ORD-2008-069 - Proposed Animal Ordinance Amendment on the Tethering of Dogs

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'L1 Animal Services Advisory Board Meeting Approved Minutes March 19, 2008 Page 2 Animal Noise Ordinance —Irene Phipps gave an update on an item that was discussed at the November 2007 ASAB meeting regarding a request from an Orange County citizen (David Sykes) to review the current Animal Ordinance as it relates to the noise disturbance associated with roosters. Presently the County's ordinance only addresses nuisance barking and does not allow any type of resolution for other animal noises. In 2007, the Animal Control Division of Animal Services received only three complaints in different locations regarding roosters and specifically the noise that they make. Research was conducted on Municode to determine which counties around the state had ordinance provisions to address these issues. Ms. Phipps provided members of the board with a report listing the findings. A motion was made by Jean Austin and seconded by Moses Cary that the Animal Services Advisory Board does not feel it is appropriate to move forward with a recommendation that the Animal Ordinance be changed but that there be further contact with Mr. Sykes regarding potential civil relief. VOTE: Unanimous Pet Overpopulation Committee —Pat Sanford reported that they gathered a lot of information at the last meeting and Beth Livingston of Animal Kind reported that at the present time they are spaying and neutering about 100 animals a year in Orange County without any funds from Orange County Animal Services and that at an average cost per surgery of $75 -$100 they could do 100 more surgeries. Animal Kind would do all the administration and currently Animal Kind has contracts with local veterinarians. Ms. Sanford also reported that the feral cat caretakers are coming back to discuss how to handle feral cat colonies and to try and reduce the number offeral cats coming in to the shelter. Bob Marotto reported that there is now $16, 000.00 in the County's Community Spay Neuter fund and'that the amount is expected to grow to -$25, 000 or more before the end of the fiscal year. Some of the funds were used for the Spay Day USA program where we sterilized 20 animals belonging to clients of the Department of Social Services. The actual list was 31 animals but due to the exact compliment of males /females and cats /dogs, we were only able to process 20 that particular day. We plan on going back to the veterinarian with a supplemental contract to capture the other eleven animals. The plan is to use remaining money in this account in the last quarter for a variety ofprograms, which will help with the prevention of unwanted pets that end up in the shelter. The committee will come back at the next board meeting with a specific programmatic and monetary recommendation and proceed on that basis. Adoption/Placement Committee—Bob Marotto would like to get support from the ASAB for the agreement and the guideline documents that have been developed by the committee. The idea is to be in a position to f nalize the documents in the near future, and that would require review and approval by the Board of County Commissioners • A motion was made by Jean Austtn and seconded by Kris Bergstrand to add "appropriate socialization" after the word veterinary care of item 2 on page 2 of the document. VOTE: Unanimous • A motion was made by Jean Austin and seconded by Kris Bergstrand to remove the word "may" and replace it with the word "must" in item 10 ofpage 4. VOTE: Unanimous • A motion was made by Moses Cary and seconded by Kris Bergstrand to strike the last sentence of item 10 of page 4. VOTE: Unanimous