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Approved Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) Minutes for November 28, 2007, Meeting Present ASAB Members: Daniel Textoris, Pat Sanford, Susan Elmore, Jean Austin, James Kramer, Bonnie Norwood, Dewana Anderson, Tracy Carroll, Rachel Beckham and Suzanne Roy Absent ASAB Members: Moses Carey and Kristine Bergstrand Others in Attendance: Animal Services Director Bob Marotto, Animal Control Manager Irene Paul, Animal Shelter Manager Jessica Allison and Administrative Assistant Paula Ragan. Public Members Present: Ms. Caroline Green and Mr.David Sykes Welcome and Opening Comments—ASAB Vice Chair, Ross Oglesbee, called the meeting to order. Ms. Oglesbee recognized, acknowledged and thanked Ms. Caroline Green for her services on the ASAB. New members Suzanne Roy and Rachel Beckham were welcomed and introduced themselves Motion was made by James Kramer and seconded by Jean Austin to approve the Agenda dated November 28, 2007 with one change, to move item 7b to item 2 and to add Fines and Fees to item 6.VOTE: Unanimous. Motion was made by Jean Austin and seconded by James Kramer to approve the minutes dated October 17, 2007 with typographical errors corrected.VOTE: Unanimous General Public Comment—Mr. David Sykes submitted a request that the Public Nuisance section of the animal ordinance be amended to include the crowing of roosters, and described the circumstances that led him to make this request. He resides in a residential neighborhood in the western part of the county, and his nextdoor neighbor has a number of roosters that are very loud and greatly disturb the peace. Irene Phipps, Animal Control Manager gave some background on conversations she has had with the County Attorney regarding this situation. The County Attorney said that an amendment would have to be made to the current ordinance, as there was no other applicable ordinance that could be enforced in Mr. Syke’s circumstances. Motion was made by Pat Sanford and seconded by Tracy Carroll for the Animal Control Staff to research and go forward with the County Attorney to bring something back to the board with a proposal of how to amend the current ordinance. VOTE: Unanimous ASAB Housekeeping—Paula Ragan circulated the most recent copy of the ASAB member contact information list provided by the County Clerk’s office and asked that each member review his or her contact information and write in any changes that need to be made. Ms. Ragan will submit requests for changes to the Clerk’s office for revisions and a new member list will be distributed at the January 2008 meeting. The 2008 ASAB Meeting Calendars were distributed to each member of the board and the meetings will be on the regular schedule on every third Wednesday of the month. There will be no meeting in December.