Chippewa County Humane Association Board of Director’s Meeting

January8, 2018

The Monthly Meeting was called to order at 6:01p.m. at the Chippewa County Courthouse. In attendance were board members: Pam Gibbs, Lori Mueller, Paula Young, Karen Scarseth, Quincy Chapman,Sandra Stiles, Shelter Manager Intern Holly Morrison and ChristineMyers. Deb Newmanwas absent.

Members of the Public: None.

Secretary’s Report: A motion was made to approve the secretary’s report by Lori Mueller and seconded by Paula Young. All consented. Minutes approved.

Treasurer’s Report: The current balance of checking is $13,251.00, the Money Market is $185,994.00 and savings is $8,826.00. There were a lot of donations and a bequest from Ruth Jean Crane for $9720 and Lori will redo the financials and resend them out. A motion was made to approve the treasurer’s report by Sandra Stiles and seconded by Paula Young. All consented. Report approved.

Shelter Report:The census for the month of December: there were 29 surrenders (6 dogs and 23 cats), and 26 strays (9 dogs and 17 cats). We took in 33 dogs from Texas. There were no puppies or kittens born at the shelter. There were 1 dog euthanasia as an unadoptable blood donor, and 2 cat euthanasia’s for health concerns. There were no cats or dogs euthanized due to space. There were 27 dog adoptions, and 52 cat adoptions and 1 transfer to Eau Claire Humane. There were 3 dog owner claims and 1 cat owner claim. There were 3 cats at Petsmart, 1 dog at Bob’s house for dogs, 2 puppies in foster care, and 14 cats/kittens in foster care. The total census at the end of the month was: 24 dogs, 122 cats, and 3 rabbits at the shelter.

There was 1 free dog spay at Chippewa Vet Clinic, 1 kitten spay at Northside Pet Hospital, 7 cat neuters at Lake Wissota Animal Hospital, and 2 dog neuters at Riverview Vet all free of charge.

-1 Dog Spay at Chippewa Vet Clinic (Ginger)

-7 Cat Neuters at Lake Wissota (Forrest, Jolly Roger, Benson, Tangelo, Quill, Lynden,Francisco)

-1 Kitten Spay at Northside (Autumn)

-2 Dog Neuters at Riverview Vet (Senor, Chipper)

Kindness Animal Hospital will be doing one free cat spay or neuter a month, thanks to Dr. McDougall!

Senn Blacktop did raise the quote by 5% so the quote is now at $3195 for 2018. They did say this is just an estimate for us and once it gets closer to April they can schedule us and get a better quote (which they said might be less, will not be more) when they come out.

We received lots of Christmas Donations monetary and donation. Halmstead Elementary and Southview Elementary gathered many donations and Holly went to the schools to pick them up and talked with the students.

Holly will be transporting 21 cats to the Animal Humane Society’s locations in St. Paul and Golden Valley for adoption.

We need to raise the adopter age to 21. We are having 18 year olds come in adopt and not understand what they are doing and end up re-homing the animal. A discussion was held about how to go about this - Holly stated that EC already has their adoption age set at 21. Quincy made a suggestion to add references - Holly will be doing some additional checking into this and will let the board know more next month.

For the year of 2017, we had 589 adoptions (236 dogs, 349 cats, 2 Guiney Pigs and 2 Rabbits)!

Standing Committees Updates:

A. Purr and Paw: April 7, Eagle’s Club. Sin City - Karen was looking into decorations for about 25 tables. Will need to decide at the February Meeting what the Menu will be. We will keep the ticket price the same. Christy will find out if we can bring in our own bartender. We need to start working on the posters and getting sponsor letters out. Holly will put the date of the event out on Facebook.

B. Final Results of the Packer Raffle: After Expenses we made $2,614 and in 2016 we made $2,836

C. Newsletter: Pam would like to start collecting any updates during our monthly meetings that we would like to have put into the newsletter.

New Business:

A. Committee Updated Responsibilities: Deb and Pam were discussing that no one should have total responsibility of an event. It was suggested that someone be the lead person for an event and the lead will be in charge of the event and reporting back to the board of the status.

B. Dog Walk: This will be discussed at our February Meeting

C. Purr and Paw: Lead Sponsorship: Lori Mueller / Lead Entertainment: Deb Newman/ Lead Decorations:Karen Scarseth / Lead Venue: Christy Myers This event has multiple leads because each person is in charge of different items. We should rethink how we do our Silent Auction and our Raffles. Possibly have bigger prices on the Raffle and have the Smaller prizes on the Silent Auction. We really need to start thinking about getting items gathered together.

D. Stuff a Truck: Lead - Quincy Chapman

E. Packer Raffle: Lead - Paula Young

F. Mailers: Lead - Deb Newman

G. Other

i. Advertising: Lead - This will be discussed at our Feb Meeting.

ii. Pet Food Drive: Lead - Holly Morrison

iii. Newsletter: Lead -Pam Gibbs

iv. Ornament Fundraiser: Lead - Christy Myers

v. Elks Lodge Grant - Pam received an email from Susan Gutknecht informing us that is it is time fill out our grant paper work if we want to be considered.

Old Business:

A. Membership Mailer:

B. Bonus Update: Bonus' were provided to the Shelter Staff.

C. Washer Grant Update - We have been awarded the grant - Holly can contact Denny's Appliance to schedule the deliveryof the washers anytime.

D. Fur Bowl is still on and will be a week later this year.

E. Sandra informed the Board that she is not sure how much longer she will be able to support the board - they put in an offer on a house today. Sandra will keep the board up to date on changes.

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Paula Young and Quincy Chapman seconded it. The meeting was adjourned at 7:52 p.m.

The next board meeting will be held on Monday, February 12, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. at the Chippewa County Courthouse in Room 119Q.

Respectfully submitted by Christine Myers, Secretary.