City of Laredo, Texas Animal Care Services Advisory Committee, 26 Jul 2018

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Animal Care Services Advisory Board Committee Meeting for July 26, 2018

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Okay, it's about twelve forty three and you will call the meeting to order for the element care services, Advisory, Committee,.

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Councilman dumbest absent Melissa would Iike here. I'll just call to see this.

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Okay, Kathleen.

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He case are present. Cindy come to mr. Simpson's present senator Solis, absent she's gonna be late. Okay, I'm, a colossal sir me this present and he got the demeanor she's had time: okay, dr. Linacre, Rosemarie, comma, so sir Cynthia we hustle and then director buddy southern handed. You endorse us.

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Know- and you have all right, Thank You citizens, comments.

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We don't have any other.

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Item for approval, the minutes of April 26 2018, and now they were sent to us by email.

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There's a motion my doctor in different a second by mr. simply to approve the minutes. Any discussion, okay, cut through the bulletins almost in favor, say aye.

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Host okay passes unanimously item number five update of the TNR as soon our program. Okay,.

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That nice committee and we are expecting them to come down. The thing is that they haven't come down. They do have a conference is next week, so we are waiting for August we're trying to get somebody down also with someone from awesome pet slave to come in. So once we schedule that it that should be sometime in obviously will keep everybody close. We do need an expression. Oh yeah, oh.

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The soccer game I know that may discuss those.

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But the other thing is, they may not come and would make Skype, because we're.

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Painting the deep for them to come down so.

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We have reached out to them and since they have their conference this week, they just finished their conference. We are pushing it back to the August and, if not, then one scheduled for September, but we will keep everybody posted as far as a Tina. Nobody.

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Don't do know that they received our ordinance that our stuff back when and they sent a copy with their recommended adjustments and changes, and that was presented to the city, so they actually have a copy of everything that they very done. This they've already looked at the ordinance and given us their proposals, a lot of paper written and the city has it well.

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We have to vote on it to approve it. Then it goes to city no.

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It's already gone to City, wait to see before we even have any budget committee. You.

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We're doing it at the office, a lot of citizens are bringing them in or something for testing the horse painting do. We know we're tipping the ears and they're racing, and we have quite a few.

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People were just trying because they're, sick and tired of cats having kittens and stuff so, and then we have a program where we're trying to take people's kittens in only if they stay the female. So a lot.

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Are staying them so that they can and then we have up sending a lot. Powell is taking.

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And we're standing moving a lot of the kittens ourselves free. You know zoo, critter housing so that they can go out and get it up there. Nice picture. Yes, yes,.

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To hold all not females, that's what's the males I'd like them to get ittle bit over there, because some cats get urinary stones and if you neuter the male cat, their penis stays a little too small and they're more prone to getting blocked when they get over. This is just a personal observance over the years that I've been practicing, but we do anything we'll hold a little longer.

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We know customer something that wants to learn of our clients and they'll. Take it don't bring it back when we do it for free.

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I, like this up closer.

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To six months of.

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The male, the female I mean I, can't spare a female this.

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Like I can do it over here that I prefer me. That's nice.

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Any more discussion on the right hand, side do.

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We want to do a motion to encourage the city to finish well,.

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Okay, then, moving on to item six update our shelter statistics, okay,.

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Everybody- these are our statistics of two teens from January to decide named Judy, so I added a comparison column from 2017, with the exact same dates. So you can see the difference where, where we are at now compared to where we were I, think this.

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Dogs and what cats.

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Do we didn't bring in as many so I would say.

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Had discussed it earlier me Lou, unless you mean I was.

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Hoping that we had more.

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Responsible pet owner nice cuz, we do bring as many. If you look at the return to owners for dogs, you can see there's a big difference.

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We heard we had a big difference on retention.

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Owners, so it seems to us that not as many owned dogs have gotten out had gotten out away from their yards, so that was a big difference that we saw in comparison pretty antique, and if you see the numbers and the adoptions you can see that we have on 161 dogs adopted miss this year. Next year, 42 cats adopted 45 last year, six you're.

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Not coming to the puppies.

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No, those would be possible. Those are Foster's, those.

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Fostering it okay.

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Rtl returning on their rescue, those are the organizations that come to the gathering thanks.

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Yeah Marty.

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The return yeah.

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Total outcome: what's that that's.

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What the Lebanese.

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I'll climb that summit or not a beggar east, rather everybody next time out whether it was euthanized or gotten out thunk found a home adopting rescued returned to owner. So that's how many we were able to get out of the shelter.

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57 for 56 points. It's.

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Okay and that's okay, I mean we have no choice because we only have 170 cages for dogs and if people don't.

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Ten right now this year, if you see how many catch me running to Janey we're up 400, no.

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I mean they 770 cages reality, but.

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Now, what's going on with a new building, that's supposed to be working.

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You know per unit. We still have that many people they know we are gonna, move forward with the cat house. It's also in the CIP list. That's going to be presented to budget, we do have all the cats inside and the trainer where.

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Usually house I'm not.

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Sure if everybody seen those or much but.

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In our rescues.

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For cats has gone way up compared to last year. This year, TJ we've got now 330 cats, that's alone. That is a lot. So what we went up, and so our goal for this year was to be Chinese 50% web release rate. We still have a few months left in the year, so we're hoping to reach that because we do know it's a process and we need the community support, and that was our goal that needs to get to 50%, know we're hoping by the end of the year.

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We can reach that and we are having a lot of adoption promotions, we're going to a lot of events and not just for adoptions. We are doing microchip, I, don't know if everyone about our event. From yesterday, we were able to microchip behind Reed needs to see it pass and registry.

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And rich: yes, if you just give me a heads-up every time you do it, I can put it on our Facebook page, okay, Peyton, and that would help out yes that customer to come. You not telling me the shelter will do it. You know we charge 20 I, think I'll torture 15 with the registration.

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Front yesterday we.

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Sending in they met where we're gonna just hit it off at 150, we.

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Ended up with 1768.

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Already get it out there too much than there, oh sure,.

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Okay, so that's coming yes and we've got one day, promotion or maybe.

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Same with the mobile, but people are standing up.

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You know they wanted us to go again today and tomorrow, but it wouldn't seem like it's about.

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Takes about pepper.

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To any number seven discussion with possible action to amend the lacs Advisory Committee bylaws, to decrease the number of members required to establish a quorum.

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Make it members the.

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Current requirement: okay and we're reducing it.

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Has to be this should be here right. So it's a 13 members.

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Certain council.

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He have to guess one, that's why and then every appointed member, okay.

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So loulou's for the mayor, melissa is district, 1, Alex, casitas district 2, Cathy district 3, Cindy, cthulhu district 4, mr. Simpson District, five senator Solis district, six, myself, District, seven and 230 new district 8. All those have to be included dr. lang, Decker and Rosita muscles. Our mayor and council yeah and my director and the director.

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And the director.

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Okay, so seven of us 13.

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Now, with the director is mr. venema attorney buddy Ellis able to substitute in.

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The number that would be up to you all, though, to the committee and mr bonomi. This is no longer with the.

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Question is: can we if you're not here, someone else.

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With the council member I know like alex, has to show before we just need a member of the council. Shouldn't have to be.

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Should be a pencil clinic you to know.

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Southern is.

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This proposed amendment to the change than them just use the number from eight to seven with the addition. You would accept that to your motion that the director be substituted by a representative of the shelter and the councilmember by any other councilmember uterine.

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To eight or a seven, yes,.

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Any other discussion.

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Okay with those amendments so call for a vote, then all those in favor say: aye, aye, aye,.

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Other post and that's item said that we're going to item 8 items for our next.

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Update or a discussion of what are we going to do about a bit well,.

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We are working with dr. dine yogurt right now we do have a contract with dr. Knight, Dekker and I was proposing. Maybe we can post the position as a part-time I have.

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Another vet coming she's coming in November, so they'll be three of us and that will allow me I'm. Not talking come down here and just right now. I can't do anything until she comes and we do slow down in August. Quite a bit, once kids go back to school and I'll be able to come over here, do some or preferably even if y'all can take them to shelters.

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We were doing quite a few to vote for you before and quite frankly, the number we need I'd like to know with the number of spays and neuters that were done when dr. Rodriguez here.

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And that would be nice.

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And we can and we can add up what it, what it would, what I recharge you know with y'all's discount, as I give you all the discounts, how much you spent on a veterinarian per year versus how much we got done for you and dr. Martin.

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Is a contract position.

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Put it in there.

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There any budget.

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