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Page 3 of 5 ASAB Approved Summary March 17, 2010 Mr. Marotto added that the outside agency funding process has historically been handled through the Human Resources Advisory Boards. They try to involve other boards that have interest in grant applications submitted to the County and for this coming fiscal year's budget, three applications pertained to animal related issues. Our recommendations went back to the Manager's office as part of the budget process. Old Business— ASAB Committee Status Reports Placement Partner Agreement—Mr. Marotto reported that the committee is still working on the final version to be submitted to the Manager in the next month or two. Nuisance Animal Ordinance— Ms. Austin gave an update to say that Mr. Green had attended an ASAB meeting in November 2009, making a request that we consider changing the Animal Control Ordinance to exclude farm animals from being defined as nuisance animals. Mr. Green had been cited after receiving an abatement order for animals getting out of his farm property. Mr. Marotto noted that Mr. Green wished to clarify that his request was not an official request from the Agricultural Preservation Board, of which he is a member. Only that he considered the request to be in line with a recommendation in the agricultural development and farm land preservation document that the Agricultural Preservation Board work with the County Animal Services Board to re- evaluate the Animal Control Ordinance for any negative impacts it may have on farmers. Mr. Marotto reported that he had contacted the Sheriff’s office per the request of an ASAB member from last month’s meeting to get data on how many animal calls were received last year. The Sheriff reported that there were approximately eighty animal calls; twenty-five of them related to animals were in the roadway. Out of those twenty-five, four to six were large animals. He noted that this does not include calls responded to by the Highway Patrol. Motion was made by Kris Bergstrand and seconded by Daniel Textoris to request that Animal Services staff come back to the ASAB with a report based upon all the findings leading the ASAB to the conclusion that there should be no recommendation to amend the ordinance to exclude farm animals from the "nuisance" designation. After adoption by the ASAB, the report would then be transmitted to the Manager’s office. VOTE: Unanimous February Statistical Summary—Jess Allison reported that 196 animals were admitted in February 2010, that is down by 46 animals compared to January. Twelve were recovered, 85 adopted, 40 were transferred and 74 euthanized. Irene Phipps reported that 47 stray animals were brought in by Animal Control, 19 were surrenders and that there were no positive rabies cases last month. Animal Services held a rabies clinic in February with a total of 49 dogs and 47 cats vaccinated, combined with local veterinarians there were a total of 624 dogs and 568