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Animal Services Advisory Board March 18th, 2009 Meeting--Approved Minutes Page 3 show that we can get the euthanasia rate down to 30% or less on an annual basis within three years. The committee is looking at having a three county strategic plan, which would include Chatham and Durham counties. If the plan is adopted the committee hopes that it will have a domino effect in North Carolina. Placement Partner Committee—Bob Marotto reported that at this time no progress has been made. The committee has not had time to put together the inventory of rescues that we currently transfer to but that list will be provided at a future meeting. New Business— Partnering Organizations— Elizabeth Overcash, Co-Chair of Helping Paws was invited to give an overview of their organization. Ms. Overcash reported that they work with Orange County Animal Shelter and Paws 4-Ever and their main focus is to train members on how to walk dogs and to socialize cats. They also do community outreach almost every weekend to help get as many animals from the shelter adopted. They have trained 100 volunteers and approximately ten of the volunteers currently work at the shelter. Animal Services Appreciation— Sarah Fallin requested from the board that we recognize Mr. Conrad Hawk, Jr. that made a $5,000.00 donation and Mr. Frazier Keck who recently donated a Mercedes, which will be auctioned off, and the monies received will go to Orange County Animal Services. A motion was made by Pat Sanford and seconded by Daniel Textoris to present Conrad Hawk, Jr. and Frazier Keck Certificates of Appreciation for their donations. VOTE: Unanimous Mr. Marotto mentioned that in addition to these donations a bequest was received from an estate for approximately $12,000.00, which is currently in probate. The plan is to use all of these funds for the purchase of medical equipment to be used in the new Animal Services Center. 2008 Statistics in Review—Jess Allison gave an overview of two handouts she provided to members. The adoption goal for each month is one hundred animals and it is believed that due to the economy we are currently not meeting that goal. We continue to work closely with the Placement Partner Groups in order to get as many animals placed but they too are affected by the hard economic times. Euthanasia Bill—Bob Marotto reported a question from the County Manager’s office wanting to know if we have reviewed the Euthanasia Bills (H6; H27). One of the Commissioners had been contacted about developing some type of county support for one of the bills. The bills discuss a series of changes that were made in the Animal Welfare Act regarding the euthanasia and certification practices rules and regulations. Both bills are essentially saying carbon monoxide would be outlawed. Additional background is about how the current professional