIR BACK AND WALK AWAY.
UM, SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO GET THE RIGHT PERSON IN, BECAUSE WE WANT A LONG TERM.
WE DON'T WANT A SHORT, SHORT TERM.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE YOU AS OUR SUPERVISOR, DO WE HAVE AN A CO? YES.
SO WE HAVE, UH, MYSELF, ALEX, AS A SENIOR OFFICER.
UH, AMANDA'S THE OFFICER, AKES AS A, UH, KENNEL TECH.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN OFFICER POSITION OPEN.
AND OUR STAFFING, IS THAT COMPARABLE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES? HOW ARE WE DOING WITH STAFFING? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THE BASELINE LEVEL? I KNOW WE HAD SIX.
THEY DID A STUDY A COUPLE YEARS AGO, REDUCED IT TO FIVE, FIVE MM-HMM.
UM, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT DOING ANOTHER STUDY AND LOOKING AT WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO TO INCREASE THE STAFFING LEVEL OUT THERE IN THE NEXT YEAR.
I'M NOT MAKING ANY PROMISES, BUT YOU'RE ON RECORD.
BUT I'M ALSO, BUT I'M ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GONNA REMODEL THE SHELTER AND IT'S GONNA BE MORE ATTRACTIVE.
IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE BUSIER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, AND I ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AS FAR AS STAFFING GOES, JUST TO FIND ANOTHER PERSON IN FRONT OF ME.
I MEAN, WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS EVERYTHING IS UP.
EVERY, EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP.
AND OF COURSE, THIS, THIS CONCERNS ME.
THAT WE ARE, I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT, A LOT MORE ANIMALS.
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PEOPLE.AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, HEY, YEAH, IF WE'RE GONNA EXPAND AND THEN LET'S LOOK AT THAT SIXTH POSITION.
BUT THE CHALLENGE IS, IS THEY DON'T COME IN CONSISTENTLY.
THEY COME IN A LOT AT ONE TIME.
THEY COME IN A LITTLE AT ONE TIME.
SO IT'S, I I MEAN, IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
I MEAN, I, BUT YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU, I MEAN, AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT ADDED EXTRA MAYBE TIME WE COULD GET THE, UH, ADOPTION TRAILER OUT MORE OFTEN.
NOT TO SAY IT SHOULD BE OUT IN THIS HEAT, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HAVING SIX PEOPLE, THAT SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE SITTING UP THERE WITH NOTHING TO DO.
ARE WE SENDING OUT OUR RENEWAL FORMS? HOW'S THAT GOING? CITY LICENSE? YEAH.
UM, OBVIOUSLY ONCE WE GO TO THE, WELL, WHEREVER WE GO TO THE BPD OR WHEREVER WE ARE HOUSED
BUT YES, WE'RE STILL, I MEAN, EVERY DAY WE DO REGISTRATIONS.
THEY GET MAILED IN, PEOPLE COME IN, THEY DO STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO LET ME JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION.
AND I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU IN YOUR, YOU'RE RUNNING THE SHOW UP THERE.
CAN WE UTILIZE AND THERE'LL BE PLENTY TO DO FOR THAT SIXTH STAFF MEMBER? OH, THERE'S ALWAYS STUFF TO DO.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM.
AND I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT MISSING A BEAT.
I MEAN, I, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I'VE WORKED WITH MULTIPLE IN, IN DIFFERENT CITIES AND DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
AND THIS IS THIS TEAM RIGHT HERE.
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST ONES THAT WE'VE HAD THAT I'VE HAD WORK WITH.
I WANT MORE PAY FOR OUR PEOPLE.
I WANT MORE STAFF FOR OUR PEOPLE.
UM, JUST A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA GO THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10TH.
UM, THE, THERE'S GONNA BE A MEGA EVENT ON THE 17TH, THE FORT WORTH, UM, THAT ALEX AND I WILL BE ATTENDING.
WE'RE TAKING AT LEAST 10 ANIMALS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, SEPTEMBER 7TH WILL BE THE MAIN CLEAR THE SHE SHELTER DAY FOR US.
UM, SO WE'LL BE HAVING OUR DOORS, DOORS OPEN THAT SATURDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO ABOUT THREE OR 4:00 PM UM, OUR ADOPTIONS, I KNOW THAT IT LOOKS ROUGH FOR THE LAST QUARTER, BUT THEY'RE SLOWLY CLIMBING.
UM, WE'RE HAVING A LOT MORE PEOPLE COMING IN, UM, AND, AND ADOPTING DOGS.
THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD, I BELIEVE SEVEN DOGS ADOPTED.
UM, AND THEN, UH, UM, I KNOW WE ALREADY COVERED THAT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE SOMEBODY SOON.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THE STAFF'S JUST DOING GREAT.
I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY DO AND THE HARD WORK THAT WE PUT IN.
IF YOU GUYS GO BY THERE, DR. REED, I DON'T KNOW.
LAST TIME YOU WERE DOWN THERE IT WAS A LITTLE CLUSTERED, BUT THAT WAS LIKE, IF YOU GO DOWN THERE NOW, I WANNA GET A DUMPSTER
IF YOU GO DOWN THERE NOW, UM, ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY, YOU CAN'T EVEN SMELL THAT THERE'S ANIMALS BEING HOUSED IN OUR FACILITY.
THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB, BUT KESA IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF STAYING ON TOP OF THE CLEANING.
UM, AND I MEAN, THE FACILITY IS IMMACULATE AT THE MOMENT.
I'LL TAKE ONE QUICK OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO GIVE JOSE A LOT OF KUDOS ALSO FOR HIS LEADERSHIP, UH, HIS EFFORT IN THE RECENT ORDINANCES THAT WERE PASSED, UM, TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY SAFER AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK, INTELLIGENT MIND DOWN HERE.
SO WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM.
UM, JOSE ON STAFFING, HAVE WE GONE OVER TO, SO JOHN ATKINS, THE KEYS PRINCIPAL, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF KIDS OVER THERE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH CLASSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT ARE, MIGHT BE GREAT WITH ANIMALS TO TALK TO HIM OR OVER AT THE TECH CENTER.
THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR, UH, TECHS COMING THROUGH THERE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON THE CADET PROGRAM AND THE FIRE, UH, PRE-FIRE SCHOOLS STUFF.
SO THAT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY OVER THERE AT THE, UH, THE HEB TECH CENTER AND, UH, KEYS HIGH SCHOOL.
I'LL, I'LL LIKE TO REACH OUT TO 'EM AND I'LL REACH OUT TO, UH, IRVING AND GRAND PRAIRIE AS WELL.
'CAUSE THEY DO HAVE SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM LIKE THAT FOR THEIR SHELTER WHERE THEY DO HAVE LIKE THOSE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT COME IN AND DO LIKE, KIND OF INTERNSHIP WORK.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY REACH OUT AND IF YOU NEED AN INTRODUCTION, I'LL TAKE YOU AND JOHN TO LUNCH AND WE CAN SIT DOWN AND WE CAN HELP OUT IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
UM, SPEAKING OF ORDINANCES, OKAY.
AND DR. REED AND, AND CHRIS BEFORE I, UM, ARE YOU AWARE THAT, ARE WE NOW IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD? WE, WE HAVE A PUPPY STORE.
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ARE YOU? YES, I'M AWARE.CHRIS, ARE YOU ALRIGHT, CHRIS? CHRIS, ARE YOU AWARE? OH, I HAVE ONE AT NORTHEAST MALL RIGHT NOW, SO I KNOW YOU DO.
OKAY, SO WHAT I WANNA, THAT EXCEPT ME GUYS, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
WHAT, WHAT I, WHAT I WHAT? I JUST WANNA ASK DALLAS, SHUT IT DOWN.
UM, I, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ORDINANCES, HAS THERE, AND I'M, I'M GONNA NEED HELP ON BOTH ENDS HERE.
UM, I GUESS THE TEMPERATURE AND THE CONVERSATION WAS LEFT THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO BE WORKING ON FUTURE ORDINANCE.
UH, SUP TALKING TO YOU DOWN THERE, COUNCILMAN, IN REGARDS TO, UM, LANGUAGE ORDINANCE.
WE ARE, UM, YEAH, IT IS LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, THIS SLIPPED THROUGH JUST BECAUSE YOU, YOU HAVE ORDINANCES FOR YEARS AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO PUT IN THERE UNTIL YOU HAVE A SITUATION POP UP.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE MEAN.
IT'S KINDA LIKE I TOLD SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS, I'M NOT FOR THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD BEING IN BEDFORD, BUT THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW.
THE ANIMAL CON, I MEAN THE PUPPY PALACE, AS YOU CALL THEM, HAS A OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE STOPPED BY AND, AND VISITED WITH THEM.
UM, THEY VET THEIR, IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PURCHASING.
THEY SAY THEY DON'T BUY FROM PUPPY MILLS UNTIL, UNTIL THEY VIOLATE SOMETHING.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
SO HERE'S MY QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.
IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND THE REST OF OUR, OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO SET AN ORDINANCE, TRY TO GET SOME LANGUAGE RULES THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING IN? WE ARE.
BUT ALSO LOOK, LET'S GO ON THE LEGALITY SIDE.
WOULD YOU RATHER HATCH AND WE CAN, UH, ORDINATE OR YOU HAVE THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE, ARE, ARE AGAINST.
I MEAN, IT'S A CATCH 22 AND I UNDERSTAND, BUT ARE THERE, LIKE I SAID, TWO BULLDOGS DID NOT WALK INTO A BAR AND, AND YOU GOT YOUR BULLDOG.
I MEAN, THERE'S BREEDERS OUT THERE.
I GOT, WE'VE WE'VE GOT TO, WE WE'VE GOT MORE, UH, I I I'D RATHER HAVE ONE WE CAN WATCH AND TO OH YES.
I MEAN IT'S TO, UH, TO, UH, REGULATE THAN ALL THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE GOING ON AND HOMES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S A LEGAL ISSUE UNTIL WE GET THERE AND UH, UH, UH, CODE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND STUFF DOES OUR, OR WE, WE, WE'VE TOLD THEM WE WANT THEM TO.
IT'S JUST WE'VE TOLD THEM WE WANT THEM TO, IT'S JUST GETTING THAT ON THE, WHERE IS, IS IT ON THE PRIORITY LIST? SO ANIMAL SERVICES THEN DOES NOT HAVE NO, THIS IS NOTHING TO DO.
IT IS NOT, IT'S NOT ANIMAL SERVICES.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH, SO GET THEM OUTTA THE WAY.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND CODE DEPARTMENT AND CODE.
SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME TODAY IS THAT THERE IS MOVEMENT, THERE IS LANGUAGE THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
WELL, I CAN'T SAY IF IT HAPPENS BETWEEN IT'S TOMORROW.
IF IT'S TOMORROW, THAT HAPPENS.
BUT IT'S, WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S A RETAIL LOCATION THAT'S GOT LICENSINGS FROM THE STATE.
THAT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
AND RIGHT NOW THE OTHER CHALLENGE IS, IS WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 2127, WHICH IS THE DEATH STAR BILL THAT ALLOWS FOR A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON THAT WE CAN'T REGULATE.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THAT'S THE REASON WHY THERE'S NO ORDINANCE IN HEARST HEARST.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ENACT, YOU CAN'T ENACT A NEW ORDINANCE BECAUSE OF THE, IT'S THE STATE REGULATING STATE IT'S MM-HMM.
BUT ISN'T HOUSE BILL 25? UH, SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT AT THE, AT THE HOOHAW.
THERE, THERE IS THAT BILL THAT WENT TO THE, WENT TO THE FLOOR, BUT IT WAS NEVER, IT WAS NEVER DONE.
BUT 2127 WAS PASSED THE SECOND CLOSED.
BUT IT, IT ALLOWS PEOPLE, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE MINIATURE, MINIATURE COWS AND HEARST WELL THAT
THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER THING THAT WE MM-HMM.
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS IS RUNNING INTO THE SAME PROBLEM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY CANNOT PUT ANY ORDINANCES IN.
SO THERE'S A PUPPY STORE GOING INTO NORTH RICHLAND HILLS.
IS IT THE SAME ONE WE GOT? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE SAME ONE OR NOT, BUT I MEAN, WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CHICKENS TOO, WITH, WITH THE AREA ON CHICKENS.
WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A GENTLEMAN THAT, IT'S A RENTAL HOUSE THAT HAS CHICKENS AND IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE ORANGE.
INFESTATION, HONEY, THERE'S RATS ALL OVER.
THE CITY OF EDGAR COME TO MY HOUSE.
BUT I'M JUST, ALL I'M DOING IS GIVING YOU THE FACTS.
AND ALL I CAN DO IS WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN,
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BUT THE STATE OVER, I MEAN, THEY ARE THE REGULATING BODY.WE CAN'T PASS ANY ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW.
THAT GOES AGAINST WHAT THE STATE HAS PASSED.
SO, BUT DON'T THEY GO TO SESSION IN JANUARY? THEY DO, BUT IT'S, THIS ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN PASSED.
WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING AGAINST IT.
WHICH STATES THAT WE CAN HAVE AS MANY PUPPY STORES AS WE CAN PUT IN.
DON'T SAY THAT TOO LOUD, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL BE DOING THAT.
IT IS LOOKING AT MAKING SOME EXTRA MONEY, HUH?
WHAT CAN'T KAREN, THERE'S THIS ORDINANCE, THIS 2127 ALLOWS PEOPLE TO KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE THEY HAVE AND PUT EIGHT MINI HOUSES ON IT.
SO WHAT IT'S DOING IS TAKING LOCAL CONTROL OUT OF THE CITIES.
SO THERE'S A BIG, I MEAN, IT'S IN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S IN LITIGATION, BUT NO CITY RIGHT NOW WANTS TO PUT THEMSELVES IN A POSITION THAT WE GET SUED.
'CAUSE IT WILL COST, WE WILL LOSE AT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO TML AND EVERYTHING, THEY'RE GOING AFTER THIS TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET THIS CHANGED AND REMOVED.
BUT UNTIL THEN, WE'RE, OUR HANDS ARE TIED RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE LOOKING UNTIL UNTIL JANUARY.
WELL, IT'S IF THEY, IT'S NOT UNTIL JANUARY.
'CAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN PASSED.
SO THAT COULD TAKE MONTHS, YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE, I COULD BE DEAD.
WE'RE DOING, THAT'S WHY WE COULDN'T, WE, WE CAN'T, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE AN OVERLAY DISTRICT, WE CAN'T TELL PEOPLE ANYMORE.
YOU CAN'T USE THIS TYPE OF MATERIAL ON YOUR, ON YOUR BUILDINGS OR YOUR HOUSES.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A CERTAIN COLOR THAT YOU CAN PAINT IN THIS CORRIDOR BECAUSE 21, 27 HAS REMOVED CITY'S ABILITY TO DO THOSE THINGS.
WHO DID THAT? SO WELL THAT'S, HAVE WE HAD COMPLAINTS OF THE, WHERE THE PUPPIES ARE OF THE PUPPY STORE? UH, NOT THAT, UH, OUR NEW ONES THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF.
I MEAN FROM THE OLD ONES WHENEVER IT FIRST CAME UP YEAH.
BUT JUST KIND OF STARTED TAPERING OFF.
PICK UP A PIZZA, PICK UP A PUPPY.
BUT LET ME, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS DON'T GET A LOT OF PU YOU GET SOME PUPPIES AT THE, AT THE SHELTER.
BUT YOU HAVE MORE MATURE DOGS.
SO, I MEAN, I I'M HEARING THE ARGUMENT THAT OUR FAMILY IS NOT READY FOR A PUPPY.
WE WANT A A SMALL, WE WANT A SMALL PUPPY SO WE CAN TRAIN.
BUT WE HAVE RESCUE DOGS THAT CREATE, MADE US CREATE OUR ORDINANCE WITH THE SITUATION ON THE, THE DOG ON DOG KILLING THAT WE HAD.
YOU KNOW, LET ME, LET ME JUST SAY THIS AS, AS THE CITY OFFICIAL, TELL ME HOW WE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
I MEAN, I, EVERYBODY WANTS A PUPPY.
AND SOME OF THOSE PUPPIES ARE STILL PUPPIES WHEN THEY'RE TWO AND THREE YEARS OLD, AND THEN THEY GET DUMPED AT OUR SHELTERS.
BUT YOU'RE GENERALIZING EVERYBODY.
THAT'S HOW, I MEAN, WE, WE DO, WE HAVE TO HAVE, WE HAVE TO HAVE ORDINANCE.
BUT YOU HAVE, I MEAN, IT, I THINK WE HAVE MORE KITTENS THAN WE DO PUPPIES.
PEOPLE COME INTO APARTMENTS, THEY GET A CAT.
I MEAN, I'M, I'M, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S YOUR PASSION AND YOUR CONCERN, BUT THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN, WE CAN PUT ORDINANCES ON.
AND RIGHT NOW WE WE'RE, WE'RE WRITING IT FOR WHEN HOUSE BILL 21, 27 GETS CORRECTED.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, IS THAT THE CITY AND YOUR, THAT YOU ARE AWARE? YES.
YOU'RE DOING THE BEST THAT YOU CAN.
LEGALLY WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING NOW.
UM, WHERE'S BRYN WHEN YOU NEED HIM? YEAH, RIGHT.
WHERE'S HER? OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
WELL THEN I GUESS THAT, AND I'M GOOD ON THE UPDATES, SO, OKAY.
RE DO YOU HAVE CHRIS? UH, DO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? CHRIS, PLEASE SAY SOMETHING.
I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE LOTS OF CLIENTS WHO TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF THEIR PUPPIES YES.
SO, YES, WE CAN'T NEGATE ALWAYS NOT HAVING PUPPIES, BUT ISN'T THERE THEN THE OTHER SIDE OF IT WHERE PEOPLE, WELL OF COURSE BRING THEM HOME AND THERE'S ALSO PEOPLE WHO GET THEM FROM SHELTERS AND TAKE THEM BACK.
I'LL SAY WE GO OUT TO OUR LITTLE PET STORE AT THE MALL AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.
'CAUSE PEOPLE CALL, THEY EMAIL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND WE GO OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING'S FINE.
OH, THEY'RE CARRYING FOR THE ANIMALS.
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JUST DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF SELLING.'CAUSE THEY HAVE THIS THING WHERE THEY JUST ASSUME, THEY JUST ASSUME THEY'RE ALL COMING FOR PUPPY MILLS.
BUT THERE'S NOT ALWAYS, IT'S NOT ALL THE CASE.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU CERTAINLY KNOW MORE THAN I DO.
WELL, I JUST, I MEAN, IT, IT'S LIKE BUYING A CAR.
SOME PEOPLE, THEY WANT TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND BUY A BRAND NEW CAR.
THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE USED CAR LOT.
THEY SOMETIMES THEY LOOK AT ANIMALS THE SAME WAY.
UM, ALL WE CAN DO IS MAKE SURE THEY'RE CARING FOR THE ANIMALS PROPERLY AND THEY'RE NOT NEGLECTING THEM OR BEING CRUEL OR, YOU KNOW, AND KEEPING THEM CLEAN, KEEPING THEM BED, KEEPING THEM CLEAN.
AND PET STORES ALSO CAN BE REGULATED BY THE USDA.
SO I THINK IT'S SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO, THEY, I THINK THEY HAVE TO HAVE PERMITS OR SOMETHING THROUGH THAT.
UH, I JUST HAVE ONE, UH, UH, HAVE WE HAD AN ABUNDANCE OR COMPLAINTS, UH, REGARDING ANIMALS BEING LEFT OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT WITH NO SHELTER, NO WATER.
SURPRISINGLY, WE'VE, WE HAVEN'T HAD AS MANY AS WE'D HAD LAST YEAR.
UH, I THINK WE'VE HAD ABOUT THAT.
I CAN COUNT LIKE FOUR OR FIVE.
IT HASN'T BEEN MANY THIS SUMMER.
UM, AND WE USUALLY, THAT, THAT'S ONE OF OUR PRIORITY CALLS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE ANIMAL'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT AND THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON THERE AS THE ANIMAL CRUELTY.
SO WE GET OUT THERE AS SOON AS WE CAN.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, UH, WE CAN, UH, DO TO ENHANCE OUR, IS IS THAT, THAT'S A STATE MANDATE.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO ENHANCE THAT ORDINANCE? YEAH, WE GOTTA ADD AN ORDINANCE.
AND THAT'S THE ORDINANCE THAT ME AND BOBBY HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
THE NEGLECT CRUELTY ORDINANCE.
THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO LEAVE THEM OUT IN THE HEAT AND THE COLD.
THAT THAT'S JUST, BUT THAT'S ALSO A STATE LAW, WHICH IS THE SAFE BACK DOORS ACT.
UM, THEY CAN'T BE WITHOUT SHELTER AND POTABLE WATER AND THEY HAVE TO BE OFF THE FLOOR.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF STIPULATIONS FOR THEM TO KEEP THEIR DOGS OUT IN THEIR BALCONY OR IN THEIR BACKYARD.
SO THERE'S STATE LAW THAT COVERS IT.
THAT'S WHY WE DON'T REALLY GO DOWN THE ORDINANCE ROUTE.
AND DO YOU THINK THAT IT IS ENOUGH? IT'S APPROPRIATE.
CAN'T WE GET SOME MORE ENERGY INTO THAT? THAT, I MEAN, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS STRENGTHEN STATE LAW.
UM, AND ONCE WE START LOOKING AT OUR ORDINANCES, UM, AND, AND START PUSHING MORE TOWARDS THE COUNCIL, IT, IT WILL OBVIOUSLY BE THERE AND IT'S GONNA BE STRONG, UH, JUST SO IT CAN ASSIST US IN DOING OUR JOB PROPERLY.
HAVE WE HAD ANY CASES WHERE WE'VE WE'VE NEEDED EXTRA? NO, SIR.
AND IF THERE'S ANY CASES LIKE THAT, THEN WE WILL PULL ON EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
I MEAN, EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
I MEAN, THE ONLY ONE I CAN THINK OF IS THE HOUSE WHERE WE HAD NEGLECT AND THAT WASN'T EVEN OUTSIDE.
AND IT WAS NEGLECT OF ANIMALS.
UM, AND I, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, KAREN, I WISH WE COULD ROUND UP ALL THE BAD PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT, THAT DO.
WE, WE JUST, IF ANYBODY CAN DO IT, IT'S YOU.
SO, BUT, UM, I, I THINK THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
I THINK WE, OF COURSE THEY DO.
WE, I, I MEAN WE, WE HANDLE, AND, AND IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
IF WE PREPARED FOR EVERY CONTINGENCY, WE'D BE PREPARING AND NOT DOING.
UM, AND IT'S JUST WHEN THINGS COME UP AND ARISE, WE ADDRESS THEM AND WE GET ON THEM.
AND WE, WE TRY TO BE AS PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE, BUT, AND IN SOME CASES IT'S, WE HAVE TO BE REACTIVE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.
WE CAN'T IMAGINE THE SCENARIO.
WELL, I, I LIKE THE PART WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE.
I HAVE ONE MORE THING AND THEN, THEN I'M DONE, THEN I'M DONE.
UM, ARE YOU ALL DUE FOR A PROCLAMATION IN, I THINK IT'S NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER WE MISSED THE LAST ONE.
ARE YOU DUE FOR ONE IN NOVEMBER? I THINK SO.
WE GOT OUR PROCLAMATION IN APRIL.
I KNOW, BUT WASN'T THERE ANOTHER ONE THERE? THERE'S ONE IN APRIL.
THERE'S ALREADY A DATE SET FOR, UH, DEBBIE'S ALREADY SENT ME THE DATE.
I'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY PHONE, BUT I GOT AN, UH, EMAIL, UM, ABOUT A PROCLAMATION FOR SERVICE DOGS COMING UP.
UM, YEAH, THAT WOULDN'T, I DON'T THINK THAT'D BE FOR US.
I THINK, ISN'T IT FOR LIKE SERVICE DOGS? IT'S, UM, YOU GET A NEW PHONE AND
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THEN NOTHING'S THERE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE DAY EVERYTHING POPS UP, UP, IT FALLS BACK IN OR IT'S GONE.THE PROCLAMATION DATE WOULD BE OCTOBER 22ND.
THAT TUESDAY, THAT'S THAT MEETING THAT IT'LL BE AT SAY 22ND.
I THINK IT'S, UM, SEPTEMBER'S NATIONAL, UM, SERVICE DOG RECOGNITION.
I HAD AN EMAIL THAT I LOST ALL MY CONTACTS AT, SO I COULDN'T FORWARD IT.
SO I RESPONDED BACK TO THE LADY AND TOLD HER THAT WE HAD LOOKED INTO IT ALREADY.
WELL, IT'S ANIMAL SHELTER APPRECIATION WEEK.
AND THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER APPRECIATION WEEK.
SO THAT IS THE ONE THAT YOU ALL ARE RECOGNIZED OCTOBER 22ND, CORRECT.
WEEK OF, NO, THIS IS THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 3RD.
BUT THEIR PROCLAMATIONS ON OCTOBER 22ND.
WELL, LIKE THE ENTIRE SHELTER AS A STAFF.
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WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH YOUR NEXT MEETING? UM, SO THE END OF SEPTEMBER.WE COULD DO IT AT THE END OF OCTOBER, AND THAT'LL BE THE LAST ONE FOR THE YEAR.
TECHNICALLY THIS ONE CAN BE THE LAST ONE FOR THE YEAR, BUT I LIKE RIGHT.
SO I AM FREE, UM, 21ST OR THE 28TH AS FAR AS I KNOW.
SHOULD WE SET IT FOR THE 21ST IN CASE WE NEED TO BUMP IT FORWARD A WEEK? YES.
SO SET IT FOR THE 21ST AND THEN WE CAN GO OFF OF THAT AND I'LL REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY AGAIN ON THROUGH EMAIL.
UM, MOLLY, I WANNA, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN.
YOU ALSO THAT IN OUR BEDFORD CONNECTION, REMINDING OUR CITIZENS TO ADOPT FROM US.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER THE 21ST, 20:10 AM WELL, I GOT THIS COMMUNICATION IN THE MAIL THAT, UM, MY TERM IS UP AT THE END OF, UH, SEPTEMBER, SO I MAY NOT BE HERE.
I, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY AT THIS TIME THAT I, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
UM, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE AN EASY JOB.
AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD TO BE A, A CITIZEN OF BEDFORD, OUR POLICE.
AND YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME, DR. REED.
UM, IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
AND, UM, I HOPE THAT, UM, I I WILL BE BACK ON THE 16TH, BUT THINGS CAN CHANGE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS WONDERFUL MEETING.