ORD-2008-102a - Animal Control Ordinance - Tethering of Dogs

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180 a/ ` Awnd services Advisory Board Meetbrg Approved Mmrh 19,2M8 Page 3 A motion was made by Jean Austin and seconded by Kris Bergstrand to remove "a timely manner" and replace with "no later than tke end ofthefollowing quarter" in item 16 ofpage S. VOTE- Unmwnous One item that has not been resolved yet is with the requirement for general liability insra=Wf- A survey was done with the fm rescue groups, all ofwhich indicated that it would not inhibit them to work with Me Orange County Animal Shelter. A question was then raised whether smaller rescue groups would be impeded by the requirement: Research is ewrendy bebg done to get a general cost of what the insurance would be and that b formation wilt be brought back to the board for further discussion. Foster Program Report -Jess Allison reported that a meeting was held on January 31, 2004 and it was decided to provide the activity reports to the Animal Services Advisory Board committee on a six-month basis rather than one -month basis Staff and committee members discussed the growth of the program and identySed areas that require improvements to the Foster Program forms There were edits made in enchm e A of dne guidelines and home visit chw Kist; interview and application that were shown in the handout provided to the board members Bob Marotta report that there a a limited ability to invest in the foster program but that the program can be maintained The dtscusdon with staff indicated that to try and grow the program would our human resources and we should take the time that we do have avadable and invest it in the relationships with placement partners and rescue groups and to work towards building bridges with the community A motion was made by Jean Austin and seconded by iris Bagsbwnd to adopt and accept the amendments in both Foster Home Policy and Procedures of EnclosuresA & C VOTE Unanimous Ms Allison gave an overview of the January and February 2008 statistical summaries It was pointed out that February adoptions were lower than Jwwwy and d appears that Marrh's will also be low This is a concern and there was a brie %discuawn that mentioned factors such as the price ofgas and economy. New Badnew ---Bob Marotto reported that the appearance of the current Animal Shelter and access to it would change as a result of a remedlation project being conducted by UNC He stressed that it would be very important to keep the public it formed that the Animal Shelter was continuing to operate on its normal schedule, and asked that the ASAB help to communicate to members of the public is open and operating with normal hours of business 2008-2009 Budget Update —Bob Marotto reported that he has been asked to prepare a com*ivation budget; which amounts to approximately a a1.6 million dollar operating budget for the fiscal year He futher noted that Animal Services has requesied jive new frcll time positions (some of which are conversions of temporary funds). He also noted that a sign ficant concern a the compliance of animal control vehicles with the `transportation standards" set out in the Animal Welfare Act of the State of North Carolina (which indicates that compartment temperature must be between 50 and 85 degrees). Thus fleetrenewal with compliant boxes is an important objective for Animal Services in the County's budget process.