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<br /> <br /> 4 <br /> <br />Rhonda Patterson Aye <br />Mike Dempsey Aye <br /> <br />Senior Animal Control Officer Marcus Gamez Presentation: <br />Key takeaways <br />• Animal Control Officer at OCAS since 2015 <br />• Primary responsibilities include enforcing laws, statues, providing rabies vaccines <br />in the field, educating citizens on resources available. <br />• Very happy with positive changes at OCAS <br />• 5-7 animal control officers available for calls Monday – Friday from 8am-5pm <br />• Enjoys community outreach and going to schools and interacting with students <br />• Priority is to reunite pet with owner rather than bring to OCAS <br />• Gets about 10 calls per week <br />• Clinic at OCAS is very valuable to people who cannot take pets to vet or for pets <br />who need emergency care in house <br />• Animal hoarding is still an issue but not as much as previously <br />• Enjoys his job and providing resources to pet owners <br />• His most unique situation was a call from the sheriff's department about a Ball <br />Python loose in a house and had to tear house apart to find. Thankfully he had a <br />snake handling class that taught him how to handle the snakes and overcome his <br />fear. <br />• The funniest call was for a chimpanzee in Durham, when he got to the home it <br />was actually a rottweiler puppy in a costume. <br /> <br />Director Overcash’s Report <br />25 dogs, 66 cats in shelter <br />30 dogs in foster and 102 cats <br />Foster program has grown. Clinic in November for no cost vaccines <br />Partnering with Paws4ever for fence program build for people in need. Paws4ever will <br />provide fencing, and we supply the people in need. Goal is to keep animals in homes. <br />The clinic is still growing, and the website is in development. <br />Old Business: