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[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
OKAY.LET'S CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
HAS EVERYONE READ THE MINUTES? I'LL NEED A MOTION.MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
[2. Report on shelter statistics.]
I GUESS WE'LL GO ON TO THE SHELTER.CHURCH THAT'S ON IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS, UM, TO LIKE EVERY QUARTER.
UM, SO FOR THE DOGS, WE'RE START OFF WITH DOGS LIKE WE NORMALLY DO.
UH, YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN ADOPTED.
THERE'S STAGE ABOUT, ABOUT THE SAME.
WE HAD, UH, 55 THE YEAR BEFORE.
EUTHANIZED EIGHT LAST YEAR, 10 THIS YEAR.
UM, RESCUED, SO WENT TO RESCUE OR, UM, OUT OF OUR FACILITY.
WE HAD SEVEN LAST YEAR, 14 THIS YEAR.
AND DOAS PICKED UP WAS FOUR AND FOUR THIS YEAR.
TOTAL DOG INTAKE WAS 98 LAST YEAR, 95 THIS YEAR.
UH, YOU SEE YOU NEED LITTLE JUMP IN, UH, EUTHANIZED WAS BECAUSE OF AGGRESSIVE DOGS COMING TO THE FACILITY.
LAST YEAR WE HAD 26 THIS YEAR, 35.
UH, RETURN TO OWNER SEVEN LAST YEAR.
EUTHANIZED THREE LAST YEAR, TWO THIS YEAR.
UH, SENT TO RESCUE FIVE LAST YEAR, 18 THIS YEAR.
SO OUR RESCUE PARTNERS HAVE REALLY BEEN, UH, HELPING US OUT A LOT.
AND, UH, WE'RE GAINING MORE AND MORE RESCUE PARTNERS.
UM, ALEX AND, UH, AMANDA AND SSA AND LESLIE HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF NETWORKING, UH, ESPECIALLY THIS PAST WEEKEND.
UH, AMANDA AND, UH, ALEX BEING AT THE MEGA EVENT, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
UH, TOTAL INTAKES FOR CATS WENT FROM 52 TO 72, SO WE DID SPIKE THERE.
AGAIN, WILDLIFE, WE WENT FROM SEVEN EUTHANIZED TO EIGHT.
UH, MOST OF THE WILDLIFE THAT WE EUTHANIZED IS JUST FOR HEALTH.
IF THEY COME IN INJURED OR SICK, UM, WE HAD TO MAKE THAT CALL IMMEDIATELY.
ARE THEY MAINLY SKUNKS OR, OH, NO.
WE RELEASE EVERYTHING BACK INTO THE WALL THAT MM-HMM
AND WE SEE SOMETHING GOING ON.
USUALLY WHEN WE HAVE RACCOONS THAT WE HAVE TO EUTHANIZE IS BECAUSE THEY'RE VISUALLY SICK.
ARE Y'ALL STANDARDLY CHECKING THOSE FOR RABIES IF YOU THINK THEY'RE VISIBLY SICK? IF THEY'RE, IF THEIR RABIES CARRIED? YEAH.
LIKE THE, THE IES RACCOON AND SKUNKS.
AND WE HAD A BAT, UH, THIS LAST WEEK.
UM, BUT IT WAS TOO DECOMPOSED FOR THEM TO HAVE AN ANSWER.
SO RESCUES, UM, TO ALL THAT REHABERS, THEY WENT, UH, FROM NINE TO SEVEN, RELEASED TO WALL, WENT FROM FOUR TO THREE, AND DOAS WENT FROM 43 TO 58.
TOTAL WILDLIFE INTAKE WENT FROM 54 TO 63, UH, TOTALS.
SO TOTAL ANIMAL INTAKE WENT FROM 204 TO 230 THIS YEAR.
SO THOSE NUMBERS KEEP GOING UP.
TOTAL RETURN TO OWNER, 62 TO 54.
TOTAL ADOPTIONS WENT FROM 51 TO 60.
SO OUR RETURN TO OWNERS WENT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT OUR ADOPTIONS WENT UP.
UM, SO THE SAME NUMBER WAS GOING OUT.
UH, TOTAL RESCUE, UH, WENT FROM 21 TO 32, SO THAT WENT UP AS WELL.
AND TOTAL, BASICALLY, DOA SERVICED WERE 57 TO, UH, 47 TO 58.
UM, AND AGAIN, OUR FIELD CALLS FOR SERVICE WENT FROM 707 LAST YEAR TO 1200 THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO BE PROACTIVE AND CATCH A PROBLEM BEFORE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM.
AND THE OFFICERS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF THAT.
GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE SHELTER UPDATES.
[3. Shelter updates.]
RIGHT.JUST GOING OVER A COUPLE THINGS.
UH, A ANIMAL CONTROL WEEK, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER WEEK IS, UH, ON THE 13TH.
SO NEXT WEEK, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS PLANNED FOR THE OFFICERS, UM, LUNCH AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, A COUPLE OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THESE UPCOMING TWO MONTHS, SO THE MEGA ADOPTION EVENT WAS ON THE FIFTH AND SIXTH.
UH, AMANDA AND ALEX ATTENDED THAT.
UM, THEY'D HAVE TWO DOGS ADOPTED.
UM, AND THE PERCEPTION IS GOOD, RIGHT? WE WERE THERE.
AND IT WASN'T AS BIG AS IT WAS LAST YEAR IN NOVEMBER WHEN WE DID IN FORT WORTH, BUT I THINK IT'S 'CAUSE OF THE LOCATION WHERE IT WAS, UM, IT WAS TOUGH TO GET TO.
UM, THAT WAS AT THE K BAILEY HUTCHINSON? YEAH.
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APRIL 26TH, WE HAVE AN EVENT AT THE LONDONER IN COLLEYVILLE.UH, WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING A, UH, ADOPTION TRAILER OUT, UH, MAY 3RD.
WE HAVE THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY PICNIC AT THE LIBRARY, UH, AND MAY 31ST WE HAVE THE TURNING POINT BREWERY ADOPTION EVENT.
AND THEN JUNE AND JULY, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON CONFIRMATION FROM A COUPLE PLACES TO, TO SET UP ADOPTION EVENTS ON THOSE DAYS.
DID YOU KNOW THAT TURNING POINT OWNED BY MY MANAGER'S HUSBAND? REALLY? YEAH.
WELL, I MEAN, THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP, BUT YES.
THEY'RE REAL SUPPORTIVE OF THE SHELTER.
THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR SHELTER UPDATES.
WHAT TIME'S THE LONDONER TIME FOR, UH, IT'S GONNA BE FROM 12 TO FOUR, I BELIEVE.
[4. Discussion on future meeting dates.]
THEN DISCUSSION OF FUTURE MEETINGS.UM, THIS IS GONNA BE DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ON VACATION.
I KIND OF WANT TO WAIT TILL AUGUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR TO HAVE ONE.
SO I CAN COMMUNICATE WITH Y YOU GUYS.
LET ME CHECK ONE DATE AND I CAN TELL YOU, UH, ONE THING ABOUT AUGUST.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT THAT FAST.
SO COULD WE SCHEDULE IT TENTATIVELY FOR THE FOURTH? FOR THE FOURTH, JOSE, ARE WE, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT TRAINING FUTURE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS? I KNOW WE, WE, WE HAVE THE ACADEMY OVER THERE, OR, UM, FOR POLICE AND FIRE, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING AT ANY OF THEIR, UM, I KNOW THEY HAVE A, UH, EVENT COMING UP FOR A JOB FAIR, KIND OF FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE GRADUATING AND UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, SO WE DON'T HAVE LIKE AN INTERNSHIP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW FOR SCHOOLS.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT.
UM, BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT CITIES THAT WE WORKED FOR, UM, HAVE, HAVE THAT PROGRAM, UM, THAT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN GET HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COME IN AND KIND OF SEE WHAT WE DO AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TALK TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO CHIEF ABOUT.
UM, JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE GONNA, THEY WOULD BE DOING RIDEALONGS TO SEE WHAT ACOS DO.
UM, AND WORKING WITH THE DOGS, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DANGER SOMETIMES.
BUT NO, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT LIKE A AND M WE, THE WARDENS PROGRAM THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR, FOR, TO GO INTO AFTER, AFTER, UH, AFTER, UH, COLLEGE FOR ALL THE, UM, UH, GAME MANAGEMENT PEOPLE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD SOMETHING PRIOR TO THAT WHERE THEY'RE GOING INTO SCHOOL TO, TO LOOK FOR THE, THAT TYPE OF PROGRAM.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON EVERY OTHER ASPECT OF GETTING KIDS INTO, UH, INTO THE WORKFORCE EARLY ON.
AND AT THE MOMENT WE DO NOT HAVE THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT TOO.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANT ME TO WORK WITH, I'LL HELP YOU ON THAT.
ARE YOU TALKING SPECIFICALLY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS? USUALLY HIGH SCHOOL.
SO OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT COME INTO THE CLINIC MM-HMM
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN INSURANCE.
I MEAN, SOMEHOW WE DON'T HAVE TO COVER THEM AS FAR AS YEAH.
THAT'S THE SAME WAY WITH OTHER CITIES.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR OWN INSURANCE.
WE HAVE INTERNSHIPS AT THE PD AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY REACH OUT TO DO ANYTHING IN ANIMAL SERVICES YET.
'CAUSE THE INGER, THEY'RE WORKING A LOT TOWARDS THESE KIDS THAT ARE MAYBE NEED A COUPLE EXTRA YEARS BEFORE THEY GO TO COLLEGE TO, TO EARN SOME MONEY OR SOMETHING.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD ANY KIND OF PROGRAMS THAT LEAD THEM INTO THAT.
WE HAVE EVERY OTHER PROGRAM THERE, BUT I KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS AN IDEA TO GET THEM, LIKE FOR THE, THE JOB FAIRS FOR LIKE THE BIGGER CITIES, IT'S KIND OF WORKS, BUT SMALL CITIES THAT WE HAVE, LIKE OUR NUMBERS FOR EMPLOYEES IS NOT VERY BIG.
AND OUR TURNAROUND IS NOT, OUR TURNOVER IS NOT AS MUCH, MUCH AS THE BIGGER CITIES.
THE JOB FAIR IS KIND OF TOUGH FOR US BECAUSE WE, WE CAN SHOW UP TO THE JOB FAIR, BUT APPLICATION AT THAT POINT.
SHIRLEY, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, KAREN.
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DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON SHELTER, EXPANSION, SHELTER, SHELTER? I'M JUST THE MONEY SHELTER.ANY, IS THERE ANYTHING? SO WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN BACK IN TOUCH WITH BENNETT PARTNERS TO CONTINUE ON WITH THEIR DRAWINGS AND RENDERINGS FOR FUTURE REMODEL.
SO THAT'S THE DIRECTION RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GONNA, ONCE WE GET THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET MORE OF AN IDEA OF COST AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND SO THEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON WHETHER IT'S WORTH IT OR, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION WITH, WITH US.
IT'S, WE LOOKED AT, AND, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE 1.8 THAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE SPENDING ON THE SHELTER TO REMODEL, IT WAS 3.5 AND THEN, BUT WE LOOKED AT WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR A NEW SHELTER.
AND IT'S UPWARDS ABOUT 10 MILLION TO DO THAT.
WE'VE, UM, WORKING, UH, ALONG, WE'VE STARTED A 5 0 1 C3 SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER, SO THAT IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO DONATE, WE CAN START GETTING DONATIONS.
BUT WE'RE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE SO WE'RE NOT SET IN STONE? NO.
WE'RE NOT SETTING STONE ON ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE YOU SEE I'M STARTING TO RUN OUT OF TIME AND ON MY BUCKET LIST, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
UM, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR THESE LOVELY REMINDERS ABOUT COYOTE AND FEEDING ORDINANCE.
AND THANK YOU MR. FARCO FOR YOUR REMARKS AT COUNCIL.
BOBBY, BUT WITH THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, WOULD HE BE OUR NEW DEPUTY CHIEF BY CHANCE? YES, HE IS.
HE MAY BE TRYING TO HIDE BACK THERE.
AND WE HAVEN'T SEASONED HIM YET.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE COME TO THE WRIGHT CITY AND YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL POLICE CHIEF AND YOUR STAFF AT THE SHELTER.
THEY DO AN INCREDIBLE, AWESOME JOB.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO COVER.
SO I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR MOTION.