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Orange County Animal Services <br />1601 Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br />919-942-PETS (7387) <br />ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD (ASAB) <br />6:30 to 8:00 p.m. <br />Wednesday, September 18, 2019 <br />Meeting Summary <br /> <br /> <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Maureane Hoffman (Chair), Molly Mullin (Vice-Chair), Evelyn <br />Daniel, Lee Pickett, Amanda Schwoerke (Secretary), Edmund Tiryakian, Lucia Welborne <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Casey Ferrell, Beth Grooms, Diane Obeid, Bryan Stuart, Lisa Wells <br />STAFF PRESENT: Bob Marotto (Animal Services Director), Rachel Plast (Administrative <br />Assistant) <br /> <br /> <br />Call to order: 6:34 p.m. <br /> <br />Review and adoption of the Agenda: approved, after adding an additional agenda item (Rabies <br />and Lyme Disease in Orange County) <br /> <br />Summary of August 2019 meeting: approved <br /> <br />Review of public participation guidelines: Not reviewed <br /> <br />General Public Comments on items not on agenda: None <br /> <br />Animal Services Advisory Board Updates: <br />Old Business <br /> Succession Planning for ASAB representative to the Animal Services Hearing Panel <br />Pool <br />o Evelyn Daniel and Casey Ferrell went to the latest appeal hearing. Evelyn spoke <br />about her experience. <br />o Briefly discussed possible changes that panel chairs might make in running <br />hearings in light of Evelyn’s experience <br />o Continued to talk about possible panel chairs <br /> ASAB Recruitment <br />o Lee Pickett was appointed by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to <br />serve out Susan Elmore’s term as the ASAB representative to the Orange County <br />Board of Health <br />o However, that vacates Lee’s position on the ASAB as a community veterinarian <br />o The hearing panel pool also has a vacancy for a veterinarian, so there will be joint <br />recruitment for the positions <br />o Members discussed possible candidates <br /> <br /> Progress Report of the Wild and Dangerous Animal Task Force