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HomeMy WebLinkAboutANI 1992-09-01 Minutes Amended Animal Shelter Advisory Board 7200 Dick Fisher Dr. S. Minutes September 1st, 1992 1. CALL TO ORDER Dr. Joe Metcalf called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Lyle Welch Shelter Supervisor Veterinarian Executive Director, SPCA of Texas City Councilman Present: Sandra Carter Joe Metcalf Warren Cox Absent: None 3. READING OF THE MINUTES FOR April 14, 1992 APPROVED Motion carried 4-0 4. REPORT ON DELTA SOCIETY "JINGLES AWARD" Given by Pam Burney The Delta Society, an international organization, gives an award each year to an outstanding animal which is involved in pet facilitated therapy. "Oscar Ray Leonard" was awarded the "Jingles Award" for visitation animal of the year. "Oscar" is the first cat to receive this award from the Delta Society. Along with the "Jingles Award" the Animal Care and Control Center received a $ 1000.00 cash award, which will help purchase the mini- van for the "Warm Hugs On Wheels Program." Oscar was flown to Montreal to be recognized at the International Conference on Human/Animal Relations. 5. VOLUNTEER PROGRAM REPORT The "Warm Hugs on Wheels" program will be supplied with a mini-van purchased with funds from voluntary donations, and the cash award given to the Shelter for Pet Therapy from the Delta Society. The mini-van will be used to transport the therapy pets and volunteers to an from the Convalescent Centers, hospitals, and schools. The volunteers are using their own vehicles at this time, making three and four trips each week. Suggestions were made to create a policy and procedure manual and a daily log for the volunteers in the "Warm Hugs on Wheels" program. Preparations need to be made to have the van painted and to have decals and the logo put on. Suggestions were made by Warren Cox to get a volunteer to go to the schools and begin RPO and Bite Safety programs. 6. CITIZEN PRESENTATION ON CAT PROBLEMS Walter Alexander of 7136 Barbados North Richland Hills, Tx. 76180 was awarded yard of the month and has a vegetable and herb garden in his back yard. Mr. Alexander has problems with his next door neighbors cats. His neighbor has multiple cats, which run loose at times and do not wear tags. Mr. Alexander advised the board that these cats are destructive and cause many problems. The owner of these cats has installed a doggie door in their garage door, which allows these free roam of the neighborhood. Mr. Alexander made the suggestion to have the doggie doors outlawed in the City of North Richland Hills, so as not to allow the cats to run loose in the neighborhood. Mr. Alexander wants the Animal Control Department to patrol in the early morning hours between 6 am. and 9 am., also between the evening hours of 7 pm. and 9 pm. for loose cats and dogs. The board advised Mr. Alexander that some changes would be made in the ordinance, and submitted to the City Council for approval. One of the changes will be to classify the cats in the same category as the dogs, which will require the cats to be confined to their property either by a structure or a leash. 7 POLICY ON REIMBURSEMENT FOR VETERINARY / MEDICAL BILLS Dr. Joe Metcalf obstained from this discussion because this case involved one of his clients. The recommendation is that each case be dealt with on an individual basis. Advise the city attorney, Rex McEntire of the case history and act on his advise. 8 BUDGET REPORT / DONATION FUND "WARM HUGS ON WHEELS" These topics were covered in the volunteer program report. The funds for the mini-van will come from voluntary contributions from the citizens of North Richland Hills and Watauga, of which the shelter will receive 30% annually. 9 LICENSE CANVASSING Warren Cox suggested that the shelter needs to begin a program starting with sending reminders of license renewals beginning from Oct. 1991. The shelter should use contract labor and have door to door canvasing each person doing the canvasing would receive a dollar for each license sold. Check with city attorney Rex McEntire for legalities. This program would need sectors set up, policy and procedure guide, canvasing forms and the news media contacted. The animal control officers should be given a set number of licenses to sell each day on their shift. 10 CENTER HOURS OF OPERATION The city council requested that the Animal Care and Control Center be made more accessible to the citizens, to accomplish this we proposed to extend the center hours from 9:00 am. to 5:00 pm. to 9:00 am. to 7:00 pm., Tuesday through Friday. A part time person to help the animal control officer in the office on the extended hours is needed and will be requested of the City Council. These new hours will be advertised as a trial period, and if this works well we will recommend it be made permanent. 11 NO OTHER BUSINESS 12 ADJOURNMENT Meeting was adjourned at 9:30 pm.