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CAPTIONING
APRIL 24, 2013
ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND
ANIMAL SERVICES TASK FORCE
***This is not an official, verbatim transcript of the ***following meeting. It should be used for informational ***purposes only. This document has not been edited; ***therefore, there may be additions, deletions, or words ***that did not translate.
MIKE HAWORTH: HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THE WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 24th, 2013, MEETING OF THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO SIGN IN YET?
> YES.
MIKE HAWORTH: YES.
OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL OF THE TROOPS OVERSEAS, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE RISE.
[MOMENT OF SILENCE]
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
THANK YOU.
DOES EVERYBODY HAVE A COPY OF THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING?
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES NEEDED TO BE MADE ON THE AGENDA?
> [INAUDIBLE]
MIKE HAWORTH: NO CHANGES.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS IT'S STATED?
KIM TYSON: KIM TYSON.
I MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS STATED.
MIKE HAWORTH: DOES ANYBODY SECOND THAT MOTION?
>JACK TALMAN: JACK TALMAN.
I SECOND.
MIKE HAWORTH: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE AGENDA AS STATED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.
[CHORUS OF AYES]
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY NAY.
MOTION UNANIMOUS.
MOTION MADE, PASSED, AND CARRIED.
WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING.
AS PER OUR NEW CHANGE, WE'RE JUST INCLUDING -- RATHER THAN A-- ACTUAL MINUTES, IT'S JUST A COPY OF WHAT WAS SAID AT THE MEETING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS IN THAT, IN THE TRANSCRIPT FROM LAST MEETING?
NO?
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING?
JEN.
JENNIFER FADAL: SURE.
JEN FADAL.
I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH'S MEETING.
MIKE HAWORTH: ANYBODY SECOND THAT MOTION?
>JACK TALMAN: JACK TALMAN.
I SECOND.
MIKE HAWORTH: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE TRANSCRIPT AS THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.
[CHORUS OF AYES]
ANY OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY NAY.
MOTION UNANIMOUS.
MOTION MADE, PASSED, AND CARRIED.
WE HAVE A REPORT FROM ANIMAL SERVICES.
>IAN HALLETT: GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
IAN HALLETT, DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL SERVICES, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
SORRY IF I DIDN'T GET TO SAY HI TO YOU THIS EVENING.
I WAS BUSY GETTING THINGS PREPPED.
AS ALWAYS, I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS SHORT SINCE WE HAVE A TASK FORCE THIS EVENING AS WELL.
JUST QUICKLY GO OVER OUR NUMBERS FOR MARCH IN TERMS OF ON THE SHELTERING SIDE, AND WHAT WE SEE FROM FEBRUARY TO MARCH IS THAT EUTHANASIA OF DOGS HAS DROPPED BY ABOUT A PERCENT.
WE'RE RUNNING AT ABOUT 64% LIVE OUTCOME RATE, WHICH IS WHERE THINGS REALLY START TO GET HARD, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED A LOT OF THINGS WE'D LIKE TO DO, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL TO KEEP GOING UP.
AND IN FEBRUARY WE NOTICED THE EUTH RATE WENT DOWN DRAMATICALLY -- OR, I'M SORRY -- FOR CATS WENT DOWN DRAMATICALLY.
AS GRETCHYN POINTED OUT LAST TIME, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE HOARDING CASES THAT WE HAD BUSTED, AND A LOT OF THOSE WERE SICK AND HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED, SO I THINK THAT -- I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT I THINK THAT ACCOUNTED FOR OUR BUMP IN EUTHANASIA FOR CATS IN FEBRUARY, SO IT'S AT 57% NOW.
> [INAUDIBLE]
>IAN HALLETT: SURE.
THANKS.
IT'S AT 57%-- 57.5% NOW, SO SINCE THE MARCH-TO-FEBRUARY COMPARISON IS NOT SO GOOD, I FIGURED IT WOULD BE NICE TO LOOK-- LET ME GET-- BETWEEN MARCH OF THIS YEAR AND MARCH OF LAST YEAR, AND SO YOU'LL SEE MARCH OF LAST YEAR WE WERE AT A 75% EUTHANASIA RATE FOR CATS, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY SITTING AT 57.5%, SO THAT -- HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO CARRY THAT MOMENTUM THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR.
AND DOGS ARE RELATIVELY-- ARE RELATIVELY STEADY FROM WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR, SO I THINK, AS WE ALL KNEW, THAT IT'S THE CAT SIDE OF THINGS THAT WE STRUGGLE THE MOST.
IN TERMS OF OTHER SHELTER NEWS TO PASS ALONG TO YOU, ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW DISINFECTANT FOR THE SHELTER, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M HAPPIEST WITH IS THAT THERE IS AN ON-LINE TUTORIAL FOR THE DISINFECTANT AS WELL AS A TEST, AND WHILE YOU ONLY NEED A-- I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE A 70% OR 75%, WE'VE MANDATED THAT EVERYBODY IN THE SHELTER FROM CUSTOMER SERVICE TO ADMIN, TO SUPERVISOR, TO ANIMAL CONTROL, TO ANIMAL CARE HAS TO PASS THE TEST AND KNOW HOW TO USE THE CHEMICALS AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DISINFECTION IN THE SHELTER, SO THAT'S A GOOD STEP FORWARD FOR US.
AND ALSO I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE DOING SPAY/NEUTER VOUCHERS IN THE FIELD FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE THAT WE CITE FOR LACK OF VACCINATIONS AND TAGS, SO FOR $10 THEY GET NOT ONLY THEIR VACCINATION AND TAG BUT THEY GET A SPAY/NEUTER AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE NUMBERS YET FOR YOU AND -- BECAUSE I NEED TO IMPLEMENT A TRACKING SYSTEM FOR THAT WITHIN OUR DATABASE, SO I'LL BE BRINGING NUMBERS BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE LATEST NEWS FROM LAKE WILL BE GONE, AND I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.
MIKE HAWORTH: JOE.
JOSEPH TESTA: THANK YOU, IAN.
THE SPAY/NEUTER VOUCHERS THAT YOU'RE DOING OUT IN THE FIELD, WHAT WOULD BE THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF MAYBE DISTRIBUTING THEM TO OTHER COUNTY ENTITIES, WHETHER IT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CODE ENFORCEMENT OR COUNTY WORKERS, TO BE ABLE TO HAND OUT TO PEOPLE AS THEY COME ACROSS, PEOPLE THAT THEY FEEL MAY NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY TOO?
>IAN HALLETT: WE ARE.
CODE HAS OFTEN TAKEN OURS WITH THEM, AND WE DIDN'T-- FOR EXAMPLE, SOME IMMUNIZATION CLINICS WITH FAMILY AND AGING SERVICES WHERE THEY PROVIDED THEM, SO THAT IS GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS, LIKE US, FEEL A BIT OVERWHELMED WITH THE MESSAGING THAT THEY NEED TO GET OUT FOR THEIR DEPARTMENT; HOWEVER, THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE COLLABORATION BETWEEN US AND FAMILY AND AGING AND-- ON SOME OTHER ISSUES, SO WE'RE KIND OF HELPING THEM WITH SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS AND VICE VERSA, SO I THINK THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD.
ON THE CODE SIDE, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN GOOD COOPERATION BETWEEN ANIMAL CONTROL AND CODE DOING SWEEPS TOGETHER, AND SO-- AND A LOT OF THOSE GUYS ALL KNOW EACH OTHER REAL WELL, SO CAN WE IMPROVE IT?
DEFINITELY.
AT THE SAME TIME, SOME OF IT'S ALREADY GOING ON NOW, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BOOST THAT.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO MENTIONED IN THE PLAN IS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT, SO -- ESPECIALLY IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHO CODE SERVES AND FAMILY AND AGING, WE SHARE A LOT OF CLIENTS, SO...
MIKE HAWORTH: ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
JEN FADAL.
JENNIFER FADAL: HI.
JEN FADAL.
I NOTICED THAT THE OWNER SURRENDER RATES ARE UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY YEAR-TO-DATE.
ARE WE SEEING ANY EFFECT WITH OUR ANTITETHERING?
I MEAN -- OR DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT'S CAUSING MORE OWNER SURRENDERS?
>IAN HALLETT: WE RAN TETHERING NUMBERS SOME MONTHS AGO, I THINK FOR THE FIRST TWO OR THREE MONTHS WHEN IT WENT INTO EFFECT, AND IT WAS REALLY LOW.
IT WAS, LIKE, BELOW TEN FOR THE COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THAT DOESN'T-- I HAVEN'T RUN THEM SINCE THAT PERIOD, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
I HAVE SEEN THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE TIME FRAME OF MONTH AND WEEK THAT THE NUMBERS TEND TO FLUCTUATE QUITE A BIT.
YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A HOARDING CASE, THERE'S -- ONE ROUTE THEY CAN COME IN IS THROUGH CONFISCATION, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE TAKING THEM, THEY HAVEN'T SEIZED CONTROL OR GOING TO COURT, BUT OFTENTIMES THEY'LL -- WHEN THEY SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL, THEY'LL ACTUALLY OWNER SURRENDER ALL THE ANIMALS, SO YOU MAY HAVE A BUMP IN YOUR OWNER SURRENDER INTAKES DUE TO THAT.
SO -- AND AS THINGS BEGIN TO SETTLE DOWN, I'LL TRY TO GET YOU A MORE -- A FINER PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THOSE, SO ...
JENNIFER FADAL: OKAY.
BECAUSE YOU -- BECAUSE WE ARE TRACKING -- YOU'RE TRACKING THE WHY, AREN'T YOU,WHEN THEY SURRENDER AS MUCH AS YOU CAN?
>IAN HALLETT: WE CURRENTLY ARE, BUT OUR BIG PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS THERE'S ABOUT 30 OPTIONS OR MORE FOR WHY--
>JENNIFER FADAL: OKAY.
>IAN HALLETT: -- WHICH MEANS THAT PEOPLE -- THAT MEANS THAT ANYBODY, ANY STAFFPERSON IS GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE PICKING CONSISTENTLY AMONG OTHER STAFF PEOPLE, AND SO -- WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROBLEM IN AUSTIN.
WE HAD TO CLEAN IT UP, AND WE FOUND THE DATA NOT TO BE VERY RELIABLE, SO AT THIS-- AT THIS STAGE, I FEEL LIKE THEY COULD GIVE US A ROUGH IDEABUT A VERY ROUGH IDEA, SO-- AND WHAT YOU TEND TO SEE-- AND WE DID LOOK THROUGH THEM.
YOU BASICALLY SEE HOUSING AND FINANCES AND BEHAVIOR, YOU KNOW, ARE BASICALLY THE DRIVERS, BUT PARTICULARLY-- HOUSING FINANCES AND FINANCES, ALSO VET CARE AND THEN BEHAVIOR, AND THOSE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE DRIVERS NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO FOR INTAKE, YOU KNOW --
JENNIFER FADAL: ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
IAN HALLETT: -- OWNER SURRENDER INTAKE.
MIKE HAWORTH: ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
LISA WALKER: YEAH, I DO.
MIKE HAWORTH: LISA.
LISA WALKER: WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OWNER SURRENDER AND THE TETHERING ISSUE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ESCAPES CATEGORY?
ARE YOU CALCULATING THAT INTO YOUR-- INTO YOUR NUMBERS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY HAVE BEEN TURNED IN BECAUSE OF THE TETHERING ISSUE?
>IAN HALLETT: THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK, I'M NOT COUNTING ESCAPES.
IT SHOULD BE COUNTED AT THE POINT TO WHERE IN THE PROCESS OF ENFORCEMENT, THE OWNER IS UNABLE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY SAY IS, TAKE THE ANIMAL BECAUSE I CAN'T COME INTO COMPLIANCE OR I'M UNWILLING TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE OR THOSE.
IN AUSTIN THAT'S HOW WE COUNTED THOSE.
WE DID NOT COUNT IT AS AN ESCAPE.
WE CAN-- AGAIN, I'M NOT-- WE CAN TRACK HOW MANY MORE ESCAPES THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME, AND I CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I SEE YOUR POINT, WHICH IS YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK AT IT FROM WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THAT, SO I'LL-- I'LL TRY TO LOOK AT THAT DATA.
MIKE, CAN YOU TRY TO LOOK AT THAT DATA?
THANK YOU.
LISA WALKER: AND I KNOW MIKE IS ABSOLUTELY SLAMMED, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN ANY NUMBERS FOR MARCH IN TERMS OF THE-- THE INTAKE.
>IAN HALLETT: OKAY.
REASONS, YES.
LISA WALKER: REASONS, RIGHT, YEAH.
>IAN HALLETT: OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL GET THOSE TO YOU.
LISA WALKER: AWESOME.
THANK YOU.
>IAN HALLETT: UH-HUH.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN THOSE UP, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A MUCH BETTER PICTURE DOWN THE ROAD.
LISA WALKER: THERE'S SOME REALLY INTERESTING DATA IN HERE, AND AT SOME POINT IT WOULD BE GREAT AS THE AAC TO BE ABLE TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THESE AND REVIEW THEM AS A GROUP.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU-ALL HAVE OR NOT, BUT THERE'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD INFORMATION HERE, SO IF WE COULD JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT ON THE BACK BURNER, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME,
DR. MIKE.
>MIKE HAWORTH: YEP.
>LISA WALKER: I'M DONE, THANK YOU.
MIKE HAWORTH: YEP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?
I THINK-- THANK YOU.
REPORT FROM CHAIR.
I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECESS THE AAC AND HOLD ANOTHER ANIMAL SERVICES TASK FORCE MEETING.
WE WILL DO THAT SHORTLY.
THERE WILL BE A TWO-MINUTE BREAK IN BETWEEN THE RECESS AND THE RESTART OF THE MEETING WHERE WE'LL ADD THE ADDITIONAL THREE MEMBERS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS KAREN ATWOOD WILL BE ADDED VIA THE TELEPHONE OVER HERE.
I KNOW THIS IS AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED ISSUE FOR EVERYONE.
I WOULD PLEASE JUST ASK, THOUGH, THAT EVERYBODY REMAIN OBJECTIVE AND RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS TO CONVEY THEIR VIEWPOINTS AS WE AND THE COMMUNITY WORK OUT THESE ISSUES THAT WILL AFFECT THE ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT FROM CHAIR.
I'M GOING TO RECESS THE AAC MEETING FOR TWO MINUTES.
WE WILL GET THE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE UP HERE, AND WE WILL RECONVENE IN TWO MINUTES.
IF -- SHARON AND AMY, IF YOU COULD JOIN US UP HERE, PLEASE.
MIKE, DO WE HAVE-- IS MS.ATWOOD ON THE LINE?
[RECESS TAKEN]
[START OF THE ANIMAL SERVICES TASK FORCE MEETING]
MIKE HAWORTH: WE'RERE -- WE'RE -- EXCUSE ME.
THIS IS THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ANIMAL SERVICES TASK FORCE FOR APRIL 24th, 2013.
ALL THE MEMBERS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SIGN IN, I ASSUME.
> YES.
MIKE HAWORTH: THE AGENDA FOR THE TASK FORCE MEETING WILL BE MR. HALLETT WILL DO A PRESENTATION.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO HAVE POWERPOINT INVOLVED OR SOME SORT OF MULTIMEDIA, AND AFTER THAT WE WILL HAVE A TASK FORCE QUESTION-AND-ANSWER.
THE QUESTION-AND-ANSWER PERIOD WILL BE LIMITED BY TIME PER EACH MEMBER HERE.
YOU'LL BE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES' WORTH OF QUESTIONS.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS, YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO.
YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO USE THE ENTIRE FIVE MINUTES OF YOUR TIME EITHER.
AT THE END OF THE QUESTION-AND-ANSWER PERIOD, WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGENDA?
JEN.
JENNIFER FADAL: I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.
ARE WE VOTING ON SOMETHING TONIGHT?
>IAN HALLETT: LET ME ADDRESS THAT DURING-- LET ME ADDRESS THAT IN THE COURSE OF-- OF THE ANIMAL SERVICES TASK FORCE, SO--
JENNIFER FADAL: OKAY.
>IAN HALLETT: ALL RIGHT.
MIKE HAWORTH: WAS THERE ANOTHER QUESTION?
NO?
HAVING SAID THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO
MR. HALLETT.
>IAN HALLETT: ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, GUYS.
GOOD TO BE BACK.
ACTUALLY, I LET GAIL KNOW THAT MIKE AND I WERE GOING TO HANDLE THIS ONE ON OUR OWN -- SORRY, DR. HAWORTH -- SO ANYWAYS, MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL WAVE HI TO GAIL AND SAY HELLO.
I THINK SHE -- SHE SAID --
> HI, GAIL.
>IAN HALLETT: -- SHE WAS GOING TO WATCH US -- SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO WATCH US --
> POPCORN.
>IAN HALLETT: -- ON TV, SO IF NOT TODAY, TOMORROW.
ANYWAYS, IT'S, AS I SAY, GOOD TO BE BACK.
I WANT TO STRESS MY APOLOGIES TO YOU ABOUT NOT GIVING YOU ENOUGH TIME.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE WANTED TO GET THIS BEFORE THE BOARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IN READING YOUR COMMENTS, I'M ACTUALLY GLAD THAT WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SLOW DOWN AND TO HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION THIS EVENING BECAUSE I HAD KIND OF A-- A DUAL REQUIREMENT THAT I WRITE SOMETHING SHORT ENOUGH THAT SOMEBODY WOULD READ IT BUT LONG ENOUGH THAT I COULD EXPLAIN MYSELF, AND SO I ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE THROUGH A LOT OF THE COMMENTS.
SOME ADDITIONAL GOOD IDEAS CAME IN AS WELL AS SOME AREAS WHERE I THINK THE REAL ISSUE IS JUST THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO COMMUNICATE FULLY WHAT I HAD INTENDED OR COMMUNICATED POORLY WHAT I HAD INTENDED, SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE REPORT IN ORDER, AND SO-- AND THEN THAT-- AND GO THROUGH COMMENTS AS I GOT THEM AS OPPOSED TO COMMENTS FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL.
THAT WAY IT'LL KEEP IT SOMEWHAT ANONYMOUS, ALTHOUGH THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY GUESS WHERE THEY CAME FROM, AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
ANYWAY, SO, YOU KNOW, TIME IS-- YOU KNOW, WE DO STILL HAVE A NEED TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, FOR THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS, AND I WISH-- I OFTEN ENVY NONPROFITS.
I GUESS THEY HAVE BUDGET CYCLES, BUT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STOP, YOU KNOW, MID-PERIODS, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE ASK FOR MORE RESOURCES OR REALLOCATE THEM, BUT IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT YOU GET-- YOU KNOW, COME THIS SEPTEMBER THEY'RE GOING TO PASS A BUDGET, AND THERE WAS A VERY LIMITED OPPORTUNITY TO GO SNAG SOME MONEY FROM SOMEBODY ELSE AFTER THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE COMPLETELY VOTED ON WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE, SO WE ARE UNDER THE GUN TO GET IT, YOU KNOW, INTO THEM BEFORE THAT TIME.
I KNOW WE HAD ALSO-- THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE HAD LAID OUT, YOU KNOW, 180 DAYS TO GET THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN.
WELL, WE HIT 180 DAYS, AND I REMEMBER WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED, WE ALL WANTED TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE THE NEW YEAR, SO WE'RE HERE IN APRIL, AND SO WE NEED TO GET MOVING FORWARD.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU, I'M GOING TO START MOVING THROUGH THE REPORT.
I HAVE PUT THIS UP FOR YOU ALL.
I SEE SOME OF YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT, SOME DON'T.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO HAVE A COPY.
I TRIED TO PUT SOME OF THIS UP SO THE PUBLIC COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF IT.
AND SO I WILL GET INTO-- I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SKIP THROUGH THE SUMMARIES BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS IN THESE AREAS THAT WEREN'T ADDRESSED ELSEWHERE IN THE INITIATIVES, SO I WILL START WITH THE FIRST INITIATIVE, WHICH IS IN THE MARKETING AREA.
THE FIRST ONE ABOUT PURSUE BETTER SIGNAGE ALONG ROADS LEADING TO HCAS, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION THAT CAME IN ABOUT A TRAFFIC LIGHT IN FRONT OF ANIMAL SERVICES.
I-- I LIKE THAT IDEA.
I WON'T BE ADDING IT TO THIS BECAUSE TRAFFIC LIGHTS COME WITH TRAFFIC STUDIES AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT I DON'T HAVE THE JURISDICTION TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO; HOWEVER, IT'S A GOOD IDEA, AND I KNOW THE RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTER IS RIGHT NEXT TO US, AND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE, THERE'S CONSTANTLY VEHICLES COMING IN AND OUT, SO I ALMOST WONDER IF MAYBE THERE ISN'T ONE IN THE WORKS, AND IF THEY ARE, PERHAPS WE CAN NAME IT, YOU KNOW, ANIMAL SERVICES WAY SO THAT WE CAN DIRECT PEOPLE TO PUT IN THEIR PHONE TO-- OR THEIR GPS TO JUST SEARCH ANIMAL SERVICES WAY AND-- OR BE THE WAY -- AH, BE THE WAY -- ANYWAYS, INTO THEIR GPS AND GET RIGHT TO US, SO GOOD IDEA.