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THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TRAVIS COUNTY, AUSTIN ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION, UH, AT AUSTIN CITY HALL ON 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.
AND WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR ROLL CALL.
UM, I'M, UH, COMMISSIONER CLINTON, UH, COMM COMMISSIONER EMER, I BELIEVE IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER DDAS AND COMMISSIONER PRESENT? I'M PRESENT.
UM, IF YOU CAN GET YOUR VIDEO ON AT SOME POINT, WE'D APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, COMMISSIONER LINDER PRESENT.
DR. BRUCE, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE TODAY.
SHE SAID SHE'S ON HER WAY, SO, OKAY.
YEAH, BUT SHE NOT HERE AT THE MOMENT.
THIS WAS, THIS MIGHT BE A QUICK ONE.
UM, COMMISSIONER HOKE PRESENT.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.UH, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS TODAY.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY ONLINE SPEAKERS? WE DO NOT.
UM, WE HAVE THREE IN PERSON, SPEAKER, SPEAKERS.
UM, SAMANTHA HAYWOOD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
AND, UM, MAKE SURE YOU TURN YOUR, UM, MICROPHONE ON AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF PLEASE.
UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS SAMANTHA HAYWOOD.
UM, SO I LIVE IN NORTH AUSTIN WITH MY HUSBAND AND, UH, TWO DOGS THAT WE ADOPTED FROM AUSTIN SHELTERS.
I'M HERE TODAY TO JUST SHARE TWO EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE HAD THIS YEAR, UM, WITH FINDING AND TAKING IN STRAY DOGS THAT HAVE KIND OF LEFT ME FEELING, UM, UNSUPPORTED AND MAYBE JUST HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN AWESOME ANIMAL CENTER.
UM, SO THE FIRST ONE IS IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
UM, MY HUSBAND AND I FOUND A LOOSE DOG ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, A FEW BLOCKS FROM OUR HOUSE.
UM, WE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED TO TRY AND GET THE DOG OUT OF THE DANGEROUS COLD.
IT WAS THE WEEK WHERE IT WAS EXTREME WINTER WEATHER.
UM, LUCKILY HE GOT IN OUR CAR AND AS WE HAVE TWO DOGS OF OUR OWN, WE PUT HIM IN OUR GARAGE WITH THE SPACE HEATER AND STARTED THE PROCESS OF REPORTING A FOUND DOG FROM THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
I RECEIVED A CALLBACK ABOUT OUR 3 1 1 REPORT, AND THE STAFF MEMBER I SPOKE TO WAS APPRECIATIVE OF US FOR TAKING THE DOG IN.
AND I WAS HOPEFUL THE DOG WOULD HAVE A SAFE PLACE AT THE CITY SHELTER IF WE COULDN'T FIND HIS OWNER.
WHEN I RECEIVED A CALL FROM I BELIEVE THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, A FEW HOURS LATER, THE EXPERIENCE TURNED NEGATIVE FOR ME.
THE FIRST STAFF MEMBER RECORDED THE DOG IS INJURED WHEN HE WAS NOT.
UM, AND SHE WAS UNAPOLOGETIC WHEN I EXPLAINED WE COULD NOT HEAT THE DOG MORE THAN A DAY OR TWO AS WE WERE GOING OUTTA TOWN, UM, TELLING ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AND THAT WE'D HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN INTAKE DATE AT A CC, WHICH THEY COULDN'T GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE ON WHEN THAT WOULD BE.
UM, I HUNG UP THE PHONE FEELING FRUSTRATED BY STAFF.
I FELT WAS THERE FOR EXACT, FOR EXACTLY THESE SITUATIONS IN OUR CITY.
UM, THANKS TO THE AUSTIN LAWS AND FOUND PETS FACEBOOK PAGE, I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO A A C DIRECTLY, PROVIDE MICROCHIP INFORMATION, AND LUCKILY RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DOG'S OWNERS HOURS LATER.
UM, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING BACK FROM A A C FOR OVER 48 HOURS, AT WHICH POINT THE DOG HAD BEEN REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY.
AND ALTHOUGH I ONLY HAD THIS DOG FOR LESS THAN 24 HOURS EACH MINUTE WAS ONE OF EXTREME STRESS IS I FELT I WAS ON MY OWN TO TRY AND FIND THE OWNER OR GET HIM TO A SAFE PLACE BECAUSE A A C WAS NOT AN OPTION.
UM, THE SECOND SITUATION WAS IN MARCH WHERE WE FOUND A PUPPY DODGING TRAFFIC.
UH, FROM OUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, WE KNEW THAT WE'D LIKELY BE ON OUR OWN IF WE CAUGHT THIS DOG.
AFTER SECURING HER, WE STARTED THE STEPS TO REPORT A FOUND DOG.
AND WE EVEN EMAILED TO SAY WE'D LIKE TO DO FINDER TO FOSTER BECAUSE WE DIDN'T THINK INTAKE WOULD BE AN OPTION AFTER OUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE.
WE FOUND THE DOG'S OWNER ABOUT 72 HOURS LATER, AFTER NUMEROUS FACEBOOK POSTS, NEXTDOOR POSTS, PRINTING OUT FLYERS.
UH, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER THE DOG WAS REUNITED WITH ITS OWNER THAT WE HEARD BACK FROM A A C ABOUT MY STRAIGHT INTAKE FORM.
UM, AND IT WASN'T FOR ANOTHER 48 TO 72 HOURS THAT WE HEARD BACK ABOUT ANYTHING ABOUT FINDER TO FOSTER.
UH, THE RESOURCES ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR LOST AND FOUND PETS ARE VERY THOROUGH AND THEY'RE HELPFUL FOR THESE SITUATIONS.
BUT I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND SOME TYPE OF AUTOMATED MESSAGE RESPONSE THAT INCLUDES THE INFORMATION FROM THE PET REUNIFICATION GUIDE.
ONE OF RESIDENT SUBMITS A STRAY INTAKE REQUEST OR A FOUND DOG REPORT.
NOT RECEIVING ANY TYPE OF RESPONSE FROM A A C FOR DAYS AFTER FINDING A STRAY DOG WAS NOT ONLY DEMORALIZING AND LONELY, BUT HAS MADE ME FEARFUL OF FINDING ANOTHER STRAY DOG IN THE FUTURE.
YOU WANNA WRAP UP YOUR, YOUR WELCOME.
OH, UH, JUST, JUST WRAP UP QUICKLY.
UH, FEARFUL OF FINDING ANOTHER ONE IN THE FUTURE AS I DON'T FEEL WOULD HAVE A, A C OR CITY SUPPORT IN ANY FUTURE SITUATIONS BASED ON MY EXPERIENCES.
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THANK YOU FOR SAVING THOSE TWO DOGS.YOU KNOW, I DO THE TNR, THE CATS ON THE CAT PROGRAM.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I, I SAVED FIVE, UH, LAB PUPPIES THIS, THIS LAST MONTH.
AND THE AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER TOOK 'EM IN AND I WANNA THANK THEM FOR THAT.
AND ANOTHER DOG THAT WAS DUMPED ON FALWELL LANE WHERE I LIVE.
MY GRIPE IS THAT NONE OF US TAP PEOPLE BRING IN PREEMIES, AND WE ARE, THE CITIZENS ARE BRINGING IN PREEMIES AND OUR CITY SHELTER CANNOT TAKE CARE OF THEM.
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE FACILITY FOR IT.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE 'EM IN.
AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT UPSETS ME.
I DID OVER 50 CATS THIS LAST MONTH.
NOW, WON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? I'M VERY OLD AND I'M STILL OUT HERE HELPING YOU AND HELPING SAVE THESE ANIMALS LIVES.
AND I GOT TWO CATS TO KITTENS INTO AUSTIN PETS ALIVE BECAUSE, I MEAN, AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER, BECAUSE THEY WAS POLYS.
AND THEN THE OTHER 12 THAT I HAVE, WERE NOT POLYS, BUT THEY ARE IN A HOME AND THEIR MAMAS ARE FIXED AND THEY ARE BEING NURSED.
AND WE NEED TO GET THEM INTO THE SHELTER TO BE ADOPTED OUT.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T GET SOME HELP FOR THIS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT US RSRS THAT ARE BRINGING IN THESE PREEMIES.
IT'S OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE BRINGING IN THE PREEMIES AND THAT WE NEED HELP AT THE CITY SHELTER ON THIS SITUATION.
AND I'M JUST ASKING THE, THE AUSTIN PETS ALIVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE FACILITY FOR IT, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE OUR OVERFLOW AND TO HELP US WITH THIS.
THAT'S ALL I WANNA ASK IS FOR SOME HELP FOR THAT SITUATION, BECAUSE I'M DOING MY BEST.
AND ALL OF US CAT PEOPLE ARE DOING OUR BEST.
BUT WE CAN'T, WE, WE, WE ARE NOT BRINGING IN PREEMIES.
IT'S THE CITIES, THE CITIZENS THAT ARE DOING THIS.
AND I JUST ASKED YOU TO AUSTIN PETS ALIVE TO REACH OUT AND HELP US WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY DESERVE TO LIVE.
AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, THEY'RE SKYPING THAT NEVER COME TO THE MEETING.
I CAN'T TAKE CARE OF PREEMIES.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY HOME.
MY CATS LIVE ON ICE PACKS DURING THE HOT TIME.
AM I ABLE TO ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION OR? YES.
AND, UH, UH, DR. NIELSEN ASKED FIRST.
CAN I JUST GET SOME CLARIFICATION? ARE YOU ASKING FOR, UM, BETTER EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC YES.
ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH KIT KITTENS? YES.
YES, I AM ASKING THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE FINALLY LITTLE TINY KITTENS, LITTLE PREEMIES AND, AND, AND IN TURN THEY'RE BRINGING 'EM INTO OUR CITY SHELTER WITHOUT THE MOM AND POOR MAMA.
AND I DID A MAMA THAT HAD HER BABIES WITHIN BECAUSE, UH, UH, THE PLACE, THE MOBILE HOME PARK ON JOHNNY MARS, UH, PECAN MOBILE HOME PARK CALLED ME AT NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND TOLD ME THEY HAD, UH, PREGNANT CAT AT 1 22 AND 1 55.
AND THEY HAD KITTENS AT THREE 13 AND THREE 14.
THE, THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH THERE THAT FEED EVERY CAT THEY SEE, THEY FEED IS FIXED.
AND IN TURN, UM, UH, THEY WENT OVER THERE WITH TRAPS THAT I'VE GIVEN THEM TO USE.
AND THEY, THEY CAUGHT THE MAMA, BUT SHE HAD JUST HAD HER BABIES.
SHE, I TOOK HER IN THAT MORNING AND SHE CAME BACK THAT AFTERNOON.
AND I'VE BEEN PUTTING FOOD OUT.
THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING FOOD OUT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BABIES ARE.
AND IF I, ONE, WE'VE TOLD PEOPLE WHEN THE BABIES START COMING OUT, WE WILL GET THEM.
AND I WILL PERSONALLY KEEP THAT CAT BECAUSE SHE'S VERY FRIENDLY AND NOBODY'S, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, NOBODY'S A FEEDER.
SO YOU, SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE BETTER EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT TO DO, THAT'S WITH LITTLE TINY KITTENS.
I SAW RECENTLY A POST FROM A A C THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL, THAT EXPLAINED THIS, LIKE THE DIFFERENT AGES AND IF THEY'RE SICK OR HEALTHY AND TO LEAVE HEALTHY ONES, YEAH.
WE NEED MORE EDUCATION ON LEAVING THEM WHERE THEY ARE AND WE WILL COME GET THEM.
AND THEN IF THEY REALLY NEED HELP, YOU ARE SAYING YOU'RE FINDING THAT A PA YOUR REQUEST IS THAT A PA DOES MORE FOR THE, UH, FOR TAKE THE PREEMIES IN THAT THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE IN A SHELTER, RATHER.
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WE NEED HELP.OUR CITY SHELTER DOESN'T HAVE THAT FACILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
AND I KNOW A PA DOES OVER THEIR OWN EXPOSITION, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE, I'VE DONATED STUFF TO 'EM AND THEY WASN'T VERY FRIENDLY ABOUT IT, BUT I DID GIVE IT TO 'EM.
THANK YOU FOR SOME BEDING CLARIFICATION ON THAT THEY NEEDED.
COMMISSIONER HOLT, DID YOU ALSO HAVE A QUESTION OR ARE YOU GOOD? UH, THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS LINDSAY GOER.
UM, MY FRIEND AND FELLOW VOLUNTEER CAROLINE SPOKE ON MY BEHALF LAST MONTH AS I WAS HOME SICK.
UM, I'LL JUST QUICKLY RECAP THAT.
I WENT DOWN TO A, A C AFTER THEY POSTED A PLEA ON SOCIAL MEDIA ASKING FOR FOSTERS.
I WAS ALREADY AN APPROVED FOSTER AND WENT DOWN THERE IN PERSON AND TOLD THEM I WAS THERE TO TAKE HOME A DOG.
I HAD A DOG IN MIND AND THE LADY WAS VERY OFFPUTTING AND WOULDN'T PUT ME ON THE LIST AND BASICALLY TURNED ME AWAY.
I THEN WENT TO A PA WHERE THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE DOGS TO GIVE OUT 'CAUSE ALL OF THEIR DOG FRIENDLY DOGS WERE ALREADY TAKEN INTO FOSTER.
BUT IT WAS DISAPPOINTING THAT A, A C WASN'T AS HELPFUL.
UM, SO MY EXPERIENCE IN ANIMAL RESCUE IS SPREAD ACROSS SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS.
I'VE FOSTERED AND FOUND FOREVER HOMES FOR 13 SENIOR AND MEDICAL NEEDS DOGS.
I HAVE FOSTERED AND ADOPTED THROUGH A PAI CURRENTLY VOLUNTEER AND HAVE FOSTERED WITH FINAL FRONTIER RESCUE PROJECT.
I CURRENTLY HAVE A FOSTER FROM SAN ANTONIO ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, AND MOST RECENTLY I'VE STARTED PARTICIPATING IN WILCO'S DOG'S DAY OUT AND DAY FOSTER PROGRAM.
UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, A A C DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S QUITE AS SIMILAR.
UM, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY OFFERS THE DOGS A BREAK FROM THE SHELTER, BUT IT ALSO OFFERS THEM EXPOSURE.
SO BEFORE IT GOT HOT, I WOULD TAKE THEM OUT TO PARKS OR HOME DEPOT GARDEN CENTER WITH THEIR ADOPT ME GEAR ON AND TAKE PHOTOS AND MAKE NOTES.
AND WHEN I WENT BACK, I WOULD GIVE THOSE PHOTOS AND NOTES AND VIDEOS TO THE FOSTER COORDINATOR THERE, AND THEY WOULD POST SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF THE DOGS.
UM, NOW THAT IT'S MORE HOT OUT, I TAKE 'EM TO BARS AND, UM, ANYWHERE THAT I CAN TAKE 'EM INDOORS.
AND EVERY TIME I'VE TAKEN THEM OUT, I'VE HAD PEOPLE TAKE PHOTOS AND ASK QUESTIONS AND, UM, AT LEAST SHOW REAL INTEREST.
I CAN'T SAY IF ANYTHING HAS COME FROM IT, BUT IT'S, UM, I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND THEY MAKE IT REALLY EASY.
IT'S A THREE PAGE DOCUMENT AND MY IDENTIFICATION, AND THEN I CAN TAKE A DOG OUT AND GIVE THEM A BREAK AND GIVE THEM SOME EXPOSURE.
SO I'D JUST LIKE A C TO KIND OF CONSIDER SOMETHING SIMILAR.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.UH, NUMBER ONE, ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING ON MAY 13TH, 2024.
I READ THE MINUTES AND I DID NOT SEE ANY ISSUES WITH THEM.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE MINUTES? IF NOT, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? UM, DR. NELSON, UH, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUDDLESON.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UH, UH, COMMISSIONER ES, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE STILL CAN'T SEE YOU.
UH, YOU, I REALIZE THAT AND THE, THE LAPTOP THAT I HAVE APPARENT THAT THE RESOLUTION OF THE CAMERA DOESN'T MATCH WELL WITH, WITH THE WEBEX.
SO I'M TRYING WITH MY PHONE TO GET THE CAMERA.
UM, SO IT IS, THANK YOU, UM, UNANIMOUS WITH COMMISSIONER ES, UM, I GUESS AWAY FROM THE ES I GUESS, UH, TECHNICALLY.
[2. Staff briefing regarding monthly reports provided by the Animal Service Center.]
UM, WE'LL GO TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, STAFF BRIEFING.GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, NON BLAND ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, AS PART OF OUR AUDIT, THAT WAS DONE PART OF THE AUDIT CALLS FOR A STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THIS TIME OVER TO, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, STEPHANIE, HAYDEN HOWARD, TO DISCUSS THAT, AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED AFTER THAT.
THANK YOU, DAWN, UM, FOR SHARING SOME OF YOUR TIME WITH ME.
UM, I'VE NOT MET ALL OF YOU, BUT I'VE MET SOME OF YOU.
UM, I AM STEPHANIE HAYDEN HOWARD, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND ANIMAL SERVICES IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN MY PORTFOLIO.
I WANTED TO COME AND, AND TALK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, AS YOU ALL RECALL THE AUDIT, UM, THERE WAS AN AUDIT DONE AND RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
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THERE WERE SIX RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE AUDITOR REQUESTED THE DEPARTMENT TO WORK ON.THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS WORKING ON TWO OF THEM WITH ANIMAL SERVICES.
UM, I HAD A MEETING THIS PAST FRIDAY WITH COMMISSIONER LINDER, UM, AND, UM, COMMISSIONER CLINTON WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE HE HAD A WORK CONFLICT.
SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
BUT MY CONVERSATION WAS, UM, TALKING WITH HER ABOUT, UM, HOW I WOULD LOVE FOR THE COMMISSION TO HELP US WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN WITHIN THE AUDIT.
TWO OF THE AREAS, AS I STATED EARLIER, UM, ONE WAS THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE OTHER ONE WAS TO WORK ON STRAINED RELATIONSHIPS, UM, THAT THE ANIMAL CENTER HAS STAFF HAS WITH STAKEHOLDERS.
SO BASICALLY WE HAVE, UM, I JUST, WE JUST GOT THE EXECUTED CONTRACT TODAY WITH DR.
LARRY SCHOOLER, UM, AND WAS ON, WITH, ON OUR STAFF IS AUDREY MOSS.
AND AUDREY MOSS WORKS IN THE, UM, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TEAM FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND SO BASICALLY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IS WE WOULD LIKE TWO, UM, ANIMAL, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO, UM, ASSIST US WITH THIS PROJECT KIND OF MORE HANDS ON.
AND SO LET ME, LET ME KIND OF GET INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE.
WE WANT TO HAVE, UM, WHAT WE ARE CALLING A KICKOFF MEETING.
THE KICKOFF MEETING IS BASICALLY A PLANNING MEETING THAT WILL PREPARE US FOR A WORKING GROUP.
AND SO THE, THE, THE TWO COMMISSIONERS WOULD HELP US TO START TO LOOK AT WHAT, WHO WOULD NEED TO BE ON THE WORK GROUP, UM, AND BE ABLE TO START TO PLAN WHAT THOSE SESSIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE WOULD HAVE OUR STAFF THERE AS WELL AS THE TWO FACILITATORS, AUDREY MZ, AS WELL AS DR.
AND SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS, IS THAT THE WORKING GROUP WOULD HAVE THE TWO COMMISSIONERS, BUT IT WOULD ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL, PROBABLY ADDITIONAL MAYBE 12 OTHER STAKEHOLDER, 12, 13 OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT REPRESENT ONE OF THE PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THE INITIAL KIND OF PART, INITIAL PART OF IT WILL START WITH US WORKING ON THE RELATIONSHIPS PART OF IT, BUT THEN WE'RE GONNA TRANSITION INTO THE ACTUAL STAKEHOLDER, UM, A STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO THE FACILITATORS WILL WALK US THROUGH, AND THE GOAL WOULD BE WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WE'D HAVE A DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO WE WOULD COME TO THIS GROUP ALONG THE WAY TO PROVIDE PERIODIC UPDATES, BUT BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE A MEMBER OR TWO FROM THE COMMISSION THAT WOULD BE IN THE WORK GROUP, THEY'D BE ABLE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO THE WORK GROUP IS ONE ASPECT.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME LISTENING SESSIONS THAT WILL OCCUR.
UM, AND THAT KIND OF ALLOWS US TO KIND OF GET A, A WIDE CAST NET THAT WE WOULD HAVE.
UM, AND SO THOSE WILL BE SURVEYS THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO GET FROM THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
UM, AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE KEY INFORMANT, UM, INTERVIEWS.
SO THE TWO PEOPLE FROM HERE WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO DO KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS FOR US AS WELL WITH THE FACILITATOR.
SO IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF PIECES AND IT IS A COMMITMENT, A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMITMENT THAN, THAN COMING TO THIS MEETING.
BUT OUR GOAL IS, IS THAT WE'D HAVE COMMISSIONERS ALONG THE WAY PLUGGED IN EITHER ON THE WORKING GROUP, UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, SPEAK UP AUSTIN THROUGH THE SURVEY OR IN THE LISTENING SESSIONS, BUT WE WOULD COME IN AND UPDATE THE GROUP AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WORKED ON LAST MONTH.
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WE ARE.SO YOU WOULD KNOW ALONG THE WAY WHAT WE'VE WORKED ON AND WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
AND SO WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY IN DEPTH PROCESS.
AND AS I STATED EARLIER, IT WILL BE A TIME COMMITMENT.
BUT WE, WE FEEL LIKE THAT IF EVERYBODY IS AT THE TABLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, THEN ONCE WE COME FOR A VOTE TO THIS BODY, WE FEEL LIKE THAT IT SHOULD MOVE ON QUICKLY THROUGH THIS BODY.
AND THEN WE WILL TAKE IT TO COUNSEL TO GET THEIR APPROVAL.
SO I KNOW I'VE SAID QUITE A BIT, UM, AND SO I'LL PAUSE AND SEE IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I'VE LAID OUT.
COMMISSIONER HOLT, UH, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF WHO THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WOULD BE? WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON THAT IN OUR KICKOFF MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THAT LIST WITH, UM, WITH OUR TWO, UH, FOLKS FROM THE COMMISSION THAT WERE ASKING TO BE A PART OF THE KICKOFF MEETING.
I DON'T BELIEVE I'M QUALIFIED NECESSARILY TO BE ONE OF THE TWO COMMISSIONERS, BUT I AM VERY INTERESTED.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A THIRD MEMBER WHO'S KIND OF A, I DON'T KNOW, ALTERNATE? I I DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE ONE OF THE MAIN TWO, BUT I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.
WELL, I THINK WE COULD BE FLEXIBLE, BUT I THINK THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WOULD WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AS, AS A GROUP.
UM, BECAUSE THE WORKING GROUP WILL BE A, A COMMITMENT.
WE, WE WILL PROBABLY DO ABOUT, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE BETWEEN SIX TO 10 SESSIONS IN THE WORKING GROUP.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE TWO AND SOMEBODY SAYS, OKAY,
YOU KNOW, SO YOU MAY NEED TO KIND OF TAG TEAM, BUT BEING THAT YOU ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE, THE, THE PROCESS COMMISSIONER ULA, UM, SO UNDERSTAND IT'S A TIME COMMITMENT, BUT IS THERE, ARE WE TALKING MONTHS? ARE WE TALKING A YEAR? DO YOU HAVE ANY? WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING MONTHS.
UH, SO MY UNDERSTANDING THIS, RIGHT, IS THAT THE, THESE, WHAT WAS THE TERM YOU WERE USING? ADVISORS, FACILITATORS? YES.
SO WE HAVE, YEAH, WE HAVE TWO FACILITATORS THAT THEY WOULD HELP MAINLY ON THE STRAINED RELATIONSHIP PORTION.
AND THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE ELEMENTS UNDER THE STRATEGIC PLAN? YES.
I'M, I'M GOING TO KIND OF PROBABLY GUESS TWO TO THREE.
BECAUSE OUR, OUR GOAL IS, IS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO KIND OF GET IN AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF DO THE WORK AND HAVE THIS CADENCE, BUT THEN WE'RE COMING BACK HERE AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE DID OVER THE FIRST COUPLE OF MINUTES, COUPLE OF MEETINGS, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THESE TWO MEETINGS.
SO THIS GROUP WOULD BE IN THE LOOP, UM, BUT THEN ALSO THE, THE LISTENING SESSIONS.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE WORKING GROUP INITIALLY WITH THE KICKOFF, AND THEN WITH THE LARGER KIND OF WORKING GROUP, THERE'S GONNA BE LISTENING SESSIONS.
SO, UM, AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING ALL OF THIS SCHEDULE.
SO MY, MY THOUGHT IS, IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING, UM, SOMETHING NEXT MONTH.
SCHOOLER AND AUDREY TO COME WITH ME TO THIS MEETING, UM, AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF REALLY GIVE YOU SOMETHING MORE, UM, SPECIFIC ABOUT KIND OF HOW WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE KICKOFF MEETING BEFORE WE COME BACK NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND THEN THAT WAY WE COULD COME BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THE KICKOFF MEETING.
THESE ARE THE PARTNERS THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT HAVING, UM, A PART OF THE WORKING GROUP, UM, AND THEN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE TO YOU ALL.
COMMISSIONER TUCKER, I, I MISSED ONE MEETING WHEN I HAD A SUB REALLY BAD MIGRAINE.
AND I, SO I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS.
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RESULTS OF THE RETREAT? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE WAS INFORMATION THAT THE CONSULTANT HAD PUT TOGETHER, UM, AND I KNOW WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET THAT HERE.DID WE GET THAT BACK TO THEM? OKAY.
I THINK, YEAH, I THINK YOU ACTUALLY CAME AND SPOKE.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO FORWARD IT REFORWARD IT TO US? MM-HMM.
WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE IT APPLIES DIRECTLY TO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
DOES ANYBODY RECALL THE RESULTS OF THE RETREAT? LIKE DO YOU, I MEAN, DO YOU KNOW THE SUMMARY? I MEAN, I RECALL GETTING AN EMAIL THAT HAD THE, BASICALLY OUR LITTLE ROUND GROUP ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS WITH ALL OUR LITTLE MM-HMM.
AND IT WAS ALL PUT OUT IN AN EMAIL, UM, WITH THE, DO I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY? NO
AND IT WAS BASICALLY A SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE POINTS THAT WE HAD WHEN WE HAD THE RETREAT.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME OTHER DELIVERABLE AFTER I THOUGHT WE WERE COMING BACK TO PRESENT.
BUT THAT'S, AND THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME TYPE OF RESOLUTION, BUT THAT SEEMS TO FEED DIRECTLY INTO WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE DO WHEN ALL OF US PARTICIPATED.
UM, IT'S, IT DOES SEEM SIMILAR.
YOU SAID YOU WANNA HAVE THE KICKOFF MEETING BEFORE THE NEXT ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING.
DOES THAT MEAN YOU NEED ME TO SELECT THE TWO SINCE WE DON'T HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND WE NEED TO PICK THEM BEFORE NEXT MONTH? AND I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE, I MEAN, WE'RE, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR YOU ALL TO VOTE.
SO MY THOUGHT WAS IS THAT WE, WE TALK ABOUT IT, UM, AND I HAD REACHED OUT TO, TO YOU AND TO, UH, COMMISSIONER LINDER BECAUSE YOU'RE CHAIR, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, CHAIR ABSOLUTELY VICE.
I WAS LIKE, I CAN, I CAN, WE CAN TALK, UH, AFTERWARDS AND WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MY YES.
MY MARCHING ORDERS, AND THIS IS ERIC WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE JUST TO JUMP IN.
UH, FOR SOMEONE TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, THE FULL COMMISSION HAS TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT.
SO IF THERE NEEDS TO, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING BE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING.
BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY WOULD NEVER ACT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION IF THEY'RE JUST TWO PEOPLE.
SO THAT COULD, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD DISTINCTION THAT I THINK WE'LL WANT, MAKE SURE WE HAVE.
I DON'T THINK THEY COULD EVER ACT ON WITHOUT US GIVING THEM PERMISSION TO ACT ON OUR BEHALF.
I DON'T THINK THEY COULD EVER, EVEN, WE'VE HAD THIS ISSUE BEFORE WHERE SOMEONE WAS SERVING ON ANOTHER, UM, FUNCTION BOARD SLIGHTLY, UM, AND WE JUST MADE CLEAR THAT THAT PERSON IS NOT, IS ACTING ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY.
BUT THEY BRING IT BACK TO US FOR ANY EXACTLY.
AND, AND THAT WOULD BE THE REASON WHY EVERY MONTH WE WOULD COME BACK IN AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED.
AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR TWO THAT COULD KIND OF CHIME IN, OR IF SOMEBODY MISSED, THEY CAN SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE AND, AND I RECALL THIS AND, AND IT'S JUST A PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY ARE REPRESENTING THE COMMISSION, IT IS THAT, THAT WE JUST HAVE TWO FOLKS THAT WOULD, WOULD LOVE TO KIND OF PLUG IN.
AND, AND I LOVE THAT YOU'RE NEW AND, AND WILLING TO, TO HELP OUT.
I REALLY DO THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I HAVEN'T BEEN PLUGGED IN FOR YEARS, BUT I KNOW THAT THE CONFLICT GOES BACK TO THE, THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING, UM, OF A PA AT LEAST.
AND I ALSO AM FRIENDS WITH DR.
SCHOOLER, AND HE'S REALLY GOOD AT CONFLICT RESOLUTION.
HE IS A GREAT CHOICE FOR THIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER LINDA AND I WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU THEN.
AND, AND MY, MY HOPE IS, IS THAT IF WE, IF WE COULD MOVING FORWARD, IF YOU ALL DON'T MIND, IF YOU ALL WOULD BE WILLING TO PUT US ON THE AGENDA MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE WOULD HAVE THAT, UM, A REOCCURRING ITEM, UM, WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME IN, UM, MYSELF AND, AND, AND DR.
SCHOOLER AND AUDREY, JUST TO KIND OF UPDATE YOU ALL AS WE'RE MOVING ALONG.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL THAT? LET'S COLLEGE STRATEGIC PLANNING.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, I WILL NOT CONSIDER IT AN ACT OF THE BOARD TOO, FOR US TO CHOOSE THAT WAY
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IT'S CLEAR WE'RE, IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT TAKING AN ACTION OF THE BOARD.WE'RE JUST RE RECOMMENDING SOME VOLUNTEERS FOR YOU.
SHOULD, SHOULD PEOPLE AGREE TO VOLUNTEER? THANK YOU.
JASON GARZA WITH ANIMAL SERVICES.
I'LL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE BRIEFING.
THE LIVE OUTCOME RATE FROM MAY WAS 95.7.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 1,439 ANIMALS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO THE SHELTER.
UM, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 546 ANIMALS THAT WERE ADOPTED.
80 DOGS AND CATS WERE RETURN TO THEIR OWNER, EITHER THROUGH AN RTO OR THROUGH AN RTO ADOPT.
UM, IN THE FIELD, APOS WERE ABLE TO RETURN 42 ANIMALS TO THEIR OWNERS.
UH, WE DID IMPOUND 208 INJURED ANIMALS AND DELIVERED APPROXIMATELY 146 ANIMALS TO AUSTIN WILDLIFE RESCUE.
WE DID ENTER 280 RABIES EXPOSURE REPORTS AND SUBMITTED, UH, 17 SPECIMENS FOR TESTING.
OF THOSE THREE CAME BACK, THREE BATS CAME BACK.
RABIES POSITIVE, ONE FOX CAME BACK POSITIVE.
I'LL TURN IT OFF TO TURN IT TO DON TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THE REPORT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO REPORT IS, UH, OUR THIRD PARTY SPAYING AND NEUTERING THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH GOOD, UH, FIX WITH GREATER GOOD CHARITIES.
THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED AND, UH, IT WILL GO BEFORE COUNCIL ON JULY 17TH FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
BUT, UH, IT, AND ACTUALLY AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, UH, SOMEONE FROM GOOD FIX IS GONNA COME IN AND ACTUALLY SCOPE OUT SITES FOR THEM TO DO THE SURGERIES AND, YOU KNOW, STILL PLANNING ON IN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN SUMMER AND AUGUST.
SO, UH, IT'LL BE A, A COUNTY SHELTER.
THE FIRST ONE, A COUNTY FACILITATED OPERATION THE FIRST TIME.
UM, BACK TO OUR REPORT, UH, LAST MONTH WE DID 5,315 TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS.
WE DID FOUR ORIENTATIONS, INTRODUCING 92 ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS TO THE SHELTER.
THE GOOD NEWS I'D LIKE TO REPORT IS WE HAVE ZERO POSITIONS POSTED AT THIS POINT.
WE HAVE FOUR FULL-TIME POSITIONS AND TWO TEMPORARY POSITIONS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING INTERVIEWED OR HIRED RIGHT NOW.
AND THE VET POSITION, WHICH WE HAD NO APPLICANTS FOR, CLOSED AND WILL BE POSTED NEXT.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE OPEN POSITION, AND THAT IS OUR VETERINARIAN POSITION.
SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE, WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH.
UH, HAVING THAT HR COORDINATOR HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
UH, SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY MOVED FORWARD IN GETTING ALL OUR POSITIONS FILLED.
UM, WE ALSO ADDED BACK TO THE REPORT, THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THAT HAD BEEN LEFT OFF.
WE HAD A CHANGE OF PEOPLE DOING THE REPORT, AND THAT HAD BEEN LEFT OFF THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
YOU'LL NOTICE ON THIS REPORT, IT GOES BACK AND ADDS THAT AS WELL.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR REPORT SO FAR? COMMISSIONER HOPE? ONE QUICK QUESTION.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY DOING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE CENTER? WE HAVE ONE.
UM, SO AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING, I HAD REQUESTED THE BREAKDOWN OF THE INVENTORY, UM, AND IT TOOK A COUPLE WEEKS, BUT WE DID FINALLY GET IT.
UM, AND SO I'M REQUESTING THE SAME THING AGAIN.
THIS TIME YOU HAVE 1367 DOGS AND CATS WITHIN THE INVENTORY.
IF, IF WE COULD JUST GET THAT ADDED MONTHLY, OR I'LL CONTINUE TO ASK MONTHLY, BUT IF IT COULD JUST BE ADDED THAT WOULD, I APOLOGIZE.
I THOUGHT I, YEAH, IT WAS, THERE WAS, UH, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE IT ON THERE, AND SO I, YEAH, WELL, I'LL SEND THAT TO YOU.
OH, DO YOU HAVE IT? UH, AS OF THIS MORNING, UH, WE HAD, UH, IN OUR INVENTORY TOTAL 555 KITTENS 184 CATS, 106 PUPPIES, 36 SMALL DOGS, 472 LARGE DOGS.
WE HAD TWO ANIMALS IN THERE THAT DIDN'T HAVE WEIGHT, SO IT DIDN'T PUT THEM IN THE CATEGORY.
SO I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS THEY HADN'T BEEN WEIGHED YET, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY FELL.
OF THOSE 191 KITTENS ARE AT THE SHELTER.
16 SMALL DOGS, 302 LARGE DOGS AT THE SHELTER.
AND CAN YOU DO THE KITTENS AND CATS AGAIN? I MISSED THOSE NUMBERS.
CAN YOU, AT THE SHELTER OR AT THE SHELTER? YEAH.
AND I CAN, UM, THE OTHERS I'M GONNA ASSUME ARE IN FOSTER? YES.
UH, WE HAD ONE CAT, AND ONE KITTEN, AND ONE LARGE DOG, UH, AT THE VET, WHICH WAS STILL AT THE EC WHEN THIS WAS DONE.
AND, UH, THREE LARGE DOGS AT, UH, AUSTIN PETS ALIVE FOR EVALUATION AND ALL THE REST WERE IN FOSTER.
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AND THEN A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.DO YOU STILL HAVE DOGS IN BOARDING? YES, WE DO.
AND HOW IS THAT, WHERE, HOW MANY DOGS ARE CURRENTLY IN BOARDING? 24.
AND WHERE WOULD THEY BE COUNTED IN, IN THIS INVENTORY? THEY WOULD BE SHOWING AT THE SHELTER.
AT THE, YOU, THE KEN LOCATION, SO THEY'RE ON THAT 302? YES.
UM, THEN MY NEXT QUESTION WAS THE, UM, WHERE DID I GO? UM, I SEE THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF INCREASE IN FOSTERS THIS MONTH.
SO IS THAT, IS THAT IN PART TO THE FINDER TO FOSTER PROGRAM THAT IS, WAS KICKED OFF? IS THAT, IS THAT PROGRAM REALLY, UM, KEEPING THE ANIMALS FROM THE SHELTER, STAYING DIRECTLY WITH THE FINDERS, OR, OR IS THERE, WHAT IS IT, THERE'S THE REASON FOR SUCH THE INCREASE OF ANIMALS GOING FOSTER? I THINK THE MAJORITY OF IT IS IT'S KITTEN SEASON AND KITTENS.
KITTENS MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF 6 364 KITTENS IN FOSTER.
IT WAS JUST A, JUST A BIG JUMP.
AND I WAS, I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT, AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT IT WAS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, I DON'T WANT KITTENS TO CONTINUE TO BE BORN TO INCREASE THE FOSTER PROGRAM.
UM, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT NUMBER IS, HAS, HAS INCREASED.
AND, UM, DO, DO, DO, DO, UM, THE OTHER QUE THE FINAL QUESTION I HAVE IS ON YOUR VET SERVICES, YOU SAID THAT THERE ARE FOUR CRUELTY CASES THAT WERE TREATED.
ARE, DO WE KNOW IF THOSE CASES ARE BEING PURSUED BY THE CRUELTY OFFICERS OR IS THERE A STATUS ON THOSE? I WOULDN'T KNOW.
UM, I HAD, WE'D HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT, IF THEY ARE, UM, IF THEY'RE USUALLY IN OUR CARE AND THERE IS A, AN A PD HOLD ON IT.
SO I'D HAVE TO, I'D HAVE TO GET WITH THEM IN THE MORNING JUST TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING.
COMMISSIONER HUDDLESTON, OF THE 23 FENCING ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS, HOW MANY OF THOSE GET FULFILLED EACH MONTH? UM, I'D HAVE TO GET WITH THE, THE, UM, THE OFFICER THAT HANDLES THAT, ONCE SHE GETS IN AN APPLICATION, SHE'LL, SHE'LL PURCHASE THE MATERIALS AND THEN DIVIDE, DELIVER THOSE TO THE INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES.
UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FOLLOW UP BACK WITH THEM.
WE ACTUALLY CAN'T DO THE WORK ON THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY, THEY HAVE TO FIX THE PROPERTY THEMSELVES OR FIX THE, WHATEVER THE BREAKAGE OR THE FENCE IS.
AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN WORKING ORDER.
AND THEN WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE GOAL, WE DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO THOSE TYPE OF CALLS AGAIN, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HOW MANY THEY GET WITH, WITH ACTUALLY HOW MUCH GO INTO CONCLUSION.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE DO GET IT, IF, IF THEY'RE DEFINITELY COMMITTED TO DO IT, THEN WE'LL THEN WE'LL EXPEND THE FUNDS IN ORDER TO, TO, SO THEY CAN PUT UP THEIR FING.
UM, SO I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UM, THAT I WANTED TO SORT OF REDIRECT FROM THAT, THAT CAME UP.
UM, DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS MENTIONED THAT SHE WENT TO GO TO FOSTER DOG AT A A C UM, AND THAT, UM, THAT SHE WAS AN APPROVED FOSTER BUT WASN'T ABLE TO TAKE AN ANIMAL HOME.
SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF WHAT ARE THE REASONS THAT SOMEONE TO WHO WAS ALREADY AN APPROVED FOSTER WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, UM, TO TAKE AN ANIMAL IN THAT CASE? I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO MORE DETAILS, BUT I DID HEAR HER SAY THAT SHE WENT IN FOR A SPECIFIC DOG.
MAYBE THAT DOG WAS NOT AVAILABLE OR IT HAD ALREADY BEEN, YOU KNOW, RETURNED OR FOSTERED OR IT WAS IN MEDICAL CARE.
UH, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME IN THAT SPECIFICALLY WANNA FOSTER ONE SPECIFIC DOG.
AND THERE'S SOME REASON WHY THEY CAN'T.
UH, IT COULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY AND WE COULDN'T GET TO IT THE NEXT DAY.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK IN AND I'VE GOT NOTES TO LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE.
BUT ORDINARILY IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, YES.
WE, WE, WE, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN YOU, WE, WE TAKE WALK-IN FOSTERS.
IF SOMEONE COMES IN AND WANTS TO WALK IN THERE, ALL THE ANIMAL, ALL THE ANIMAL ADOPTION FOLKS IN THE LOBBY ARE TRAINED TO HELP WITH THAT.
SO, UH, WE CAN FACILITATE THAT.
UM, AND THEN TO, UM, TO MS. VICKERY'S QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, THE NEWBORN KITTENS.
I'M WONDERING, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE THE FACILITY TO, UM, CARE FOR NEWBORN KITTENS AT A A C, UM, BUT A PA DOES.
SO I'M WONDERING IF SOMEONE COMES IN AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, UM, ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP THAT PERSON GET AN APPOINTMENT AT A PA TO, UM, TO RELINQUISH THE KITTENS TO THEM? OR ARE THERE RESOURCES YOU COULD OFFER IN THOSE CASES? WELL, IF SOMEONE COMES IN WITH KITTENS AND, AND WE TRY TO GET THEM TO DO THE FINDER TO FOSTER AND GIVE THEM THE NECESSARY TOOLS AND EDUCATION TO, UH, CARE FOR THOSE KITTENS THEMSELVES.
AND IF THEY CAN'T AND UH, WE NEED TO TAKE THOSE IN, WE WOULD TAKE THEM IN AND THEN WE WOULD PLEAD THEM TO A PA.
SO YOU WOULD TAKE THEM AND THEN THEY'D GO THROUGH YOU TO A PA.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, FOR THE PUBLIC, THAT'S BECAUSE A PA IS NOT AN IMPOUNDMENT FACILITY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH YOU IF THEY'RE STRAYS.
IF THEY'RE OWNER SURRENDERS, THEY CAN GO DIRECTLY
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TO A PA.AND THEY CAN ONLY TAKE THINGS FROM AN OWNER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER HOLT, JUST A FOLLOW UP ABOUT THAT.
UM, I'M ASSUMING WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED IS THE KITTEN REDIRECT PROGRAM DOES NOT APPLY TO WHAT I WOULD CALL BOTTLE BABIES.
SO KITTENS UNDER LIKE THAT THREE WEEK RANGE OR DISTINCTLY MORE DELICATE AND PROBABLY SHOULD NOT JUST GO WITH ANY FINDER QUESTION MARK.
LIKE CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS OF THAT A LITTLE MORE? MAYBE IF THERE'S SOMEONE THAT HAS NEONATES THAT NEED BOTTLE FED AND THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT, UH, WE PROVIDE THE TRAINING AND THE EQUIPMENT FOR THEM TO DO THAT IF THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP.
DO YOU HAVE ANY NUMBERS ON THE SUCCESS RATE OF THAT? UH, NOT RIGHT OFF HAND, NO, I DON'T.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I DID HAVE ANOTHER SURE.
THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY ABOUT THE SPAY NEUTER CONTRACTS WITH GREATER GOOD.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FUNDING IS GONNA BE WHAT'S BEING UTILIZED, OR IT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FUNDING AND I THINK IT'S MAYBE GETTING ROLLED OVER TO NEXT YEAR.
IS THERE ANY SORT OF, UM, AND I, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT, UM, STEPHANIE HAY HOWARD IS HERE TO ANSWER 'CAUSE THIS MAY BE, UH, HER REALM, BUT IS THERE ANY ADVOCACY BEING DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, SINCE WE BASICALLY LIKE LOST A YEAR OF FUNDING DOING IT THAT WAY, IS THERE ANY SORT OF ADVOCACY HAPPENING, UM, FOR US TO MAKE UP? WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN
UM, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF STRATEGY AROUND THAT.
THE COUNTY FUNDING IS THE ONE-TIME FUNDING.
THAT'S WHY THIS CLINIC HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT.
THE CITY FUNDING IS, UH, IN OUR BUDGET AND IT'S ON, IT WAS GONE AN ONGOING AMOUNT.
IT'LL BE PUT BACK NEXT YEAR, BUT THE CARRYOVERS WILL NOT BE PUT BACK AT THIS POINT UNTIL, I GUESS WE HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL TO ASK.
UM, WHAT I CAN DO IS, IS I CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE AND KIND OF EXPLAIN THE SITUATION, UM, THAT WE'VE, WE'VE ENCOUNTERED, I UNDERSTAND FROM MY CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH, WITH DON ABOUT, UM, THE CHALLENGES THAT THE NONPROFITS HAVE SEEN, OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS HAVE SEEN WITH, WITH THEY AND NEUTER.
UM, AND SO WHAT I CAN DO IS HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT, UM, THAT BEING ROLLOVER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN THE BASE AND IT'S GONNA CONTINUE, BUT SEEING IF WE COULD ROLL THOSE FUNDS OVER.
AND SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THEY WOULD BE LIKE A ONE TIME FUND BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE FROM 24 THAT WE WOULD ASK TO USE THEM IN 25.
UM, AND THEN THEY WOULD CONTINUE WITH THE BASE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
UM, DON WHAT IS THE, HOW MUCH IS THE, HOW MUCH IS THE FUNDING? UH, THE COUNTY GAVE 356,000 AND THEN OUR FUNDING THAT WE WERE GIVEN WAS ADDITIONAL 850 A YEAR.
SO MAYBE I DIDN'T ARTICULATE MY QUESTION WELL, SO, UM, CITY AND COUNTY BOTH SET ASIDE LIKE 1.1, 1.2 MILLION FOR SPAY NEUTER TO, TO BE DONE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN, UM, MY QUESTION IS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT LIKE TAKES A LONG TIME BECAUSE LIKE YOU DO NEW CONTRACT AND THIS IS LIKE A VERY NICHE THING AND NONE OF THIS IS LIKE MEANT TO HAVE LIKE A WEIGHTED,
BUT WE ARE EFFECTIVELY ALMOST THROUGH, I MEAN, I'D SAY THAT MM-HMM.
AND I, I GUESS WAS THERE NEVER ANY INTENTION IN MY EXPERIENCE WHEN PROGRAMS ARE WELL RUN, THEY GET REFUNDED AT A NEXT YEAR
UM, AND I AM CURIOUS WHY THERE'S NOT IF ANY CONVERSATION AROUND, HEY, THIS WAS 1.2 AND IT TOOK US A WHILE TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE IT, BUT WE ALREADY NEED THAT SECOND 1.2
AND I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY ADVOCACY TO SET ASIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UM, KNOWING THAT WE'RE IN NO UNIVERSE GOING TO FALL SHORT OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE ANIMALS THAT NEED TO GET FIXED HERE.
THE CITY DID PUT ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN OURS.
THE CITY PUT EIGHT 50 IN HOURS EVERY YEAR MOVING FORWARD.
IT WAS THE COUNTY THAT WAS THE ONE TIME FUNDING.
SO IT'S THE, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING, THE CITY HAS FY 25, $800,000
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AND FY 24 $800,000 AND THEN THE COUNTY 300,000 WAS THE ONE TIME THAT CORRECT.THAT WAS, THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL.
NOW, I, YOUR, YOUR QUESTION, YOUR QUESTION WAS NOT, WAS YOUR QUESTION ALSO, UM, HOW WE COULD KEEP THE 850 K? WAS THAT A PART OF YOUR QUESTION AS WELL? KEEP, KEEP AS IN LIKE SECURE IT AS A REOCCURRING BASIS.
NOT KEEP AS IN LIKE KEEP IT IN THE BUDGET.
NOT KEEP IT IN THE COFFERS, BUT KEEP IT IN THE BUDGET, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO, SO THE 850 K IS IN THE BASE BUDGET SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
UM, BUT, BUT THAT IS ONGOING FUNDING FROM THE CITY.
COMMISSIONER TUCKER, DID YOU HAVE QUESTION TWO? NO, UM, I DID HAVE ONE FOLLOW UP ON THE, UH, NEONATAL QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER LINDER ASKED, UM, MY RECOLLECTION, BUT I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATIONS SINCE THE LAST TIME I SAW IT OR LOOKED AT IT.
BUT MY RECOLLECTION WAS THAT THAT'S IN THE CONTRACT WITH A PA DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT WITH A PA WITH RESPECT TO NEONATALS IS? THEY, UH, WILL TAKE, UH, NEONATES, UH, AND THEY TAKE, AND IT'S INCLUDED IN THEIR 12% OF LAST YEAR'S TOTAL THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE.
BUT DO THEY HAVE TO TAKE ALL NEONATES? IS THAT THE CONTRACTUAL TERM OF 12% UP TO 12% OF TOTAL, UM, INTAKE OF ALL ANIMALS FROM THE YEAR PREVIOUSLY? CORRECT.
AND THEY'RE 150 50 AWAY FROM HITTING THEIR 12% FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, YES.
SO YOU CAN SEE ME NOW? YES, WE CAN.
SO, UM, GOING BACK TO THE 850 50 K UH, PER YEAR.
SO THAT'S OUR RECURRING BUDGET OF THE CITY FOR THE AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER FOR SPAY NTER.
AND UH, DO WE, DOES THE CITY FACTOR WITH THAT 850 K THIS YEAR? UM, THERE'S, UH, THE CPI PRICE INDEX THINGS GO UP AND THAT'S, I'M SURE THE BUDGET OFFICE LOOKS AT THAT, BUT THAT WAS ALREADY, THAT WAS ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT WERE ALREADY PUT IN OUR SPAY NEUTER BUDGET THAT WE ALREADY HAD WITH THE CITY.
SO IT'S, AND SO I WAS GONNA SAY THE CITY, UH, SPAY NEUTER BUDGET IS ONE.
IT'S 1.4 NOW, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER HERRERO.
UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE MONEY THAT EMANCIPATE AND HUMANE SOCIETY RECEIVED FOR SPARE N IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE REDUCED TO HAVE THE MEGA CLINICS FOR EXTRA, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND ANY CHANCE WE CAN INCREASE THAT MONEY FOR
UH, IS THERE ANY CHANCE THOSE TWO NUMBERS CAN BE INCREASED, IS THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, THAT'S AN ASK THAT WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE.
LET'S GO TO US OR, UH, CITY COUNCILS TO PUSH A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR MONEY FOR SPEND ORDER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'LL DO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MAGULA? SORRY.
'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY.
UM, SO YOU SAID, SO CURRENTLY THE SPAY NEUTER BUDGET FOR A A C IS ABOUT 1.4 MILLION AND THAT'S INCLUDING THE 850,000 THAT WAS ADDED.
IS THAT CORRECT? BETWEEN THE TWO? YEAH, SO, SO IT'S, IT'S UH, IT WAS ABOUT 1.4 MILLION BETWEEN OUR TWO CONTRACTS AND THEN THE 850,000 ON TOP OF THAT OKAY.
'CAUSE I WAS, I WAS GONNA BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IF THE CITY OF AUSTIN ONLY HAD A $550,000 SPAN NEUTER BUDGET NO, WITH THE SIZE OF AND POPULATION OF THIS CITY.
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AND THAT, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CLARIFY.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER DEL? YES, COMMISSIONER SITIS.
THANK, AND I APOLOGIZE, UH, UH, I AM COMING REALLY LATE TO THIS, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THE CAMERA WORKING TECHNICALLY HERE.
UM, SO JUST, UH, GOING BACK TO THE STRATEGIC, UM, GROUP THAT, UM, ASSISTANT MANAGER, UM, STEPHANIE HAGEN SMITH TALK ABOUT HAS ANY OTHER IN THE CITY, HAVE WE EVER DONE THIS BEFORE? IS THIS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS BEEN DONE? I WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME, I WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH.
I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH.
UM, IN MY OPINION, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO INCLUDE THE COMMISSION BECAUSE OF WHERE WE NEED TO GO AS A CITY.
THE ROLE THAT YOU ALL PLAY ON THE COMMISSION IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT AS A CITY WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
AND SO IF WE'RE ALL KIND OF MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, I FEEL LIKE THAT IT IS GOING TO SOLIDIFY US AS A CITY AND BRING US TOGETHER AND MAKE US STRONGER.
AND I I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU.
I I I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY PRECEDENT IN THE PAST OF THIS BEING DONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
WE'LL MOVE TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, UH, UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION, I'D LIKE TO, UM, I GUESS I'D LIKE TO GIVE STAFF THE ABILITY TO ADD, UPDATE ON STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVE TO FUTURE AGENDAS THAT THE STAFF WISHES TO ADD THAT TO.I THINK THAT HAS TO BE DISCUSSION ITEM IF YOU WANT US TO PARTICIPATE RATHER THAN MERELY A STAFF, UM, BRIEFING.
UM, SO IT'D BE A DISCUSSION ITEM.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ALLOWING STAFF TO ADD THAT, UM, WHEN THEY WANT IT ON THE AGENDA? THERE'S NO OBJECTION TO THAT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS CURRENTLY THAT WE NEED TO PLACE ON? UM, OF COURSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLACE THEM ON TODAY.
ANYBODY CAN EMAIL, UH, STAFF TO PUT THEM ON.
AND IF YOU NEED A SECOND, YOU CAN ALWAYS COPY ME.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO, UM, ADD IN FOR THE JULY AGENDA AN ITEM ON THE COOLING CENTERS FOR THE, ESPECIALLY, UH, DEALING WITH THE HOMELESS WITH ANIMALS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE STILL NOT ALLOWED TO MY KNOWLEDGE TO BRING THOSE ANIMALS IN WITH THEM TO A COOLING CENTER.
AND FROM EVERYTHING I HAVE READ AND WATCHED ON WEATHER-WISE, UM, IT'S JUST GONNA BE AS BAD THIS YEAR AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.
AND SO MY CONCERN IS HOMELESS PERSONS STAYING WITH THEIR ANIMALS OUT IN THE HEAT AND SOMETHING HAPPENING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT ANIMAL WITH THEM TO A COOLING CENTER.
UM, SO, UH, DO YOU WANT A STAFF BRIEFING ON COOLING CENTERS OR DO YOU WANT A DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL POTENTIAL ACTION ON COOLING CENTERS AT THIS POINT? I WOULD LIKE, OH GOSH.
DOES IT HAVE TO BE AN ANN OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE AN OR? CAN IT BE AN IT CAN BE BOTH.
WE CAN ASK FOR A STAFF BRIEFING AND I WOULD LIKE A BRIEFING ON, ON THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THIS COMING YEAR FOR COOLING CENTERS FOR, UM, HOMELESS CITIZEN, HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH THEIR PETS.
AND THEN I WOULD LIKE A DISCUSSION AND ACTION FOR POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL TO DETERMINE A FACILITY THAT THEY CAN GO TO.
SO THE STAFF BRIEFING, UM, WE CAN'T TELL STAFF WHAT TO DO, SO THAT'S JUST REC A, A, A REQUEST OF STAFF SHOULD THEY BE WILLING TO DO SO.
UM, THE, UH, AGENDA ITEM, YOU WANT A DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL RECOMME DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON COOLING CENTERS.
UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER LINDER IS A SECOND, SO WE'LL PUT THAT ON THERE.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UM, ITEMS AT THIS POINT? YOU'RE NOT, WHILE WE'RE ON, IT'S NOT A FOREVER HOLD YOUR PIECE.
I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT AN ANIMAL SERVICES BRIEFING OR HOMELAND SECURITY? HOMELAND SECURITY.
I WILL REACH OUT TO THEM AND REQUEST ITEM, ITEM FIGURED IT WOULDN'T BE ANIMAL SERVICES.
IS THAT A CITY DEPARTMENT? OKAY.
YEAH, I, THAT'S, THAT'S WHO THEY PUT ME IN CONTACT WITH LAST YEAR.
AND THE RESPONSE WAS, UM, THEY WOULD SEND, UM, AN A PO WITH THE, THE AN A PO VEHICLE AND THE DOG OR THE ANIMAL WOULD BE PUT IN THE A PO TRUCK TO COOL.
WHILE THE PERSON WAS IN THE COOLING CENTER.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE FULLY STAFFED, WHICH IS A FABULOUS THING.
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SINCE THEY'VE REACHED THAT MILESTONE.LET'S, WE DON'T WANT TO, YEAH, WE DON'T WANNA GET DISCUSSION HERE.
I JUST WANNA, I DON'T WANNA GET FOUL THE RULES.
I DID, I DID HEAR BACK FROM THEM LAST YEAR ON THIS AND THAT THAT WAS A SOLUTION.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL THE SOLUTION.
I THINK WHAT YOU'VE ASKED FOR IS A STAFF BRIEFING AND, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT, TO GET ON THE AGENDA.
IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANNA PULL IT, LET US KNOW.
IF YOU WANNA LEAVE IT ON, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE, BUT YOU HAVE YOUR SECOND, IT'S ON THERE AS OF NOW.
UH, COMMISSIONER HOLT, I THINK I SAW A HAND RAISED.
UM, THIS IS MAYBE LIKE A STAFF REQUEST.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS NECESSARILY A NEXT AGENDA ITEM THING UNLESS WE NEED TO MAKE IT ONE.
BUT, UM, BASED ON THE COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND KITTENS AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN STUFF THAT'S LIKE, DON'T KIDNAP ME.
BASICALLY LIKE SEPARATING BABIES WHO MIGHT HAVE A MOM COMING BACK FOR THEM.
UM, COULD WE MAKE A REQUEST THAT WE, SIMILAR TO THE WAY THAT WE DID, LIKE AN ALL CALL FOR THE DOGS WHO WERE, UM, HIGHER NEED FOR A WHILE, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD LEVERAGE ALL OF OUR, LIKE, PRESS RESOURCES TO PUT OUT SIMILAR, UH, SIMILAR URGENCY
BUT YOUR REQUEST, UM, HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED.
UM, AND THEN, UH, MY FOLLOW UP WOULD, OR NOT FOLLOW UP, BUT SECOND ONE, UM, WE ARE, AS OF THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE WILL BE 50% OF THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
I BELIEVE IT'S EITHER MID JULY OR END OF JULY WHEN LIKE, TYPICALLY, UM, PERFORMANCE FOR CONTRACTORS OR LIKE NONPROFITS WHO THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH, UH, PROVIDE LIKE WHERE THEY ARE IN THE YEAR AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEEN DONE WITH THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
AND I'M CURIOUS IF WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET ANYTHING LIKE THAT ABOUT OUR SPAY NEUTER, UM, FOR SPAY NEUTER AGENCIES WITH AUSTIN HUMANE AND EMANCIPET TO SEE HOW MANY ANIMALS HAVE BEEN DONE AND JUST WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT.
SO WE WOULD HAVE A, A REQUEST FOR STAFF BRIEFING ON, UM, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPAY NEUTER BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
AND, AND JUST WITH A CAVEAT, I BELIEVE THAT THAT MOST LIKELY WILL ACTUALLY BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION UNTIL AUGUST, BUT IF WE GET A TWO MONTH RUNWAY, THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE PLENTY.
SO THE, THE REQUEST HAS BEEN HEARD.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER ISSUES OR ITEMS OR QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS? NO.
THEN I'LL TAKE A, UH, MOTION TO ADJOURN.
UM, COMMISSIONER LINDER, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER HUDDLESTON A SIR.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UH, THAT'S UNANIMOUS.