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OKAY.WE SHOULD CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER BECAUSE IT'S 10 O'CLOCK.
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UH, ORDER BUSINESS SHOULD BE APPROVING OR NOT APPROVING THE MINUTES OR NOTHING.I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING IN THE MINUTES THERE.
SO THOSE ARE APPROVED AND WE CAN MOVE
[2. Report on shelter statistics.]
ON TO THE NEXT.SO THERE'S TWO OF THEM BECAUSE WE MISSED A QUARTER, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH QUARTER FOUR, JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2024.
UM, STARTING WITH THE DOGS, UH, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
UM, SO FISCAL YEAR 2023, FISCAL YEAR 2024.
YOU SEE HOW THEY COMPARE HERE.
UH, SO ADOPTED 36 AND 23 FOR THIS QUARTER, AND 43 FOR 24, WHICH WENT UP.
UH, RETURN TO OWNER, UM, WENT FROM 63 TO 44, SO I KIND OF, THAT DECLINED JUST A BIT.
EUTHANASIA DECLINED AS WELL FROM 18 TO 13.
SO THAT'S US PUSHING 'EM OUT TO DIFFERENT RESCUES.
WE PICKED UP, UH, TWO DOAS THIS, THIS PAST QUARTER, THAT PAST QUARTER AND, UH, ZERO THE YEAR BEFORE.
JOSE, I GOT A QUESTION ON RETURNED.
DOES THAT MEAN, WOULDN'T THAT BASICALLY BE HOW MANY YOU FOUND THAT WERE OWNED OR STRAIGHT? YEAH.
SO THAT LIKE THE PD BRINGING 'EM IN OR, UH, THE PUBLIC BRINGING 'EM IN THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR OR THE OFFICERS FIND 'EM OUT IN THE FIELD, THEY SCAN AND THEN WE RETURN OUT IN THE FIELD.
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAD A HUNDRED DOGS THAT WE, WE GOT AND WE ONLY RETURNED 44 BECAUSE THE, WE COULDN'T FIND THE OWNERS.
AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE MICROCHIPPED AND OWNERS JUST REFUSE TO COME BACK AND, AND PICK HIM UP.
UH, TOTAL INTAKE WENT FROM 130 IN 2023 TO 101 IN 2024.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF OUR APPOINTMENT BASE.
THAT HAS REALLY HELPED US BRING DOWN THE AMOUNT OF DOGS THAT WE HAVE.
WELL, I SAY THAT FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE COMPLETELY FULL.
UM, UH, IT, IT HAS TREMENDOUSLY BROUGHT DOWN THE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS WE'RE BRINGING IN THROUGH THAT FRONT DOOR FOR SURRENDER.
BUT IT IS ALSO HELPING PEOPLE OUT BY, HEY, NEVERMIND, I DON'T WANNA BRING MY DOG TO THE SHELTER TO SURRENDER.
SO YOU MEAN THEY STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT LONGER? YEAH.
THEY, THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE THIS APPOINTMENT WITH SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO SURRENDER, SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WE CAN'T AFFORD FOOD, OR WE CAN'T DO THIS OR THAT, THEN DO WE OFFER, THEN WE DO ASSIST SERVICES TO, YEAH.
SO LIKE LET'S SAY LIKE, HEY, I DON'T, I JUST CAN'T AFFORD THE FOOD OR, UH, UNTIL THE SURRENDER OR WHATEVER WHERE I'M GONNA DO WITH MY DOG, CAN I GET ASSISTANCE? AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE DONATIONS THAT COME THROUGH THAT WE CAN USE THAT FOOD, WE'LL DONATE IT TO THE PUBLIC FOR, FOR ASSISTANCE.
SO WOULD THIS BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT DONATIONS? OKAY.
UM, SHOULDN'T WE, LET'S GET THROUGH THE STAT.
YEAH, LET'S GET THROUGH THE STATS FIRST.
LET'S THROUGH THE THANK YOU STA STATS AND THEN LET'S GET THROUGH THE STAT.
SO WITH GOING, MOVING ON TO THE CATS, UM, WE HAD 54 ADOPTED THIS YEAR.
EUTHANIZED NUMBERS WENT DOWN FROM 12 TO EIGHT.
UM, RESCUED, OBVIOUSLY THE RESCUE NUMBER LOOKS TREMENDOUS FOR 2023 BECAUSE WE HAD THAT LARGE SCALE SEIZURE CASE.
SO THAT ALL THOSE ANIMALS WENT FROM 91.
THOSE NUMBERS WENT FROM 91 TO 14.
TOTAL INTAKE WENT FROM 183 TO 60, BUT ALSO IS BECAUSE OF THE, YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT ONE.
UH, EUTHANIZED WAS WENT DOWN FROM 14 TO FIVE, RESCUED THREE TO ZERO.
WE DIDN'T HAVE MANY THAT WE NEEDED TO PUSH OUT TO.
UH, WILD RIDE WILDLIFE REHABERS RELEASED TO WILD.
UH, WE WENT FROM 17 TO 18, UH, SERVICED, WHICH WAS JUST WILDLIFE DECEASED.
AND THIS IS WHERE OUR NUMBERS ARE REALLY GOING UP, IS OUR FIELD, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UH, SO WE WENT FROM 499 AND 2023 TO 915 IN 2024 FOR THAT REPORT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE INCREASE IS? WE'RE BEING MUCH, A LOT MORE PROACTIVE.
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OFFICERS ARE OUT PATROLLING.THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CATCHING THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM.
UM, SO TOTALS IN TOTAL FOR ANIMALS INTAKES FOR THIS QUARTER.
2024, WE HAD 234 TOTAL RETURN TO OWNERS, WE HAD 600, UH, I MEAN 66.
UH, IN 2023 AND 2024, WE HAD 55 TOTAL ADOPTED.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT'S BECAUSE OF THAT LARGE SCALE SEIZURE.
UH, 2024, WE HAD 26 TOTAL SERVICED.
WE HAD 50, UH, AND 23 AND 56 IN, UH, 24.
AND THAT'S FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, JULY THREE, SEPTEMBER, 2024.
WE MOVE OVER TO, UH, THE FIRST QUARTER, OCTOBER THREE, DECEMBER OF 2024.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025.
SO, UH, DOGS, WE WENT FROM 25 ADOPTIONS TO 31.
UH, RETURNED TO OWNERS, 38 TO 43.
EUTHANASIA WENT DOWN TREMENDOUSLY FROM 15 TO SIX.
UH, RESCUED ANIMALS FROM NINE TO 28, OR DOGS FROM NINE TO 28.
SERVICE FOUR TO THREE, UH, AND TOTAL INTAKES FROM 91 TO 117.
UM, THIS PAST QUARTER, WHICH IS THIS THE FIRST QUARTER, THIS PAST QUARTER THAT JUST PASSED WAS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BUSIEST.
WE HAVE IN THE LAST, LAST YEAR.
UM, CATS WE HAD 37 ADOPTED IN 2023 TO 34.
UH, ONE RETURNED TO OWNER IN 23, 2 IN 24, UM, EUTHANIZED.
UH, WE WENT FROM EIGHT TO SIX.
THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUED TO GO DOWN.
UH, RESCUED, WE WENT FROM 13 TO 68.
UH, AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THOSE NUMBERS, I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ALEX AND THE STAFF FOR DOING WHAT THEY DO WITH THESE, UH, RESCUED ANIMALS AND GETTING THEM OUT.
UM, TOTAL INTAKE, 68 TO 110, UM, WILDLIFE, THE TOTAL INTAKE WENT UP.
IF Y'ALL SEE SIX, SEVEN TO 71, UH, EUTHANASIA ARE STILL STAYING DOWN WITH THE WILDLIFE FROM FOUR TO FIVE.
UH, RESCUED WENT FROM TWO TO ONE.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S KIND OF JUST, IF THEY REALLY NEED THAT HELP, WE PUSH 'EM OUT TO, UH, A REHABBER.
UM, RELEASED TO WILD WAS 17 TO 14.
AND THEN SERVICE, WE WENT FROM FOUR TO 52.
AND LIKE I SAID, SERVICE IS THOSE DECEASED ANIMALS THAT WE'RE PICKING UP DECEASED WILDLIFE THAT WE'RE PICKING UP AGAIN.
UM, CALLS FOR SERVICE WENT UP AGAIN FROM 516 TO 910, UM, THIS PAST, THIS PAST QUARTER.
UM, AND, UH, SO TOTAL FOR THE QUARTER FOR 24, WE HAD 206 INTAKES IN 20 THIS PAST QUARTER WE WENT 2 98.
UH, AND THEN WE WENT FROM 40 TO 46 AND RETURNED TO OWNERS.
TOTAL ADOPTED 63 TO 68 TOTAL SENT TO RESCUE WAS 24 TO 97.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THE STAFF'S DOING A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THEM OUT.
JUST GIVING A FEW UPDATES NOW.
UM, ON, OR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE STATS? NO.
[3. Shelter updates]
ON THE SHELTER, UM, AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, UM, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, I WANT TO GIVE A, A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE STAFF FOR DOING WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, UM, AND DOING SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS, IS AMAZING FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD.AND THAT'S GETTING AT 92.4 LIVE RELEASE RATE IN THE SHELTER, WHICH THAT IS HUGE, HUGE, HUGE, HUGE.
UM, WE ARE PROBABLY ONE OF OUT OF, WELL, NOT PROBABLY, WE ARE ONE OUT OF THREE CITIES IN THE METROPLEX IN NORTH TEXAS THAT IS OVER 90% LIVE RELEASE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS GREAT.
THAT MEANS THAT OUR EUTHANASIA NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN.
THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE NETWORKING WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS.
THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE GETTING MORE ADOPTIONS OUT.
UM, SO I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO MY STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING GREAT.
THEY WANNA TELL US WHAT THE MAGIC IS WITH THE CATS.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOUR NUMBERS HAVE.
USUALLY THE CALM SEASON FOR ANIMAL SERVICES.
AND WE TOOK IN A LOT MORE CASTES THAN WE DID DURING BUSY SEASON, BUT WE ALSO PUSHED THEM OUT PRETTY QUICK.
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NEIGHBORING CITIES ALSO? WERE THEY, DID THEY HAVE BUSY QUARTERS? DO YOU KNOW? UH, I KNOW THAT I WAS GONNA TALK TO CHRIS ABOUT IT, BUT NO, I DIDN'T.I KNOW THAT ELI HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A BUSY SEASON, BUT NOT AS BUSY AS OURS.
UM, UH, ALEX AND I, UH, GOT CERTIFIED ON THE CRUELTY COURSES FOR THE NOKI.
SO, UM, ALEX AND I WENT AND TOOK THE LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO CRUELTY, AND WE NEED THE LEVEL THREE TO BECOME THE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL CRUELTY INVESTIGATOR.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE LESLIE HIGHTOWER TO THE BOARD.
UM, SHE IS OUR NEW A CO THAT'S BEEN WITH US SINCE NOVEMBER.
UM, ANIMAL CONTROL WEEK WILL BE APRIL 13TH THROUGH THE 19TH.
UM, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MY STAFF FOR DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, I DON'T THINK THE CITY OF BEDFORD WOULD, UH, SEE SUCH A CLIMB WITHOUT THEM.
I'M TRYING
DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND TALK TO DONATIONS? OKAY.
ARE WE BUDGETING ENOUGH SO OUR PEOPLE HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO WORK WITH? WHEN I SEE CAT LITTER, CLOROX FOOD, THOSE ARE THE BASICS.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TALKING RHINESTONE COLLARS UP, UP THERE FOR, FOR OUR GUESTS AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
AND AGAIN, UM, YES, OUR STAFF IS INCREDIBLE.
WHAT ABOUT THAT A CO OFFICE NUMBER SIX? IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON REPLENISHING THAT POSITION? NOT RIGHT NOW.
YOU GUYS DO AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE JOB FOR ME RIGHT NOW WITH THIS DONATION THING.
ARE WE BUDGETING ENOUGH THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO ASK OUR CITIZENS TO COME IN AND BRING CAT LITTER? AND I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING IS DO OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN OUR CITY, I, I DON'T SEE THE CITY ASKING FOR KLEENEX FOR OUR, OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES CAN, CAN BLOW THEIR NOSE.
UM, IS IT A ARE WE, DO WE NEED TO BUDGET MORE? SO YOU ALL HAVE THE TOOLS THAT YOU NEED UP THERE, OR DO YOU GOT THE TOOLS? I DON'T KNOW.
ARE YOU HAPPY? YEAH, WE, WE HAVE THE BUDGET.
WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE, THE, UM, THE LITTER.
WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
BUT WHENEVER PEOPLE ASK, HEY, WHAT CAN WE HELP YOU WITH? THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA TELL 'EM BECAUSE WE WILL NEVER, EVER HAVE AN LIKE, OH, I HAVE WHAT I NEED WITH LITTER.
LIKE, WE, IF WE CAN GET MORE LITTER, BY ALL MEANS WE WILL TAKE THAT, THAT AS THE ASSISTANT.
SO WHENEVER PEOPLE ASK LIKE, HEY, LIKE WHAT CAN WE HELP THE SHELTER WITH? OKAY.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO ME IS THEN PEOPLE ARE ASKING, YES, WHAT CAN WE DONATE? WHAT CAN WE DO? THIS IS NOT YOU ASKING.
SO WE, WE, WHENEVER WE, YOU SEE THOSE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIAS AND YOU SEE THOSE ON THE POST, AND IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE CONSTANTLY ASK US, OKAY, WHAT CAN WE HELP YOU GUYS WITH? WHAT CAN WE BRING DOWN TO THE SHELTER TO ASSIST YOU GUYS WITH GOOD.
BUT YEAH, I KNOW OUR BUDGET, THE LINE ITEMS HAVE IT, THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE ORDERING OF THE BULK, UH, LITTER, THE ORDERING OF THE LITTER BOXES, THE ORDER ORDERING OF THE CHEMICALS THAT WE CAN GO BUY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THIS IS NOT A BUDGETARY DEFICIENCY THAT MAYBE WE NEEDED TO UP THE ANTE.
SO YOU ALL HAVE THE TOOLS TO WORK WITH AND NOT WORRY.
AND, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY YEAR.
WE LOOK AT, YEAH, WE LOOKED AT IT LAST YEAR AND WE, WE DID GO UP ON IT BECAUSE EVERYTHING GOES UP IN PRICE.
UM, SO, WELL, THE OTHER THING I THINK TOO, FROM THE, FROM THE COUNCIL'S PERSPECTIVE, IS TO THE BUDGET SET, AND THEY CAN, WE'RE NEVER GONNA LET 'EM DO WITHOUT, BUT IF PEOPLE DONATE ALL THAT STUFF, IT HELPS.
THEY CAN USE IT OTHER PLACES THAT THEY
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MIGHT NOT HAVE BUDGETED FOR WHEN THERE'S A NEED OR AN EMERGENCY.SO THAT ALWAYS HELPS WITH, IT'S, IT'S LIKE THE LIBRARY AND, AND THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE, THEY, THEY'RE BUDGETED FOR.
BUT PEOPLE DONATE BOOKS, PEOPLE DO EVERYTHING.
NOW I KNOW THAT THERE'S, THERE'S TALK ABOUT, UM, CREATING A 5 0 1 C3 FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE THOSE DONATIONS DIRECT AND, AND A A NON-PROFIT KIND OF LIKE WITH FRIENDS IN THE LIBRARY, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO MORE AND HELP US TO DO MORE.
BUT AS FAR AS BUDGET'S CONCERNED, WE'LL HELP 'EM ANY WAY THEY HAVE.
UM, SO AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, AND THIS IS JUST, I DON'T WANT TO BRING MY, MY PERSONAL AGENDA TO THIS BOARD.
THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M HERE FOR.
BUT AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME WITH THIS HORRIFIC SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA, TRYING TO BRING THESE ANIMALS IN, AND GOD BLESS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO BRING THEM IN HERE, WOULD THIS BE A MOMENT, AND I'M, I'M LOOKING FOR PERCEPTION.
I'M LOOKING FOR PERCEPTION OF THE BED OF THE BEDFORD ANIMAL SHELTER THAT WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO? COULD IT BE SUGGESTION TO PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING MONEY TO THESE RESCUE GROUPS? IF, IF THAT'S THE VERY LEAST THAT WE COULD DO AS A CITY TO TRY TO HELP WITH BRINGING THEM IN TO, TO, TO, TO SUGGEST TO OUR, OUR CITIZENS, PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION TO, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S BRINGING THEM IN.
I MEAN, I, I'VE SEEN IT ON TV.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE, BUT IT'S JUST A THOUGHT.
AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS IS, IS FOR ME AS A CITIZEN OF BEDFORD, IF THAT'S THE VERY LEAST THAT OUR SHELTER CAN DO, BECAUSE YOU'RE FULL, WE, WE, WE, WE GOT ENOUGH GOING ON HERE, BUT THE PERCEPTION OF SUGGESTING, PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING AND, AND BRINGING THESE ANIMALS IN OUT OF CALIFORNIA SUGGESTION.
AND, AND I'LL ADD TO THAT, AND, AND, AND I DON'T MEAN TO SPEAK OUTTA TURN ANYTIME THERE'S A TRAGEDY, YOU HAVE ALL THESE NONPROFITS THAT START SAYING, HEY, DONATE TO THIS.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST IF WE ARE GONNA DO SOMETHING THAT WHOEVER DECIDES TO DONATE, CHECK OUT THE NONPROFIT, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF NONPROFITS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SITUATIONS THAT WERE GOING HERE.
AND KAREN HAD ASKED ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, ARE WE GONNA DO SOMETHING? MAYBE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS COULD DO SOMETHING.
THERE'S SO MUCH TRAGEDY RIGHT NOW IN THE UNITED STATES, IN ASHEVILLE AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF IN CALIFORNIA, AND WE WILL HELP OUT WHERE WE'RE ASKED TO HELP OUT.
BUT I, I, AND MOLLY, MAYBE YOU CAN, UH, ADD TO THIS.
I THINK WE GET REALLY HANDCUFFED IN WHAT WE CAN SAY, HEY, IF YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND DO THIS, GO OUT AND DO THIS.
UM, BECAUSE OF, WE DON'T WANT TO LEAD ANYBODY DOWN THE WRONG PATH TO WHO THEY DONATE TO OR TO WHATEVER.
AND, AND ALL THOSE NON-PROFITS AND STUFF, THEY'RE GETTING MONEY FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR LOCAL AREA FIRST AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS WITH OUR SHELTERS BEFORE WE GO SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING A LOT OF MONEY FOR OTHER PLACES.
BUT THAT IS JUST MY OPINION AND MY PERCEPTION.
MY PERCEPTION WAS, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH IT IS FOR ME IS WHAT LITTLE BIT CAN WE DO FROM THE CITY OF BEDFORD, THE PERCEPTION OF THIS CITY? YOU KNOW, HEY, WE, WE, WE SEE IT, WE HEAR IT, WE FEEL YOUR PAIN.
WHAT CAN WE DO? OUR HANDS ARE TIED.
WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY? WE, I MEAN, THE CITIZENS CAN ALWAYS DO, AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY IDEA IF ANY OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE ALREADY DONATED WHAT'S NOT.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
BUT AS A CITY, AS ITS, ITS ITSELF, WE OFFER AID TO VARIOUS CITIES THROUGH SENDING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN, IN PLACES.
AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS TOO.
IT MIGHT NOT BE THAT WE SENT THEM OVER THERE, BUT WE SENT 'EM TO ASHEVILLE AND WE SENT 'EM.
I KNOW WE'VE SENT 'EM TO FLORIDA AND OUR SWIFT WATER, SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAM IS DEPLOYED MORE THAN THEY'RE NOT.
SO WE HELP OUT WHERE THE NEED COMES.
BUT I THINK THERE'S, AND BOBBY, YOU CAN ADD, ISN'T THOSE THERE KIND OF LIKE A, A A PECKING ORDER OF WHERE WE FIT IN AND WHAT WE CAN DO OR WHERE THE NEED IS? RIGHT.
UH, WELL, OUR NEED FOR WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, WE SENT OFFICERS, WE SENT OFFICERS TO VALDI, UH, WHEN THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THEIR TIME.
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AND, AND SO WE REACH OUT, UM, FROM THE ANIMAL SERVICES SIDE.YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T PROMOTE ANY ONE THING, BUT WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE AND THEY'RE SAYING, HOW CAN WE HELP? I'M LIKE, YOU CAN HELP WITH, UH, THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTH TEXAS THAT NEEDS ASSISTANCE.
THEY'RE FULL THE TIME AND THEY HELP US.
UM, WE, YOU KNOW, THE ORGANIZATIONS WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH, YEAH.
UM, AND DID, DID WE HAVE ANY, UM, UPDATE ON THE SHELTER RENOVATION EXPANSION? WHERE, WHERE ARE WE HERE WITH ALL OF THAT? WE'RE STILL JUST, WE'RE STILL STUCK ON IN THE MUD RIGHT NOW.
JUST TALKS STILL GOING THROUGH.
UM, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO IT AGAIN, TRYING TO PROGRESS AS BEST WE CAN WITH IT.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, NOTHING, NOTHING YET.
WE'VE, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER ALL OF OUR NOTES AND ARE, ARE SENDING ALL OF OUR NOTES TO COUNSEL AND, AND GONNA SEEK THE GUIDANCE AND, UH, GIVE THEM ALL THE ADVICE THAT WE HAVE AND WORK FROM THERE.
WELL, I BELIEVE IN HAIL MARY'S, UM,
YOU, YOU'RE TALKING TO A CATHOLIC BOY.
I BELIEVE IN HAIL MARY'S ALL THE TIME.
WE'RE IN AN ABANDONED BUILDING.
YOU DON'T HAVE AN EASY JOB AND IT IS JUST SO APPRECIATED WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THESE GOOD NUMBERS AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
IF, IF I HAD ANY, TO GET YOU A NUMBER SIX AND RESTORE THAT STAFF UP THERE, BUT I SAID WHAT I HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT.
THE LAST THING I NEED TO SAY IS, IS, UH, OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO DR. REED.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW CITY OF BEDFORD POLICE CHIEF, UM, AND BOBBY CHIEF
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
YOU HAVE A BUSY SCHEDULE AND IT IS MOST APPRECIATED THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH US TODAY,
WELL, YOU SHOULD MOVE DOWN HERE BY US.
YOU'RE SITTING OVER THERE AND
WELL, YOU KNOW, I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN THERE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE SITTING IN MY REGULAR SEAT, SO, OKAY.
I'M I, I'D GLAD GLADLY, UH, LET YOU DO THAT.
[4. Discussion on future meeting dates. ]
DATES, I THINK, UH, APRIL 7TH, UM, WOULD BE THE END OF THE QUARTER.UM, THE SECOND QUARTER AND THAT FIRST MONDAY OF APRIL.
ALRIGHT, JOSE ON ANIMAL CONTROL WEEK APRIL 13TH THROUGH THE 19TH, RIGHT? YEAH.
LIKE YOU SAID, WE NEED PROCLAMATION.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO GET A PROCLAMATION.
AND IF WE COULD BRING A LITTLE FOUR-LEGGED FRIEND TO THE COUNCIL MEETING, IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATIVE.
SO, AND THAT WEEK WHILE I WILL ARRANGE LUNCH FOR STAFF AND YOU GUYS CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT AND WE'LL BRING IT IN.
YOU'RE SALIVATING IN THE PARKING LOT.
SO WE ARE CHOOSING THE SEVENTH AT 10:00 AM 10:00 AM YES MA'AM.
DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU, DR. REED? I MEAN, 'CAUSE AS FAR AS I KNOW, I WISH I KNEW MY LIFE THAT FAR AWAY.
YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA GO WITH THIS HOLIDAYS, WHETHER THEY'RE MADE UP OR NOT.
UM, AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING.
I HAVE KNOWN TO TAKE THOSE WITH ME AND HE HAS TO COME GET THEM.