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Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) <br />Approved Minutes for September 17, 2008 Meeting <br /> <br /> <br />Present ASAB Members: Daniel Textoris, Ross Oglesbee, Jean Austin, Susan Elmore, Bonnie <br />Norwood, Suzanne Roy, Pat Sanford and Rachel Beckham. <br /> <br />Absent ASAB Members: Dewana Anderson, Tracy Carroll, Kris Bergstrand, and Moses Carey. <br /> <br />Others in Attendance: Animal Services Director Bob Marotto, Animal Shelter Manager Jessica <br />Allison, Animal Control Manager Irene Phipps and Administrative Assistant Paula Ragan. <br /> <br />Public Members Present: Ted Dorsi and Jennifer Binkley (with All Creatures and Animals <br />Sanctuary) <br /> <br />Welcome and Opening Comments—ASAB Chair, Ross Oglesbee, called the meeting to order. <br /> <br />Motion was made by Bonnie Norwood and seconded by Susan Elmore to approve the Agenda <br />dated September 17, 2008. VOTE: Unanimous. <br /> <br />Motion was made by Bonnie Norwood and seconded by Jean Austin to approve the minutes <br />dated August 20, 2008, with changes to wording under General Public Comments and the <br />removal of the sentence listing the new shelter hours; instead the handout provided at last <br />month’s meeting will be added as an attachment. Several typographical errors were also <br />corrected. VOTE: Unanimous <br /> <br />General Public Comment—None <br /> <br />Unfinished Business— <br /> <br />Tethering Ordinance Update—Bob Marotto reported that it was expected that the BOCC would <br />hold a work session on September 22, 200, and that tethering will be an item on the agenda for <br />that meeting. Three things had been requested of staff for the meeting: (1) prepare an Abstract <br />that summarizes where we are in the process; (2) summarize the comments that were made at the <br />public hearing; and (3)-summarize recent related events in Durham County. Mr. Marotto <br />indicated that the Commissioners would like to take this time to discuss the issue of tethering <br />among themselves and would do so during the Work Session. <br /> <br />August Statistical Summary—Mr. Marotto gave an overview of the August 2008, statistical <br />summary. He reported that there continues to be an increase in the intakes compared to last year <br />and that this is a very significant trend for the summer of 2008. He also stressed that the actual <br />(or absolute) number of adoptions has not decreased notwithstanding the state of the economy <br />and the challenges presented by the UNC remediation project. <br /> <br /> <br />