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Home My WebLink About2014-04-17 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD APRIL 17, 2014 ITEM 1 — CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Animal Shelter Advisory Board was called to order by Chairman Dr. Gayla Maas at 11:05 A.M. at the City of Euless Animal Shelter, 1517 Westpark Way, Euless, Texas 76040. The following members were in attendance: Gayla Maas, D.V.M. Leon Hogg JT Ackerman Staff Support: Hal Cranor, Larry James, James Whitt & Cynthia Daniel ITEM 2 — REVIEW AND APPROVE MINUTES FROM MEETING OF JANUARY 30, 2014 Chairman Maas asked if there were any questions regarding the minutes of January 30, 2014. Chairman Maas entertained motion to accept. Leon Hogg made a motion to approve the Minutes of January 30, 2014. JT seconded the motion. Motion approved. ITEM 3 — STAFF REPORT— SHELTER OPERATIONS A Public Works employee is temporarily covering the front counter at the shelter while he is recovering from a foot injury. ITEM 4 — SHELTER STATISTIC REPORT Animals picked up were down, calls for service were down, euthanasias were down (mostly feral/wildlife animals), and adopted out more than euthanized. Noted that some citizens bring in their animal to be euthanized because the animal is too sick or too old. ITEM 5 — DOG DAZE EVENT Prices for veterinarian services will stay the same as last year's prices. Larry will post flyers at city facilities. ASAB Board Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 3 April 17, 2014 Chairman Maas stated for the record that the group of veterinarians that provide services at the Trinity High School GAP Club fundraisers is legally a 501(c)(3) tax exempt group. They get donations, tax breaks and tax dollars and that is why they can provide rabies vaccinations at a lower price than Dr. Maas who has to buy everything. Chairman Maas said that in the past the entire package of veterinarian services she offers at Dog Daze, i.e. heartworm test, prevention, & vaccinations costs less than theirs; but their cost for individual vaccinations like rabies is less than her cost. If someone just wants the rabies vaccination for their dog, then it is cheaper at the GAP Club event. Chairman Maas doesn't think the two events can be combined because she can't compete on veterinarian costs. Chairman Maas wants the purpose of Dog Daze to be known in the advertising — that it is a fundraiser for the shelter's injured animal fund. She donates any excess money she gets over her expenses. She also noted that turn out at Dog Daze has dropped since 2008 and that weather and the GAP Club event have affected attendance at Dog Daze. She explained it takes about eight (8) weeks of serious planning and is a lot of work, but it is worth it if it helps the shelter raise money. It used to be a fun city event with hot dogs & drinks donated by stores and raised money for the injured animal fund. Larry and James will talk to Betsy about advertising Dog Daze. Advertising needs to say why we are having event — for the animals and to raise funds for the shelter. It's already on the city's website. It needs to be posted that credit cards are not accepted. ITEM 6 — SHELTER FACILITY REPORT Kyle at Facilities has a painter under contract to paint the dog and cat runs. Mentioned that the city has done a good job of maintaining the shelter since the major renovation was done about ten years ago. ITEM 7 — RABIES VACCINATION REQUIREMENT The city council has received requests from some citizens to go to a three year rabies vaccine. Chairman Maas said she has no issue with this one way or the other and will abstain from voting on this. Studies have been done that show that after three years the level of protection drops way low but varies with each animal. With a three year protocol, people tend to forget when a rabies vaccination was last done. If the city changes to a three year vaccination requirement, the city will need to try to educate the public to the fact that one day after the three years expires from the date of vaccination the animal is considered to be unvaccinated. Board members suggested that the city go to a two year requirement and if that works, in a year or two they could change to a three year requirement. Discussed pros and cons of changing. There is a one year and a three year vaccine. Some veterinarians only give the one year vaccine. If an animal ASAB Board Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 3 April 17, 2014 gets the three year vaccine and city requires vaccination every two years, there is an overlap in vaccination. The State has a three year vaccination requirement. Present Board members voted to recommend the city go to a two year rabies vaccination requirement. Leon made the motion, JT seconded it and Chairman Maas favored with an aye. ITEM 8 — BOARD MEMBERS OR CITIZENS REQUESTS OF ITEMS TO BE ADDRESSED BY STAFF AND/OR PLACED ON FUTURE AGENDAS Board will wait until after the May council election to elect officers. Chairman Maas thanked Leon for his service on the Board and commented on how the shelter facility has improved since she and Leon have been on the Board since 1996/1997. ITEM 9 —ADJOURN The meeting was adjourned at 11:40 A.M. APPROVED: B : s � , r• •:�,� hair Gayla Maas, D.V. ? ATTEST: By: eillt4441-) Cynthia Daniel Administrative Secretary Animal Service Quarterly 2013 2014 Jan Feb Mar JAN FEB MAR Animals Picked Up Total Total Wildlife 17 20 32 12 13 15 Dogs 34 30 24 20 24 24 Cats 21 27 28 26 22 25 Total 72 77 84 233 58 59 64 181 Animals Released Dogs to Owners 2 1 2 2 0 4 Cats to Owners 0 0 3 0 0 0 Total 2 1 5 8 2 0 4 6 Animals Adopted Dogs Adopted 21 28 19 9 16 23 Cats Adopted 9 6 7 10 5 12 Total 30 34 26 90 19 21 35 75 Animals Euthanized Wild Life/Feral cats 7 31 25 23 13 15 Dogs 6 10 5 6 3 1 Total 13 41 30 84 29 16 16 61 Dead Animals 46 Removed 17 15 16 48 16 7 23 CALLS OF SERVICE 110 111 218 439 128 103 129 360