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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-02-24 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD February 24, 2005 ITEM 1-CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Animal Shelter Advisory Board was called to order by Chairman Leon Hogg at 11:02 a.m. at the City of Euless Animal Control Shelter, 1517 Wespark Way, Euless, Texas 76040. The following members were in attendance: Leon Hogg Michelle Benton Clyde Cullum Staff Support: Ron Young, Larry James, Chris Barker, Cynthia Daniel ITEM 2 — REVIEW AND APPROVE MINUTES FROM MEETING OF NOVEMBER 4,2004 Leon Hogg asked if there were any questions regarding the minutes of November 4, 2004. Leon entertained a motion for approval of the Minutes of November 4, 2004. Clyde Cullum made the motion and Michelle Benton seconded the motion. Motion approved. ITEM 3 — POOPER SCOOPER ORDINANCE AND NOISY ANIMAL ORDINANCE Ron Young commented that both of the ordinances have been amended and are active. Chris Barker is working with Betsy Boyett to notify citizens of the ordinances. Plan to place an insert in the April water bill and in the April Euless Today. Hope to have had discussions with the Police and Court on how to enforce the ordinances by then. Chris gave an overview of the ordinances. Citizens will be able to file their own case. Basically and tentatively, it will be like what Fort Worth does -if a citizen calls and has a complaint to the City regarding a noisy animal, we would issue a friendly letter letting them know there is this ordinance and please comply. A citizen can document cases of the noise, the time and how long it was and once they have a couple of incidences documented they can contact Municipal Court and have a sworn affidavit and file their own complaint. When the court receives a filed complaint, it would generate a message to Animal Control and based on that complaint and sworn affidavit, Animal Control ASAB Meeting Minutes February 24,2004 Page 2 of 4 would issue a citation. When the citizen receives the citation, then the court process begins and they would then pay the fine or challenge it. Michelle said the City of Colleyville and Bedford do it the same way as the City of Fort Worth. Clyde said that now if the Animal Shelter receives a complaint, the police will go to the location of the complaint and listen for it and if they hear it they generate an incident report to Clyde and then Larry James is told that police witnessed it. Clyde commented regarding the Pooper Scooper Ordinance that he has seen people let their dogs run loose at the Trailwood Park and suggested that some signs be installed. Ron asked him to check with Ray McDonald. Chris commented that the Parks Department is working with the owner of Doggie Day Care to donate disposable bags for animal waste at the parks. ITEM 4 — ADOPTION ADVERTISING ON CITY OF EULESS INFORMATION CHANNEL (CH. 15) Ron received an e-mail from a citizen asking why shelter doesn't advertise their adoptions on the city's cable channel. Larry stated that the shelter is now listing animals available for adoption on the City's interne site and is working on listing on the cable channel. Larry will notify Betsy Boyett on Thursdays if no animals are available for adoption. ITEM 5—PIT BULL/DANGEROUS ANIMAL DISCUSSION Discussed passing an ordinance prohibiting keeping Pit Bulls and other dangerous animals in Euless. Ron Young received a complaint regarding some pit bulls on Cannon Drive. Larry said the dogs have been picked up by Animal Control Officers and will not be returned to their owner. Michelle said that the City of Colleyville does not discriminate. Leon said that the City might have legal problems making pit bulls illegal to own in Euless. Discussed working on an ordinance to prevent puppy mills. ASAB Meeting Minutes February 24,2004 Page 3 of 4 ITEM 6—BUDGET REQUESTS FOR ANIMAL SHELTER IMPROVEMENTS Ron asked if there were any budget requests for next year. The shelter needs new chairs in the lobby area. Larry requested light bars for the top and back of two vehicles and a strobe light for each vehicle. Also, discussed request for a rock monument sign in median area. The Board recommended removing the cremator from the shelter since it is outsourcing cremations. Leon entertained the motion to remove the cremator, Clyde made the motion and Michelle seconded the motion. Motion carried. ITEM 7—REPORT ON CREDIT CARD USE FOR ADOPTIONS Larry distributed the quarterly report for October through December 2004. Leon commented that the report showed that 25 of the 36 adoptions for the past three months were paid by credit card. System is working well. ITEM 8—DOG DAZE 2005 Dog Daze is May 7th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Hot dogs and drinks will be served. ITEM 9—CUSTOMER SERVICE REPORT Revenue is down because fewer citations are being issued due to the spay/neuter program. Adoptions were up from the previous quarter which was attributed to credit card use. ITEM 10 — BOARD MEMBERS OR CITIZENS REQUESTS OF ITEMS OF IF INTEREST TO BE ADDRESSED BY STAFF AND/OR PLACED ON FUTURE AGENDAS Discussed suggested dates for future meetings this year. Leon requested that future reports have a column for the previous quarter and the same quarter from the previous year shown next to the current quarter. Also, requested that the Quarterly Report should be included with the meeting minutes given to the City Secretary to distribute to the City Council members. Animal Shelter received new computers and software was recently upgraded to Arc. ASAB Meeting Minutes February 24,2004 Page 4 of 4 Ron asked if the shelter has any volunteers coming now to help. The shelter has one person who comes to shave dogs. Teenagers doing community service hours for Teen Court come every Saturday to clean cages. ITEM 11 —ADJOURN Leon asked if there was other business to be considered by the Board. There being none, Leon entertained the motion to adjourn. Clyde made the motion and Michelle seconded it. The vote was unanimous. The meeting was adjourned at 11:54 a.m. APPROVED: By:4101 ✓ Aardire4rda - Leon Hogg ATTEST: By: 1/4Lici4tS thia Daniel Administrative Assistant