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4 <br />NAME OF BOARD/COMMISSION: Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) <br />January 2012 – December 2012 <br />Report Period: <br /> <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS <br />INPUT FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ ANNUAL PLANNING RETREAT <br /> <br /> <br />The Board of Commissioners welcomes input from various advisory <br />commissions in preparation for its annual planning retreat. Ple <br />following information, limited to the front and back of this for <br />background materials may be provided as a supplement to, but not <br />substitute for, this form. <br /> <br />Board/Commission Name: <br />Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) <br /> <br /> <br />Person to address the BOCC at Retreat (if requested by BOCC) and <br />information: <br />Kristine Bergstrand, DVM, Chair, ASAB but a new chair will be <br />elected at the January 16, 2013 meeting <br /> <br /> <br />Primary County Staff Contact: <br />Bob Marotto, Animal Services Director <br /> <br />How many times per month does this board/commission meet, includ <br />special meetings and sub-committee meetings? <br /> <br />In 2013, the ASAB will have a monthly meeting schedule. The ASA <br />decided to return to a monthly meeting schedule from the bimonth <br />meeting schedule it has kept since the middle of 2010. The reas <br />decision was that bimonthly meetings did not offer sufficient ti <br />public comment and address agenda items in a deliberate and time <br />manner. <br /> <br />The ASAB will continue to be supported, in the main, by the Anim <br />Services Director to control staff time spent in support of the <br />addition, the director’s time commitment may actually be minimiz <br />election of a secretary with record keeping responsibilities at <br />meeting of the year (January) in 2013. <br /> <br />Presently, the ASAB has only one standing committee and one task <br /> <br /> <br />Potentially Dangerous Dog Appeal Committee: This standing <br />· <br />committee is required by NCGS to hear appeals initiated by owner <br />of potentially dangerous dog declarations. Based on requests fo <br />appeal, this committee often meets between six and twelve times <br /> <br />