[00:00:01] WELCOME TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. TODAY IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, [1. Call to Order: The Animal Shelter Advisory Committee of the City of Sachse will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 6:30 PM to consider the following items of business:] 2025. IN THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. AT WHAT TIME? 06:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M.. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAGS. I'VE ASKED COLIN KING TO OFFER THE INVOCATION AND JIM MATHIS TO LEAD THE PLEDGE. IF YOU WILL, PLEASE RISE. DEAR. FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO GATHER TOGETHER AND DO THE BUSINESS OF THIS COMMUNITY. FATHER, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING AND YOUR WISDOM ON OUR NEW MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION. FATHER, WE ASK THAT. WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US JUST LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL ISSUE. IF ANYTHING COMES UP AND HELP US TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. CHRIST NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. PRESTENBERG MCCLURG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION OR PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS REGARDING ANY DISCUSSION. ONLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. TIME IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE ACTING SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE BOARD IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WILL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. [1. Consider approving the August 28, 2025, meeting minutes.] OKAY. SEE ACTION ITEMS. CONSIDER APPROVING THE AUGUST 28TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES. EVERYONE HAS A COPY OF THEM IN FRONT OF YOU. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ABOUT THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM THE BOARD. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MOTION TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. SINCE I'M NOT LOGGED INTO THE MEETING, MY THE THINGS NOT WORKING. SO DO YOU WANT TO DO A HAND VOTE? JUST CALL OUT THE NAMES AND THEN WE'LL SAY YES. YES. OKAY, PERFECT. WE'LL START DOWN THERE WITH COLIN. COLIN? YEAH. YES. HERE YOU GO. YES, YES. YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE IT APPROVES. LOOKS LIKE IT APPROVED. UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION ITEMS. [1. Receive an update of the Animal Shelter activities.] ONE RECEIVE AND UPDATE OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER ACTIVITIES. HERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN A BUSY TIME SINCE THE LAST MEETING WE HAD. SO, FIRST AND FOREMOST WE HAVE A CONSOLIDATED THE BOARD AND THE COMMITTEE TO ONE NOW. SO NOW SOME OF US ARE NEW TO EACH OTHER. I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD JUST KIND OF GO AROUND AND JUST PRESENT OURSELVES AND LET US KNOW WHO WE ARE. SO WE KIND OF PUT SOME FACES TO NAMES THAT WE SEE ON PAPER. MY NAME IS CAITLIN. I'M A FRESHMAN AT SACHSE. I DO J.V. DRILL AND I HAVE AN FFA GOAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, CAITLIN. MY NAME IS COLIN KING. BEEN VOLUNTEERING UP AT THE SHELTER FOR A WHILE. ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH FRIENDS OF RESCUE ANIMALS. WHO HEADS UP THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM DOWN THERE. I'M DEBBIE STOUT, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE STATE ADVISORY BOARD FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY, SO. AND I ACTUALLY KNEW HUGO FROM GARLAND, SO I WAS THRILLED TO HAVE HIM SEE HIM ON BOARD WITH US. SO. THAT'S AWESOME. I'M KIM MCCLURG AND I'VE BEEN ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER BOARD FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW. [00:05:09] I THINK MAYBE FOUR, BUT I'M HUGO ESPINOSA. I'VE BEEN THE ANIMAL SERVICES WELFARE MEMBER SINCE 2009, SO I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AT TEXAS AND LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SOME GREAT THINGS. MATT PRESTENBERG CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER BOARD HERE. REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S EAGERNESS AND WILLINGNESS TO VOLUNTEER AND SERVE THE CITY. AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD FOLKS UP HERE AND A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON, SO THANK YOU. JIM MATHIS, I WILL TURN IT OFF. THANK YOU. I'M JIM MATHIS. I WAS A MEMBER OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES FOR SOME TIME. I'M BRANDI PETEE. I'VE BEEN A VOLUNTEER IN KITTEN FOSTER FOR THE SHELTER. I DON'T EVEN KNOW, SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I WAS ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER BOARD, BUT FOR MAYBE SIX YEARS. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. I'M AMBER. I'VE BEEN AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER FOR FOUR YEARS NOW. I'VE BEEN WITH SACHSE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. GREAT. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR BEING HERE. AND LIKE I SAID, I'M GLAD WE GOT THIS NICE BIG BOARD COMMITTEE. SO JUST A FEW THINGS JUST SOME UPDATES FROM THE LAST TIME WE MET. WE DID FINALLY GET OUR ORDINANCE REVISION PASSED AND APPROVED. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM ME. FOR ME, IT WAS A KEY TAKEAWAY FROM GETTING HERE AND HAVING A CHANCE TO DO THAT. SO IT'S BEEN UPDATED AND IT'S GOT A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN THERE, A LOT OF THINGS THAT HELP BOTH THE RESIDENTS AND ANIMALS ALIKE BOTH OWNERS AND NON-OWNERS AND KIND OF JUST MAKE IT EVEN FOR EVERYBODY. I'M GOING TO BORE YOU WITH SOME NUMBERS JUST TO END THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED IN SEPTEMBER AFTER OUR MEETING. SO IT WAS A BUSY YEAR. WE HAD ABOUT 22,121 CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND WE IMPOUNDED 522 ANIMALS IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. AND WITH OUT OF THOSE, 143 WERE RECLAIMED BY OWNERS AND THEY HAD 272 ADOPTIONS WHICH IS A GOOD NUMBER FOR THE SIZE OF OUR SHELTER. THERE WERE 45 ANIMALS RESCUED, AND THEN WE HAD ABOUT 215 WILDLIFE COMPLAINTS. THAT WAS A BUSY, BUSY WITH SOME WILDLIFE. WE HAVE SOME AREAS THAT WE WE ARE CONSTANTLY AT PICKING UP SOME CRITTERS. AND THEN BECAUSE WE WORK WELL WITH OUR CITIZENS, THERE WAS ONLY FIVE CITATIONS ISSUED LAST FISCAL YEAR. SO WE DEFINITELY WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND LET THEM FIX ANY ISSUES THAT MAY BE HAPPENING. BUT IT WAS A IT WAS A GOOD YEAR. THE ADOPTION, THE LIVE RELEASE RATE FOR DOGS WAS 91%. SO 91% OF THE DOGS THAT CAME IN FOUND A HOME, WHETHER IT WAS RESCUE OR ADOPTION. AND OUR CAT LIVE RELEASE RATE WAS 84, AND I THINK THAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO A LOT OF YOUNG KITTENS THAT COME IN THAT MAYBE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SICK THAT THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO FOR, BUT IT'S STILL A REALLY GOOD NUMBER. SO WE PLAN TO PUSH THOSE NUMBERS UP AND JUST MAKE EVERYTHING TRY TO GET EVERYTHING OVER 90%, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB. OUR STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB OF PROMOTING ADOPTIONS AND MAKING SURE OUR ANIMALS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH FRIENDS OF RESCUE ANIMALS THAT OFFICIALLY WENT THROUGH. CURRENTLY, I CHECKED WITH OUR LIAISON, AND THERE'S 30 VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO VOLUNTEER WITH SEXY ANIMAL SERVICES. SO THAT'S 30 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN HELP WITH LAUNDRY WALKING DOGS, CLEANING TO THE CAPACITY THEY CAN HELP OUT, EVEN SOCIALIZING CATS AND DOGS. WE HAVE A FEW CAT SPECIFIC RESCUE VOLUNTEERS THAT COME IN, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB. AND THEN WE'RE GETTING MORE IN, SO THERE SHOULD BE. I THINK THERE'S FIVE COMING IN THIS NEXT WEEK TO, TO DO THEIR TRAINING. SO THAT'S ANOTHER FIVE ADDITIONAL HELPERS THAT WE HAVE. SO THE PARTNERSHIP, WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. COLIN'S OUR LIAISON FOR THAT, AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THEM BEING THERE, HELPING US OUT. WE STAYED A LITTLE BUSY. WE DID GRANDPARENTS DAY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND WE HELPED THE LIBRARY PROMOTE NOVEMBER AS A GREAT EVENT THAT THEY HAD. WE HAD ONE OF OUR DOGS, BARRY, WHO'S STILL AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION IN A IN A DINOSAUR COSTUME. AND HE WAS A GREAT HIT. AND THEN WE HAD WE WERE AT THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA, WHICH WE BROUGHT A DOG NAMED NOELLE, WHICH SHE HAS NOW BEEN ADOPTED. SHE DID REALLY GOOD. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO MORE EVENTS, GETTING OUR DOGS OUT THERE, PUTTING, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUR VOLUNTEERS INFORMATION OUT. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT. WE LOOK FOR AGAIN NEXT YEAR, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE JAM PACKED WITH SOME EVENTS, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. WE ALSO STARTED MEETING WITH AREA SHELTERS. WE HAVE NOW A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING WITH GARLAND, ROWLETT, RICHARDSON AND WYLIE. THOSE ARE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT THEY HELP OUT. AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN PARTNERING WITH MURPHY A LOT. I BELIEVE MURPHY, WYLIE AND SACHSE WILL ALSO HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS. [00:10:04] WE'RE MORE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, SO WE'RE WE'RE DEFINITELY PARTNERING UP AND WANTING TO WORK CLOSE HAND IN HAND WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. ESPECIALLY WE DEAL WITH THE SAME SITUATIONS. EVERY, EVERY DAY IS THE SAME THING, JUST A DIFFERENT CITY. SO WE'VE BEEN IN GOOD COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM, AND WE LOOK WE'RE REALLY GLAD THAT WE HAVE OUR PARTNERSHIPS. OUR STRONGEST PARTNERSHIP RIGHT NOW IS WITH GARLAND. THEY HELP US OUT WITH A LOT OF STERILIZATIONS AND VACCINATIONS AND MICROCHIPS. SO THEY HAVE A GOOD CENTRAL HUB WHERE WE CAN ALL MEET. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO JUST KIND OF BUILDING OUR LITTLE NECK OF THE WOODS KIND OF JUST BE REAL TIGHT AND PROACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HELPING EACH OTHER OUT. IN OCTOBER, WE HAD A SHOT CLINIC. IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. WE HAD 58 ANIMALS VACCINATED, 12 HEARTWORM TESTS WERE CONDUCTED. SIX CATS WERE TESTED, AND WE HAD FOUR PEOPLE CHOOSE MICROCHIPS. AND WE PLAN TO DO A LOT MORE OF THOSE FOR THE COMMUNITY COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WHEN IT WEATHERS A LITTLE NICER FOR THE ANIMALS TO BE OUTSIDE WAITING IN LINES. BUT THAT'S KIND OF BEEN OUR HAPPENINGS THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. AWESOME, FANTASTIC. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HUGO OR COMMENTS BASED ON WHAT HE SAID? IF NOT, I'LL. YEAH. JUST ONE THING REAL QUICK. YOU MENTIONED THAT ANIMAL SERVICES WAS NOW PARTNERING WITH FRIENDS OF RESCUE ANIMALS, AND IT'S A GREAT RELATIONSHIP FOR FOR BOTH OF US. WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS SPECIFIC SHELTER. WE DO HAVE ABOUT 30 PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNED UP, CROSS TRAINED, BUT MANY OF THEM ALSO WORK OTHER SHELTERS. I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY GOT FIVE THAT WE COULD SAY ARE REGULARS. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR A TEAM THAT WE CAN USE TO BUILD UP OUR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AT THE SHELTER. DO WE GO OUT TO THE WEBSITE? HOW DO WE. YEAH. THE QUESTION WAS, HOW DO YOU SIGN UP? GO OUT TO FRIENDS OF RESCUE ANIMALS. YOU CAN TYPE IN FRIENDS OF RESCUE ANIMALS. SAXY AND FROST WILL COME UP. LOOK UNDER THE VOLUNTEER HEADING, AND THERE'LL BE AN APPLICATION. AND THE WEBSITE'S FROZE. F R A S T. ORG. YEP. IS THERE A CROSS LINK ON OUR SAXY SHELTER WEBSITE FOR VOLUNTEERS TO THAT ORGANIZATION? IF THERE'S NOT, WE CAN GET ONE. YEAH, WE COULD PROBABLY GET ONE UP THERE. YEAH. YEAH, ACTUALLY IT IS IT REFERENCES I KNOW IT REFERENCES OUR ANIMAL SERVICES PAGE ON THE VOLUNTEER SECTION. THERE IS A LINK TO THE WEBSITE TO SIGN UP TO REGISTER. I WILL GO DO THAT. SO THE PROCESS WILL BE YOU'LL YOU'LL DO AN APPLICATION FOR FROST. IT'LL PRETTY QUICKLY BE APPROVED. SHE WATCHES THOSE VERY VERY CLOSELY. AND THEN THERE'LL BE A BACKGROUND CHECK THROUGH THE CITY. AND THEN THERE'LL BE ABOUT A 45 MINUTE TO 1 HOUR TRAINING THAT WE'LL DO GENERALLY ABOUT ONCE A MONTH, BUT ONE ON ONES CAN BE DONE AS WELL. SO IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE BACKGROUND CHECK, YOU KNOW, TRAINED PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. BECAUSE AGAIN, THE IDEA IS TO TAKE EFFORTS OFF OF THE ACOS AND NOT BE A BURDEN TO THEM. YEAH. GREAT. AWESOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. CAITLIN, WELCOME. I KNOW AS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU MIGHT BE OVERWHELMING, I GUESS, TO SEE THIS. YOU KNOW, THE THE DESK UP HERE AND EVERYONE TALKING. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ANYTHING? OH I THINK THAT IF Y'ALL, LIKE, WOULD WANT MORE VOLUNTEERS. I THINK Y'ALL COULD REACH OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MAYBE, LIKE, ASK IF ANY OF THEIR VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BETA CLUB OR ANYTHING WOULD NEED ANY OF THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY NEED A LOT OF VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR THAT. COLLIN, IS THERE AN AGE LIMIT ON THE FROG'S RIGHT. RIGHT NOW. THE THE AGE FOR VOLUNTEERING AT THE SHELTER IS AGE IS 18. OKAY. THAT COULD CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. IT WAS 16. WE RAISED IT TO 18. WE DID DO QUITE A BIT OF WORK WITH THE HONOR SOCIETY. AT ONE TIME WE HAD A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT, AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT. OKAY. BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT OTHER VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY PLUG ON OUR SOCIETY AND OTHER VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. GOOD IDEA. AWESOME. OKAY, WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THEN I THINK WE MOVE TO ITEM E, WHICH ARE REALLY LUCKY. THIS IS A QUICK ONE. WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT WHAT TIME YOU GOT, MISS GRANGER? 645, 645. ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.