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Animal Services Advisory Board August 20, 2008 Meeting--Approved Minutes Page 2 Also, Animal Control conducted seventeen (17) rabies investigations in the month of August and two of these cases had confirmed positive tests. So far in 2008 there have been fifteen (15) positive rabies cases by comparison with a total of nineteen (19) for all of last year. Irene Phipps reported there have been 2 vaccine clinics held this month. She noted that one was held at the Animal Shelter where a total of 46 vaccines were administered (32 dogs and 14 cats) and the other at Paws and Claws where 14 dogs and 2 cats were vaccinate (despite bad weather). Public Notification of Dangerous Dog Declarations—Mr. Marotto reported that a memo was completed today that addresses the concerns Mr. Dorsi raised at the August ASAB meeting, but that the by-laws required that such documents be distributed 3 days prior to the meeting. Chair Ross Oglesbee suggested that Mr. Marotto provide an oral summary instead of distributing the document and provide the memorandum for the October ASAB meeting. Mr. Marotto summarized Mr. Dorsi’s two main concerns and indicated that he had reviewed these concerns with the Office of the County Attorney and the Animal Control Manager. He noted that the County’s ordinance does require the payment of some fees prior to the recovery of an animal but that these fees do not include civil penalties or fines. It is not the practice of Animal Services to require the payment of civil penalties and/or fines prior to the release of an impounded or quarantined animal. He also noted that according to the ordinance the payment of the costs associated with the impoundment of an animal does not relieve the owner of responsibility for paying civil penalties. With regard to the issue of a registry or other forms of notification, he indicated that there is no such legal requirement in the County’s ordinance or North Carolina’s general statutes. He noted that Orange County Animal Control encourages the reporting of any violations when a declaration has been made to ensure that the owner of a dog is in compliance, and that Animal Control is available and has attended neighborhood and/or other community events to inform and help to educate the community regarding these types of issues. ASAB Committees— Potentially Dangerous Dog Committee— No hearings held. Spay/Neuter Committee— As no meeting was held, there was nothing to report at this time. Placement Partner Update—Revisions were made to the agreement from comments provided at last month’s ASAB meeting. In addition to those revisions, the draft Agreement, Guidelines and Brochure were sent out to approximately 60 rescue groups that work with Animal Services. The rescue groups were requested to provide us with any comments or questions so that we could factor those in to the final revisions. One of the main questions and concerns that rescue groups