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FROM: Animal Services Advisory Board SUBJECT: Monthly Meeting Summary DATE: Wednesday November 16, 2011 LOCATION: Animal Services Center ____________________________________________________________________________ MEMBERS PRESENT: Kris Bergstrand, Susan Elmore, Bob Marotto, Mike Stewart, Donna Bravo, Aviva Scully, Sue Millager MEMBERS ABSENT: Lori Lumpkin, Andy Uhl, Suzanne Roy STAFF PRESENT: Bob Marotto and Sarah Fallin ____________________________________________________________________________ Beginning time of meeting: 6:30 pm • The agenda for tonight was unanimously adopted after adding Potentially Dangerous Dog Committee update. • Minutes from Oct 19, 2011,meeting were unanimously approved after two minor corrections. • No member of the public was present to comment on items not on the agenda. Old Business Topic A- Recommendation of new ASAB members: ASAB unanimously reccommends Judy Miller and Lynn White for the 2 Animal Welfare/rescue positions. Bob Marotto to check with clerk as to status of applications for remaining open position for Town of Hillsborough Topic B- Cat Sheltering Update • B. Marotto described ongoing activities of staff as they work on meeting standards formulated in ASV Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters. Staff has developed a model for select programming changes which will be peer reviewed on Nov 18 and implemented in January/February when shelter cat numbers at their lowest. Goal is to utilize largest available space for the largest number of adoptable cats that can be managed by current staffing. • Public input from Deanna Rowan and Margaret Heath (who also brought document from Laurin Eastholm.) A list of suggestions for improvements given to Suzanne Roy, and they would like this issue to be addressed in the 2012 work plan. • Kris Bergstrand, DVM, updated ASAB on conversation with BOCC chair as to whether the ASAB should form a subcommittee to address cat sheltering concerns. Ms Pelletier said she would prefer the ASAB move ahead as it has been doing, receiving updates from staff at each meeting as part of agenda • Sue Millager asked B. Marotto about using cat colony room at the Animal Services Center in the manner done at Paws4Ever. He reviewed a number of considerations including disease control and the challenge of forming stable and compatible colonies in the context of an open admission shelter. New Business Topic A – 2012 ASAB Officer Election: Motion to adopt slate of nominees—K. Bergstrand as Chair and Suzanne Roy as Vice Chair—was approved, and the slate was elected unanimously.