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• Division 5 of the Unified Animal Ordinance <br />o Bryan Stuart (subcommittee chair) reported on the amendments to Sec. 4-182, <br />Division 5, proposed by the subcommittee appointed to review and clarify the <br />section’s language. <br />o Subcommittee members answered questions about the proposed amendments. <br />o Bryan Stuart also discussed the subcommittee’s list of possible future <br />amendments that the ASAB might consider proposing to Division 5. <br />o Bob Marotto reported on his discussions with Anne-Marie Tesco (county <br />attorney) and Bonnie Hammersley (county manager) about the ASAB’s desire to <br />propose amendments to Division 5. <br />o Approved motion to accept the proposed amended language for eventual <br />recommendation to the BOCC. <br />o Approved motion to constitute a task force to review the policy issues raised by <br />the subcommittee, as well as additional policy issues. <br />o Bryan Stuart (chair), Edmund Tiryakian, Amanda Schwoerke, Susan Elmore, Bob <br />Marotto, and Irene Phipps were appointed to the working group, and were <br />charged with reporting to the ASAB in three months. <br /> <br />New Business <br /> 2018 Program Report for Orange County’s Community Spay and Neuter Program <br />o Cooper Hatch reported on the spay and neuter program. Highlights included: <br /> Thanks to a grant from the Petrie Foundation, Animal Services was able to <br />provide spay/neuter services to people with higher incomes. <br /> The community pets program spayed and neutered a total of 602 cats and <br />dogs in partnership with AnimalKind and SNAP-NC. <br /> Animal Services euthanized the fewest animals in its history last year. <br />o Cooper Hatch, Bob Marotto, and Andi Morgan answered questions from ASAB <br />members about the program. <br /> Protocols for Items Brought Forward to the ASAB from Residents and Others <br />o The ASAB discussed whether there should be a process, by which the ASAB <br />communicates to the BOCC that residents or others have communicated policy <br />issues/concerns/requests to the ASAB, on which the ASAB chose not to take <br />official action. <br />o Bob Marotto advocated for such a procedure to be part of the ASAB’s standard <br />operating procedure going forward. He discussed the issue with Bonnie <br />Hammersley (county manager) who agreed that it would be appropriate to draft an <br />informational memo to the BOCC in such circumstances. <br />o After discussion, the ASAB agreed to institute such a procedure moving forward. <br />o Bob Marotto was charged with drafting an informational memo regarding a recent <br />resident request (concerning free-roaming cats), for review and voting by the <br />ASAB at its next meeting. <br /> Budget and Recommended Fee Adjustments <br />o Bob Marotto asked the ASAB to support Animal Services’ proposed budget and <br />fee adjustments. The issue has arisen because the County Manager asked Animal <br />Services to prepare a continuation budget.