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Animal Services Advisory Board April 15, 2009 Meeting—Approved Minutes Page 2 that had all of Ms. Marsh’s personal information on it. Ms. Marsh suggested that such actions are deterring people from helping and she feels that personal information should be redacted before giving it out to the public. She indicated that she would like to see more resources and is concerned that the laws are not being enforced. She also felt that her concerns were not addressed until she went to the management level. Mr. Marotto explained that after hour calls are limited in order to provide after hour services. Overtime is a critical budget issue and they are not able to provide the service with comp time. We would like to do more than what we are able to do and we are aware of the dilemmas that it creates. Mr. Marotto thought it would be worthwhile to look at disclaimers regarding disclosures for the forms that are used at the shelter. Partnering Organizations—Amber Alsobrooks and Kelly Ronnow with Bayou Rescue gave a presentation and overview of the program. They are a non-profit organization initially formed in response to the devastation of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. They promote disaster preparedness and provide emergency aid for pets and their caretakers in times of disaster. Bayou rescue is a partner with the Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Volunteers provide support to Red Cross clients who lose their homes in disasters such as fires. Their focus is to help families keep their pets, despite financial and other hardships that occur after losing a home. Services include providing assistance for emergency vet care, searching for missing animals after a disaster, coordinating temporary foster care or boarding and replacing pet items destroyed in disasters, such as food, medicine, etc. Old Business— Pet ASAB Committee Status Reports— Over Population Committee—Board members were ask to review the working document for the “Strategic Plan for Community Spay Neuter” prior to tonight’s meeting. Motion was made by Daniel Textoris and seconded by Kris Bergstrand to make a few additional edits as discussed regarding the role of veterinarians in the process and to put an emphasis on the budget. The document will come back to the board for one more review. VOTE: Unanimous FY09/10 Budget Update—Bob Marotto provided members with a matrix handout of services currently provided by the Animal Services department with a net county cost for each service. At this time there has been no additional direction from the County Manager’s office regarding the 09/10 budgets other than an additional 1.7 million dollar shortfall. They are looking at ways to save money, which included an employee survey in the realm of compensation. There will be some structured budget meetings in May.