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services” and introduction to the advisory board in relation to County <br />governance. <br /> <br />List of Specific Tasks, Events, or Functions Performed or Sponsored Annually. <br /> <br />As previously noted, the ASAB hosted a variety of partner organizations, <br />thereby helping to strengthen important working relationships. The ASAB <br />also supported the department’s very successful annual Open House. In <br />specific program areas, the ASAB supported the department’s ongoing <br />effort to support and spread targeted spay and neuter as well as to aspire <br />to and achieve a very high live release rate for all sheltered animals. <br /> <br />Describe this board/commission’s activities/accomplishments in carrying out <br />BOCC goal(s)/priorities, if applicable. <br /> <br />Work done by the ASAB in coordination with Animal Services staff touches <br />several principles and priorities. Three principles and priorities seem <br />noteworthy with respect to the ASAB in calendar year 2012. These are: <br /> <br />Budget Discipline and Core Services <br />• Supported strategic plan for managing pet overpopulation to control <br />medium and long-term costs. <br />• Concentrated on core services and continued to seek and enhance <br />partnerships through use of Partner Profiles. <br />• Communicated budget constraints to others. <br />• Supported departmental initiatives to increase revenues, such as the <br />department’s move to online licensing and donation services. <br /> <br />Making County Government Accessible, Understandable and Transparent <br />• Served as a sounding board for the BOCC on citizen concerns with <br />animal related policies. <br />• Worked with staff to communicate with the BOCC regarding citizen <br />concerns. <br />• Made recommendations to the BOCC regarding certain citizen <br />concerns as well as on candidates for ASAB vacancies. <br /> <br />Advisory Board Roles and Responsibilities <br />• Sustained ASAB by filling numerous vacancies that occurred during <br />the BOCC “freeze” on board appointments <br />• Implemented or prepared for the implementation of new board <br />practices and procedures as these are set out in the County’s new <br />General Policy for Boards and Commissions <br />• Continued to be attentive to and respectful of the reductions in staff <br />support for the ASAB itself. <br /> <br />