[Animal Control Advisory Board on February 10, 2026.]
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MEETING OF THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS SAMANTHA HAWLEY, AND WE HAVE PRESENT.
WHO IS PRESENT, DOCTOR WOODALL. I'M PRESENT. LAURA WELSH, PRESENT. AND IN LEXIE BEARDS PLACE, WE HAVE TAYLOR GRISHAM. TAYLOR GRISHAM. AND THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS SHOULD BE. ME.
YES. FIRST ORDER IS SHALL SHELTER REPORT? THE SHELTER IS A VERY NICE PLACE TO BE. WE'RE DOING ACTUALLY VERY GOOD. I DON'T HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS LIKE I NORMALLY DO. I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A LOT OF EVENTS AND WITH OPERATION KINDNESS, BUT THE LAST TIME I CHECKED IN WITH THEM, WE HAVE MET NO KILL QUOTA, WHICH THAT'S JUST A NUMBER AND DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
WHAT MATTERS TO ME IS THAT THE CARE OF OUR ANIMALS ARE. ABOVE AND BEYOND NORMAL STANDARDS, AND THAT WE'RE CONTINUALLY SERVING THE PUBLIC AS NEEDED, DOING ADOPTIONS. SO I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB THERE. I'VE GOT THE NUMBERS AVAILABLE IF ANYBODY WANTS THEM. IF YOU NEED THOSE, WE CAN EMAIL THOSE OUT AT THE AFTER THIS IS OVER, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC INPUT? JAMIE. YOU DO. THANK YOU. WE ARE DOING A BLOOD DRIVE AND A FUNDRAISER FOR HELPING HANDS FOR JESUS ON FEBRUARY THE 21ST AT SHEPHERD'S VALLEY, AND DUE TO THE ICE STORM A FEW WEEKS AGO, OUR BLOOD DONORS ARE REALLY DOWN. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE OR YOU CAN DONATE 10 TO 3 AT SHEPHERD'S VALLEY, CARTER BLOOD BANK WILL BE ON SITE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JAMIE. DO WE HAVE ANY BOARD COMMENTS? I DO NOT KNOW NONE AT THIS TIME.
STAFF UPDATES AND REPORTS. LEXI IS NOT HERE, SO UPCOMING EVENTS WILL BE DONE BY OUR NEW PART TIMER. RIGHT? ON FEBRUARY 14TH, WE HAVE THE GLEN ROSE VALENTINE'S ADOPTION EVENT THAT WE'LL BE GOING TO. AND THEN ON MARCH 14TH, WE HAVE THE RECAP EVENT WHERE WE'LL BE DOING LOW COST VACCINATIONS. MARCH 28TH IS THE IRISH FESTIVAL THAT WILL BE AT AT THE ORCHARD, WHERE WE'LL ALSO BE DOING ADOPTIONS. THE FEBRUARY 20TH 25TH. BOTH DAYS ARE RESERVED FOR SAFETY DAY AND QUARTER AUCTION, SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE EVENT DATES SET IN STONE YET. AND THEN 627 WE GOT 4TH OF JULY AND THEN 612 THROUGH 13TH. WE'VE GOT DOG HOUSE PROJECT, WHICH I WOULD NEED YOU TO TELL ME WHAT THAT IS. FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR, THE DOG HOUSE PROJECT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WORK WITH THE JOHNSON COUNTY YOUTH PROBATION. THEY GIVE US A LOT OF THEIR YOUNGER FOLKS AND WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND BUILD DOG HOUSES. IT'S A LOT OF FUN AND WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS THREE YEARS RUNNING. SO. CAN WE GET A COPY OF THOSE? CAN WE GET A COPY OF THOSE DATES? I CAN EMAIL YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON TO NUMBER THREE. TAYLOR, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE BOARD? HI, MY NAME IS TAYLOR GRESHAM. I LIVE IN THE CITY OF ALVARADO. CAN YOU TELL ME YOUR BACKGROUND? I WORKED AT THE ARLINGTON ANIMAL SERVICES FOR TWO YEARS AND THEN JUST HAVE BEEN AROUND THAT LIFE ENVIRONMENT. MY DAD WAS PREVIOUSLY AN OFFICER FOR 20 YEARS AS WELL. SO DO YOU WANT TO KNOW TAYLOR? YOUR DAD'S NAME? ROBERT GRESHAM. YOU'LL LOOK. YOU'LL REMEMBER LATER. LOOK IT UP. YEAH. HE'S. YOU HAVE TO REMIND ME TO LOOK IT UP. IT'S NOT QUITE J LEVEL OR TAMMY LEVEL, BUT HE IS DEFINITELY A LONG TIMER WITH A LOT OF RESPECT BEHIND HIS NAME. REMIND ME I WILL. OKAY. THANK YOU.
DAVID, CAN WE GET ACTION ON THE NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025, ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, BOARD MINUTES. I VOTE TO APPROVE THEM. I SECOND THAT. THANK YOU. SAM OR. A NEW
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BUSINESS. SAM WILL BE PRESENTING. CONSIDER AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON IMPLEMENTING ANIMAL HANDLING AND CARE GUIDELINES. LET ME PLAY CATCH UP. I'M SORRY. I'M ALSO TAKING THE MEETING NOTES UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS GOT THE MEETING MINUTES. TAYLOR'S HANDING THOSE. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE SOMETHING IN THE WAY OF HANDLING CARE GUIDELINES FOR NOT JUST THE STAFF, BUT FOR VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE OUGHT TO DO. NOT SAYING IT CAN BE DONE WITH EVERY SINGLE DOG, BUT I THINK WHEN WE GO IN THERE TO LEASH THEM UP, TO TAKE THEM OUT, WE HAVE THAT DOG DO A SIT POSE. BEYOND MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT SAFER FOR EVERYONE, IF YOU WALK INTO THE SHELTER AND YOU SEE A DOG WHEN YOU GO UP TO THE KENNEL, THE DOG IMMEDIATELY SITS. YOU'RE LIKE, OH, THIS IS A NICE DOG. THIS IS AN ADOPTABLE DOG. AND THAT'S WHAT I REALLY WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS. BEYOND THE SAFETY SIDE OF IT, I WANT TO WORK WITH GETTING THESE DOGS A LITTLE BIT MORE BEHAVIORAL, A LITTLE BIT MORE TRAINED. SO THEY'RE NOT JUST KNOCKING DOWN PEOPLE, JUMPING ON PEOPLE. AND I WILL ALSO HELP ME IDENTIFY ANY PROBLEM BEHAVIORS. SO IF THEY'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING THEY NEED TO DO, I CAN ADDRESS THAT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF IT AND HELP THE ADOPTERS AND FOSTERS GOING FORWARD WITH THAT. I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THAT PUT TOGETHER JUST YET. BUT I CAN LOOK AT GETTING A GOOD PLAN TOGETHER ON HOW THAT WOULD LOOK TO US. I JUST HAVE NOT DONE THAT YET BECAUSE IT'S NOT UP TO ME. IF WE IF WE GO FORWARD, IT'S UP TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. IF WE GO FORWARD, I'M JUST HERE TO KIND OF SHAPE HOW YOU THINK THAT LOOKS. AND. I DON'T I SEE IT GOING MORE THAN JUST THAT. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I SEE FROM IT, AND KIND OF WHAT BROUGHT THIS ON IS WE'RE SO SMALL, I REALLY DON'T ENJOY SAYING THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF BROUGHT THIS TO MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS WE WERE DEALING WITH A DOG THAT WAS HAVING AN EPISODE, FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMINOLOGY, AND DURING THE EPISODE, SOMEBODY REACHED AND GRABBED ITS COLLAR TO TRY AND CONTROL THE DOG. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU REACH AND GRAB A DOG'S COLLAR THAT'S HAVING AN EPISODE? YOU YOU'RE GOING TO GET BIT, AND THAT'S A FAILURE ON MY PART. BUT IT'S ALSO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE TO TELL THEM THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO. SO THAT'S PART OF WHY I WANT TO GET THAT IN THERE IS TO PROTECT STAFF AND TO PROTECT VOLUNTEERS, AND IT'LL ALSO MAKE US LOOK A LOT BETTER. IF ANYBODY EVER COMES IN AND OUR DOGS GO, THERE'S A PERSON, LET ME SIT DOWN SO THAT, ARE YOU GOING TO START BUILDING THIS ANIMAL HANDLING GUIDELINE AND PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD AT, SAY, THE NEXT MEETING TO GET THEIR INPUT ON IT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND I CAN THAT'S PART OF WHY WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD NOW BECAUSE HE MAY LIKE THE METHOD OF I CAN'T REMEMBER THE THE NAME OF THE THE GROUP, BUT THERE'S A ONE GROUP BY MARY VELEZ AND HE MAY LIKE THAT GROUP, WHEREAS SHE'S MORE OF A WHAT'S THAT GIRL'S NAME? TAMMY LOVES HER. SHE'S A TRAINER. AND YES, SHE'S MORE OF A PAM GIRL. AND SO IF SHE WANTS US TO DO SIT THIS WAY, I CAN LOOK AT TRYING TO COMBINE THE TWO RATHER THAN JUST GOING ONE DIRECTION. I WANT TO TRY AND TAKE INPUT AND CREATE SOMETHING FROM IT. OKAY. ARE YOU WANTING TO JUST LIKE A WRITTEN PROCEDURE OR IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE A ONE ON ONE TRAINING TYPE THING WITH THE INDIVIDUALS OR. WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT SOMETHING WRITTEN, I'LL HAVE TO ADD THAT TO THE OUR PROCEDURES FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL BUILDING. OKAY.SO IF IT EVEN IF IT'S GOING TO BE SOME TYPE OF TRAINING THAT SAM PUTS ON FOR THE STAFF, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT PROCEDURALLY, I HAVE TO ADD IT TO LEXAPRO. OKAY. ONE THING YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IS THAT THESE TRAINERS OR PROSPECTIVE TRAINERS OR ONES YOU'RE TRAINING, THEY DON'T KNOW JUST A WHOLE BUNCH ABOUT DOGS AND CATS. YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT GETTING THEM A RABIES PROTECTION INJECTIONS. SO IT NEEDS TO BE IN YOUR COST
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OF PROCEDURE. I DON'T FEEL THAT WE WOULD DO THAT GOING ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I DO AGREE WITH HIM AS FAR AS STAFF GOES. WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK INTO FOR MYSELF TITERS FOR THEM. POST-EXPOSURE RABIES. LAST TIME I LOOKED IT WAS OUT OF STOCK AND THEY WERE NOT DOING IT. SO I CAN LOOK AGAIN IF YOU WANT ME TO. YEAH. LOOK, I'D LIKE YOU TO LOOK INTO IT. I KNOW SEVERAL OF MY STAFF DID IT LAST YEAR. THEY HAD TO GO TO DALLAS TO GET IT, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO IT THAT WAY. SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW FAR SOMEONE'S WILLING TO TRAVEL.WELL, I THINK FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES THEN THE DRIVE IS NOT AN ISSUE. I THINK ALSO, IF WE CAN GET A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO TAKE THAT INJECTION, I THINK A MEDICAL DOCTOR DOWN HERE COULD GIVE IT AND THE VACCINE WOULD BE AT HIS OFFICE. AND YOU CAN JUST ONE AFTER ANOTHER HANDLE IT. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ONE, SAM? NOT ON THAT. THE NEXT THING THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT DOING IS WE DON'T WRITE A WHOLE LOT OF CITATIONS HERE AT THE SHELTER, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE WOULD BE MORE APT TO WRITE CITATIONS IF WE HAD AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR THEM TO HANDLE THE CITATIONS, AND WE GOT SOMETHING OUT OF IT AS WELL. SO I KNOW THAT IN FORT WORTH THEY DID. AND, LAURA, I THINK YOU RAN THIS BACK THEN. THEY DID RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP CLASSES. AND I THINK THAT THOSE WOULD BE GREAT TO DO. HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. OKAY. WE GOT TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER SIX FOR THE BOARD. CONSIDER AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROVIDING RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER EDUCATION CLASSES. NOW. SORRY. SO FORT WORTH USED TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T DO A WHOLE LOT OF CITATIONS. SO I DO THINK THIS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US AND FOR OUR OFFICERS. IT WOULD GET THEM MORE COMFORTABLE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE NEW OFFICERS TO WRITE THOSE CITATIONS, AND IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER FOR THE JUDGES TO GO HERE, GO TAKE THAT RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP CLASS.
AND BEYOND DOING THE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP CLASS FOR THOSE CITATIONS, WE COULD HOLD IT FOR THE CITIZENS IF WE WANTED TO, AND MAYBE INCORPORATE THAT WITH A HOW TO TEACH YOUR DOG TO SIT. I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT BENEFIT ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS I'VE GOTTEN WITH IT. SO, LAURA, WHAT CAN YOU TELL THEM ABOUT THE PRIOR CLASSES? WHAT WAS YOUR COMPLIANCE RATE? I MEAN, THE COMPLIANCE RATE TO BE 100% HONEST FOR THE POPULATION IN FORT WORTH. THEY TOOK THE CLASS SIMPLY TO GET OUT OF THE CITATION. FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, THEY WERE RE-OFFENDING. AND BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE GETTING THOSE CITATIONS WERE IN THE PROBLEM AREAS. IT WASN'T LIKE YOU WEREN'T GETTING THE PEOPLE IN, YOU KNOW, FAR NORTH FORT WORTH THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THAT YOU CAN TELL CARE FOR THEIR ANIMALS. SO I MEAN, IF IT'S IF YOU'RE DOING IT WITH THE SAME INTENT THAT FORT WORTH DID IT TO WHERE BECAUSE THE WAY THEY HAD THEIR SET UP, YOU WOULD GET THE CITATION, YOU WOULD GO TO COURT, THE JUDGE WOULD SAY, THESE ARE YOUR OPTIONS. IF YOU CHOSE THE OWNERSHIP CLASS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BEFORE YOU COULD TAKE THE CLASS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH RABIES VACCINATIONS. YOUR ANIMAL WOULD HAVE TO BE SPAYED OR NEUTERED, WOULD HAVE TO BE REGISTERED OR MICROCHIPPED AND ALL OF THAT. AND THEN WE WOULD AN OFFICER WOULD GO OUT AND INSPECT THEIR PROPERTY. SO IF YOU'RE INTENDING IT TO BE THAT SAME TYPE OF SETUP, I MEAN, ALVARADO IS OBVIOUSLY NOT FORT WORTH. SO I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW YOUR POPULATION LIKE I DID FORT WORTH TO TELL YOU WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL AS A GET OUT OF A CITATION TYPE THING. I PERSONALLY HAVE BROUGHT UP THE SAME THING TO POSSIBLY DOING IT FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR CITIES WHERE I THINK IT'S PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAWS ARE. THEY DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE BASIC THINGS. AND I THINK THAT IS HELPFUL. SO IF YOU APPROACH IT FROM THAT DIRECTION, I THINK THAT'S A FABULOUS IDEA. SO MAYBE MORE OF A COMMUNITY DRIVEN COME VISIT US. WE'VE GOT A PROGRAM WE CAN TEACH YOUR DOG TO SIT WHILE YOU'RE HERE THING. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY I PUT IT THE WAY I DID, IS I WASN'T SURE IF WE WANTED TO GO AFTER THE ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS OR IF WE WANTED TO PRESENT IT MORE FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN. I MEAN, I THINK IF THERE'S A WAY TO COMBINE THE TWO MAYBE STARTED AS COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND THEN IN A YEAR. YEAH. AND THEN LEAD INTO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE WAYS TO, TO STAY ON OUR GOOD SIDE AND YOU STAY ON OUR GOOD SIDE. THESE ARE THE THINGS WE
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CAN HELP YOU WITH, WITH YOUR ANIMAL TO PREVENT IT FROM GOING THIS DIRECTION TYPE THING. HOW LONG IS THIS CLASS? MAYBE AN HOUR FOR THAT. SO ON THE BACK END, I IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH THAT HAD TO GO TO THE COURT SYSTEM AND PRESENT THIS CLASS TO CITY COURT AND SAY, HEY, WE'D LIKE THIS TO BE AN OPTION FOR ALL CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS THAT DO WITH DOGS.IT WAS FOR MINOR VIOLATIONS ONLY LIKE AT LARGE, NO PROOF OF RABIES VACCINATION. AND AND IF THEY VIOLATED PRIOR, THEY COULD NOT TAKE THE CLASS AGAIN WITHIN X AMOUNT OF TIME. AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE EVER LIKE OFFICIALLY WENT TO THE COURT AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WANTING. LIKE, LOOK AT THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. I THINK IT WAS, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THIS IS THE FLIER ON IT. HERE YOU GO. YEAH. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. OKAY.
YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK IF SAM WANTS TO PUT THAT TOGETHER FROM SOME CITIES THAT ACTUALLY DO THIS, I THINK IT'S A VIABLE OPTION. BUT LIKE SHE SAID, WE DON'T RIDE A TON OF CITATIONS.
I MEAN, YOU'RE PRETTY HABITUAL. IF YOU GET MY OFFICERS, GO OUT AND WRITE A TICKET, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, ON ANYTHING. BUT I MEAN, THEY WILL DO IT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE TO GO OUT THERE MULTIPLE TIMES. IS THAT ON YOUTUBE BY CHANCE THAT THEY COULD USE IN SOME WAY, HAVE A SIGNATURE? THAT THEY HAD WATCHED IT, I THINK TO FROM AN OFFICER'S STANDPOINT, POINT TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR. YOU WOULD WANT THEM TO APPEAR IN PERSON. I THINK THAT I MEAN, AS PEACE OFFICERS, WE WRITE TICKETS NOT FOR MONEY OR ANYTHING LIKE WEED OR PUNISHMENT. WE WRITE THOSE CITATIONS FOR TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR. AND IF WE GO BY DRIVING RECORD, WE GO BY ALL SORTS OF THINGS WHEN WE MAKE THAT DECISION. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, IF THEY'RE GETTING A CITATION FOR DOG AT LARGE OR, YOU KNOW, RABIES OR WHATEVER THE CASE, EVEN, YOU KNOW, REGISTRATION TO CHANGE THAT BEHAVIOR, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN THAT PROCEDURE THAT THAT IS AN IN-PERSON THING THAT OUR STAFF, OUR STAFF TEACHES THAT. YEAH. AND THAT'S I MEAN, WHEN FORT WORTH WAS DOING IT, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO SIGN IN AND THEY HAD TO PREREGISTER FOR THE CLASS AND YOU COULDN'T ATTEND UNLESS YOU PRE-REGISTERED AND SUBMITTED YOUR PAPERWORK SAYING YOU WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHATNOT. SO, WELL, DID THAT WORK? I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO ALL OF IT, BUT I, I REMEMBER AS AN ATTENDANT TALKING TO 1 OR 2 PEOPLE AS A CLASS WOULD GO THROUGH AND THEY WOULD CONSTANTLY SAY, WOW, I HAD NO CLUE BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE TOURING THE FACILITY. AND IT'S A FACILITY THAT THEY NEVER ONCE STUCK THEIR FEET IN, SO THEY HAD NO CLUE THE OVERPOPULATION OR THE ISSUES THAT WE WERE FACING. AND SO THOSE PEOPLE I TRULY BELIEVE, PROBABLY NEVER RE-OFFENDED BECAUSE THEY WERE SO IN SHOCK WITH THE SHEER MASS VOLUME OF ANIMALS THAT WERE IN THE SHELTER. NOW ALVARADO IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE 500 AND SOME ODD DOGS. YEAH, 500 AND SOME ODD DOGS. WE HAVE 12 WHOLE KENNELS, BUT WE CAN STILL GET THE POINT ACROSS. YEAH. I MEAN I AGREE, I MEAN I LIKE I SAID, I'VE SUGGESTED IT TO, TO DO IT ON OUR END MORE AS A.
INFORMATIONAL LIKE THESE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOU KNOW, YOUR DOG GETS OUT AND THEY JUST GO, OH WELL, IT JUMPS THE FENCE. WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU THESE SUGGESTIONS THAT CAN PREVENT THAT. AND IT'S THINGS THAT THEY WOULDN'T TYPICALLY THINK OF. WHAT'S A JUMP HARNESS. YEAH A WHAT A COYOTE. WHAT IS THAT LIKE. THEY JUST DON'T THEY DON'T KNOW. AND AND IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S THINGS THAT WE CAN JUST RATTLE OFF LIKE NOTHING. AND THEY LOOK AT US LIKE WHAT? WHAT? SO I MEAN THERE IS BENEFIT TO IT. SO WOULD THE BOARD WANT SAM TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CITIES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO THE NEXT MEETING. IS THAT WHAT THE BOARD WOULD RECOMMEND? I YEAH, I JUST SO THERE'S SOME BASIS TO IT FOR SURE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ONE SAM. NO. OKAY. NUMBER SEVEN WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO SELECT. MONDAY, JULY 13TH, 2026 AS THE NEXT ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY BOARD MEETING.
I SAY YAY, YAY, YAY. WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? I
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WOULD LIKE SOMETHING KIND OF OFF THE RECORD IF POSSIBLE. YOU CAN'T DO IT OFF THE RECORD BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE OKAY, I'LL JUST STAY COLD WEATHER. JOSHUA. ANIMAL SERVICES HAD A BAD SITUATION. HAPPENED TO THEM, OKAY. THEIR PIPES FROZE AND THE INSURANCE IS NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER THAT. THEY HAVE ASKED US IF WE'D BE ABLE TO PUT UP A QR CODE FOR THEM, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME IN AND ASK TO DONATE FOOD TO THEM BLANKETS, TOWELS. SO I CALLED THEM. I SAID, DO YOU WANT THESE? AND THEY WERE LIKE, WELL, THAT'S GREAT, WE'RE OVERRUN WITH THAT. WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO PUT A QR CODE UP THERE. I SAID, WELL, LET ME ASK MY BOSS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT DETERMINATION. BUT THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING IT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD IS IF Y'ALL CAN JUST KIND OF KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS, I'M SURE THEY WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE JUST HAVING THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS, BECAUSE I CANNOT IMAGINE IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ALVARADO'S SHELTER AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING WE NEEDED, WHICH IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. BUT IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE. SO SO I MEAN, I AGREE WITH THAT. AND I MEAN, TRI-CITIES, WE HOUSED THE ANIMALS FOLLOWING THAT. AND I MEAN, SO, YOU KNOW, WE SUPPORT THEM. YEAH. LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SUPPORT US TOO. YEAH. SO I MEAN, I TO BE 100% HONEST, I DON'T KNOW THAT IF WE IF WE HAVE IT POSTED. BUT I MEAN, IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF WE DID BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S ON OURS, ON THE FRIENDS OF. I'M SURE IT'S SOMEWHERE. IT'S SOMEWHERE.YEAH, YEAH, I CAN ME AND SAM CAN TALK OFFLINE ON THAT. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THEN WE WILL
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