* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. ALRIGHT, [00:00:01] AND, [1. Call to Order: The Animal Shelter Advisory Committee of the City of Sachse will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 6:30 PM to consider the following items of business] UH, SO WE'RE CALLING THE ORDER ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COM, UH, COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY OF SAXE. AND WE'LL HOLD OUR REGULAR MEETING TODAY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1ST, 2026 AT 6 43, UH, AND CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS. UH, FIRSTLY, WE, UH, DO THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAG. I'VE ASKED MR. COLIN KING TO ASSIST US WITH THAT. PLEASE JOIN ME. WHATE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, NATION UNDER INDIVISIBLE, HONOR, TEXAS FLAG ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE INDIVISIBLE, CONTINUE, I'M SORRY. CONTINUE. STAND HERE WITH VACATION. FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET TOGETHER TO, TO NOT ONLY TALK ABOUT SERVING OUR CITIZENS, BUT UH, SERVING OUR FURRY FRIENDS AS WELL. FATHER, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON THOSE WHO WORK WITH OUR ANIMALS AND OUR SHELTERS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR VOLUNTEERS, AND ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORT US. FATHER TODAY WE ALSO ASK THE SPECIAL BLESSING ON THE ASTRONAUTS THAT WE JUST SENT UP IN THE SPACE ON THIS HISTORIC MISSION. FATHER, WATCH OVER THEM AS THEY, THEY FLY AROUND THE MOON. FATHER, WATCH OVER THOSE WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF THEM AND HANDLING THE BUSINESS IN HOUSTON AND IN, UH, FLORIDA, IN CHRIST. HAVE YOU PRAY. GREAT. AMEN. THANK YOU COLIN. UH, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO, UH, SECTION B PUBLIC COMMENTS. UH, THIS PUBLIC, UH, IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ANY TOPIC THAT'S NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR THE ACTIONS OF PUBLIC HEARING. COMMENTS, UH, REGARDING ANY DISCUSSION, ONLY ITEMS AT THE AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. THE TIME THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES. UH, PER SPEAKER, UH, A 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 ITEMS NOT POSTED IN THE AGENDA. BUT WE'LL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE SEE NONE. SO WE CAN MOVE ON [1. Consider approving the December 11, 2025, meeting minutes.] TO, UH, ACT, SEE ACTION ITEMS. UH, THE ACTION ITEMS ON THE BOARD AND COMMISSIONS ARE CONSIDERED FOR THE, UH, ACTIONS. UM, THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL INVITE THE COMMENTS, UH, BEFORE THE BOARD VOTES. UM, SO WE ARE TO CONSIDER THE APPROVING THE MINUTES OF AUG, THE PREVIOUS, UH, MEETING FROM DECEMBER 11TH, 2025. I'VE GIVEN EVERYONE A COPY OF THE MINUTES TO REVIEW. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. AND I THINK WE'RE DOING, UH, HAND VOTES BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL ISSUES. SO, ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSING? THERE ARE NONE. MOTION IS PASSED. UH, [1. Receive an update on the Animal Shelter activities.] DISCUSSION ITEMS. MOVING ON TO D DISCUSSION ITEMS. UM, WE ARE GOING PULL UP A QUICK PRESENTATION WE HAVE, UH, OH. FIRST IS RECEIVE UPDATES ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER ACTIVITIES. UH, LET'S SEE. LET'S GET A SECOND TO GET IT PULLED UP. AND APOLOGIES FOR THE ODD MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. IT'S BEEN A CRAZY WEEK. CRAZY DAY. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. YEAH, IT'S WE'LL, RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREEN, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO LOOK. YOU CAN PUT ON THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. IT'S NOT ON YET. EVEN THERE IT HAS TO DISPLAY DISPLAYED. OH, HE'S MAKING A DISPLAY. YEAH, YOU CAN CONNECT IT ALL. I GOT THE NOTES HERE, THE GIST OF IT. AND AGAIN, A FEW MORE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY FOR BEING PATIENT TODAY. [00:05:02] IT ALREADY PULLED UP. IT'S NOT, WHERE DO YOU HAVE IT SAVED? IT SHOULD BE ON THE, IT'S ON THE PUBLIC ONE. I YOU'RE JUST GONNA PULL IT? YEAH, I WAS GONNA PULL IT FROM THERE. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. IT'S JUST A FEW PAGES, UM, THE VIDEO. OKAY. WE CAN, WE CAN SCROLL DOWN THOUGH, RIGHT? OKAY. YES. ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS JUST, UH, WE, WE'LL QUICKLY START OFF WITH SOME SHELTER UPDATES. UH, LANCE, IF YOU'LL SCROLL DOWN FOR ME. UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANT TO INTRODUCE EVERYONE TO BRUCE. THIS GENTLEMAN IS UP FOR ADOPTION. UH, HE'S ONE OF OUR ELDEST DOGS IN THE SHELTER. HE IS A OLD-TIMER, BUT HE'S A REALLY ACTIVE DOG. UM, HE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE. I, I, WE BELIEVE HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN DUMPED FROM AN OWNER. UH, BUT BRUCE IS A ALTERED MALE. WE WANNA SAY HE'S MAYBE FIVE OR SIX IS WHAT WE'RE GUESSING. UH, ESTIMATING, UH, IS HE IS NEUTERED, UH, VACCINATED AND MICROCHIPPED, AND HE'S AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION AT SAXY ANIMAL SERVICES. SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN BRUCE, WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO COME MEET HIM. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE GOT A FEW UPDATES ON SOME SHELTER ACTIVITIES. UM, UH, WE WANNA PRESENT, UM, OUR NEW ANIMAL SHELTER ATTENDANT NAMED NICHOLAS RIVAS. IF YOU WANNA STAND UP NICK AND SAY HI TO EVERYBODY, PLEASE, NICK. UH, COMES, COMES A WAY OF GARLAND ANIMAL SERVICES. SO, UH, WE WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE 'EM ON BOARD. WE, WE KIND OF FOLLOW A LOT OF THE SAME PROCEDURES AND POLICIES. SO NICK'S FITTING RIGHT IN AND GOT BOOTS ON THE GROUND RUNNING. UM, WE DID, WE'D HAD A LOT OF TOURS THIS PAST QUARTER. UM, MURPHY ANIMAL SERVICES CAME BY TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SHELTER. THEY'RE INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY EXPANDING THEIR SHELTER AND WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OURS. AND WHAT WE DID, AND WE'VE HAD BOTH WILEY HIGH SCHOOLS COME OUT. UM, WILEY HIGH, WILEY HIGH SCHOOL AND WILEY EAST CAME OUT WITH THEIR, UH, SPED STUDENTS AND TOOK A TOUR. ONE OF THE TOURS HAD ABOUT 60 STUDENTS, 60 PLUS, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS ABOUT ANOTHER 28 30. UH, IT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT. PARENTS ENJOYED IT. THE TEACHERS ENJOYED IT. THE KIDS LOVED IT. THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH ONE OF SOME OF OUR DOGS. UM, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THEM JUST KIND OF OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. AND SOME OF OUR DOGS GET A LOT OF VISITORS. THEY WERE SUPER HAPPY. UH, WE HAD A GIRL SCOUT TROOP, UH, 80 70 TOWARD THE SHELTER. AND THEN WE HAD A PRE-K TOUR. UH, THE KIDS SEEM TO BE LOVING TO COME TO OUR SHELTER. WE GETTING, AND WE CAN CONTINUE GETTING REQUESTS COMING IN. SO WE LOOK FORWARD FOR ALL THE VISITORS COMING IN. AND THEN, UH, ON THE SLIDE, WE HAVE A VACCINATION SHELTER PENDING. UH, WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT ONE FOR, UH, JUNE. IT'S GONNA BE IN JUNE. UM, IT'S THE NEXT AVAILABLE FOR US. AND THE, THE CLINIC THAT'S GONNA DO IT, HELP US DO IT. AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND THESE ARE JUST GONNA BE SOME SHELTER STATS FROM THE LAST QUARTER. UM, WE HAD A 319 CALLS. UH, THIS IS SPANNING DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. UH, THERE WERE 61 DOGS IMPOUNDED. 30 OF THOSE WERE RECLAIMED. WE HAD 22 DOGS THAT WERE ADOPTED AND 10 WENT TO RESCUE GROUPS. UH, CATS WERE AT 40, WHICH FOR THE WINTER MONTHS IS, IS KIND OF HIGH, BUT NOT, NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY. WE DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH OF A WINTER. UH, ONLY TWO CATS ARE RECLAIMED, UH, FOR THAT JUST SEEMS TO BE THE TREND IN ALL ANIMAL SERVICES. WE GET A LOT OF DORY CLAIMS, BUT CATS SOMETIMES LIVE OUTDOORS OR ARE PART OF THE TNR PROGRAM. BUT WE DID HAVE 17 THAT WERE ADOPTED AND SIX WINTER RESCUES. UH, 19 OF THOSE, UH, CATS WERE TNR OFFICIAL TNR CATS. AND THEN WE HAD 16 WILDLIFE COMPLAINTS, WHICH, UH, DUE TO THE WINTER SEASON WASN'T AS HIGH AS NORMALLY IS. AND THERE WERE ZERO CITATIONS ISSUED BY OFFICERS FOR THAT LAST QUARTER. AND THEN MOVING [2. Review and discuss matters related to the health and safety code for the Animal Shelter.] ON TO SECTION TWO, REVIEW AND DISCUSS, UM, MATTERS RELATED TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER. THAT, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE'VE HAD A FEW INSPECTIONS THIS PAST YEAR, BUT OUR, OUR OFFICIAL STATE INSPECTION, UH, WAS THIS LAST QUARTER. AND WE ARE ALL SET UNTIL NEXT YEAR, 2026 AND 2027. I THINK THE STATE HAS VISITED US SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THREE TIMES. SOME OF IT WAS, UH, PREVIOUS, UM, FOLLOW UP. AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER REVIEW. AND THEN OUR OFFICIAL STATE INSPECTION WAS, UH, THIS PAST QUARTER, UM, NOW, UH, 95% OR MORE OF OUR PET ARE STERILIZED BEFORE ADOPTION. SO WE GOT INTO THE HABIT OF NOT RELEASING 'EM UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE ARE COMFORTABLE OR THE ADOPTER LIVES NEARBY. OR IT'S A SPECIAL CASE WHERE THE DOG OR CAT MAY HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT. BUT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION IS ALREADY STERILIZED, VACCINATED AND READY TO GO. SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR ANYONE TO COME BACK, NO ONE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT OR MISS AN APPOINTMENT OR, AND WE HAVE THAT BACK AND FORTH OF, OF GETTING THE ANIMAL STERILIZED. UH, WE ARE REGULARLY NOW VACCINATING [00:10:01] ALL ANIMALS ON INTAKE. UH, AND THAT INCLUDES DOGS AND CATS, UH, OF AGE. AND, UH, THE ONLY VACCINE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ON HAND IS THE RABIES 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A VET ON SITE. UH, BUT WE DID BUY SOME TESTS, UH, FOR DOGS AND CATS, FRCB COMBO TESTS AND A HEARTWORM TEST FOR DOGS AND CATS THAT ARE POSSIBLY ONES THAT WE SUSPECT MAY NEED IT. UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA DO MORE REGULARLY FOR OUR ADOPTERS TO KIND OF GIVE THEM A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT OF WHAT THEIR, UH, PETS MAYBE COMING ACROSS. UM, UH, I KNOW OUR STAFF IS INTERESTED IN, IN FINDING OUT TO LET THE ADOPTERS KNOW, ESPECIALLY THOSE DOGS THAT MAY HAVE LIVED OUTSIDE FOR A LITTLE BIT. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WORRY US THE MOST. BUT WITH THAT ADDITION OF THAT, UM, WE HAVE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP DOGS THAT ARE HEARTWORM POSITIVE, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT ONE TESTED. UH, AND THEN NOW WITH THE ADDITION OF OUR NEW, UH, SHELTER ATTENDANT, UH, OUR CLEANING PROTOCOLS HAVE GOTTEN EVEN, UH, FURTHER AND MORE COMPLEX. SO THERE'S A LOT MORE CLEANING. UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE SANITATION AND IT'S KIND OF A, WE HAVE A CHECKLIST NOW THAT WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING THAT'S A DAILY CHECKLIST, AS WE CALL IT. THE SHELTER RESET LOG. BASICALLY WE'LL BE GOING OVER, UH, AM CLEANING AM MEDICATIONS, UH, AM, UH, UH, THE DEEP CLEAN, I'M SORRY. UH, WE ALSO DO A PM CLEAN, UH, PM MEDS PM FEEDING. UH, AND THEN WE'LL DO A MIDDAY CHECK NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HOTTER DAYS, UM, MORE WATER AVAILABLE TO ALL THE PETS. AND THEN JUST A DEEPER CLEAN MORE OFTEN. UH, NOW WE'RE DOING THOSE DEEP CLEANS REGULARLY. JUST EVERY DAY IS A DEEP CLEAN, WE, WE SAY. BUT THOSE EXTREME DEEP CLEANS ARE HAPPENING MONDAY, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS. SO THE SHELTER'S A LOT MORE, UM, SANITARY THAN I WOULD SAY. WE HAVEN'T SEEN, KNOCK ON WOOD, MUCH SICKNESS AND ILLNESS. A FEW THINGS HERE AND THERE THAT POP UP. BUT AS FAR AS YOUR BIG COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, IT'S, IT'S BEEN MINIMIZED AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. UH, AND THAT IS BASICALLY IT FOR OUR SALE, OUR, UM, UPDATES FOR THE HEALTH CODE AND, UH, SHELTER HAPPENING. SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN DEFINITELY ADDRESS 'EM. I HAD ASKED YOU ABOUT THEIOS THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST QUARTER AND REASONS, AND I THOUGHT MAYBE TURN, TURN ON YOUR MIC. TURN YOUR MIC. THE CENTER BUTTON. IT'S GREEN. YEAH, YOU'RE GOOD. . SORRY. . UM, I HAD ASKED HUGO EARLIER IF, IF HE COULD START REPORTING AS WELL ON, UM, EUTHANASIA THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE HAD TO DO AND WHY. UM, AND UH, SO IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT. YEAH. UH, IN THE LAST QUARTER AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY, UH, NEED FOR EUTHANASIA DUE TO SPACE. UH, ANYTHING THAT HAS EITHER BEEN COMPROMISED, SEVERELY INJURED OR, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT, UH, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD A CROW THAT JUST DIDN'T, IT WAS VERY INJURED PAST RECOVERY AND WE COULDN'T SAVE IT. UH, THOSE ARE THE ONLY TYPE OF SCENARIOS THAT WE ARE SEEING EUTHANASIA ON RIGHT NOW. WILDLIFE THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, SEVERELY INJURED, BUT NOTHING FOR SPACE AT THE MOMENT. UH, WE KNOW IT'S GONNA GET A LITTLE WARMER, MEANS WE'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE BUSIER. UH, BUT WE'VE BEEN KIND OF ON AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD WITH SPACE. UH, WE HAVE SPACE. WE, WE TRY TO RESERVE SPACE AND, AND TIME OUT SOME OF THESE, UM, SURRENDER REQUESTS JUST SO THAT WE CAN HELP THEM OUT PROPERLY AND NOT HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ACTIVELY WITH OUR RESCUES. UM, WE WORKING WITH OTHER SHELTERS TO POSSIBLY PARTNER UP AND MAYBE, UM, ALTERNATE DOGS AT OUR SHELTER TO GET DIFFERENT, UH, SETS OF ADOPTERS TO LOOK AT THEM. AND SO, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, NOTHING FOR SPACE. NOTHING OTHER THAN INJURED, MAINLY WILDLIFE AND SEVERELY INJURED DOGS OR CATS THAT WE HAVE PICKED UP. MAINLY CATS, NOT, NOT MANY DOGS. OKAY. AND YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD RECENTLY EXCHANGED A DOG THAT HAD BEEN AT SSI FOR A YEAR. CORRECT. AND CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? YEAH. UH, RECENTLY WE PARTNERED WITH RICHARDSON ANIMAL CONTROL. THEY HAD A DOG, UH, NAMED RAVEN WHO HAD BEEN THERE FOR A YEAR. AND THEY WERE INTERESTED WITH ONE OF OUR MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD. UH, WE, WE, UM, OUR COMMUNITIES MEET AT GARLAND ANIMALS, ALL THE FROGS, UH, PARTNERS WE MEET. AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP AS A DISCUSSION AS POSSIBLY TRADING DOGS PER SE. UH, JUST TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER, ANOTHER SET OF EYES, A NEW FRESH SHELTER, KIND OF A DIFFERENT, ANOTHER START. UH, WE HAD KODAK WHO HAD BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR. SO KODAK AND RAVEN WERE SWAPPED. UH, WE STILL HAVE RAVEN, SO SHE'S STILL THERE FOR ADOPTION. UM, SHE COMES FROM US, UH, WITH JUST A MINOR ISSUE WITH GETTING LEACHED, UH, BUT WE'RE WORKING THAT OUT AND SHE'S BEEN OKAY. AND KODAK GOT ADOPTED ONCE WE TOOK HIM TO RICHARDSON. SO HE GOT A NEW SET OF EYES AND, AND HE WAS ADOPTED OUT LAST WEEK. SO WE, WE CONTINUED TO PARTNER WITH ROULETTE, GARLAND, RICHARDSON, AND WILEY FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND IT, THIS COULD BE ONE DAY THE RIGHT PERSON COMES INTO THEIR SHELTER AND, AND GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY. SAME THING WITH US. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO KEEP DOING THAT. UM, WITH ALL, WHETHER IT'S DOGS OR CATS. THAT'S [00:15:01] GREAT. YEAH, IT'S REAL GOOD. YOU GO ON THE CAT ADOPTIONS, THE 17 CAT ADOPTIONS, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ONES THAT GET TRANSFERRED OVER TO PETSMART? SO THOSE, THOSE DO, WE DON'T COUNT THOSE AS AN ADOPTION. THOSE WILL BE COUNTED AS LIKE A RESCUE RELEASE TRANSFER. YEAH, THE TRANSFER. UM, WHILE WE KNOW THEY'RE GONNA GET ADOPTED THROUGH THE PROGRAM, WE JUST, WE DON'T COUNT 'EM AS AN ADOPTION. BUT CATS, CATS HAVE KIND OF BEEN, WE SAW A SPIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR JUST ALL AROUND AND IN THE AREA, AND IT'S KIND OF BEEN EVEN. UM, BUT, BUT THEY'VE BEEN HIGHER THAN DOG ADOPTIONS THIS PAST COUPLE YEARS THAT I'VE SEEN. UH, OUR CATS HAVE JUST BEEN POPULAR. UH, WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR SMALL DOG ADOPTIONS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CONTROL OUR INVENTORY. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF MEDIUM SIZED DOGS AND LARGE DOGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE STILL GOOD CANDIDATES. JUST THEY, THEY PRESENT BIGGER IN THE KENNELS AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE FIRST THING EVERYONE'S LOOKING FOR. BUT WE'VE HAVE, WE HAVE A FEW AT HOME VISITS THAT, UM, THOSE ARE POPULAR. WE WE'RE ALLOWING THOSE TO GET DONE. AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE, ONE WILL RETURN. THEY'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT IT. UM, BUT WE HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW FOR SURE. IN, IN, UM, IN A, AT A HOME VISIT. THEY'RE STILL, IT'S STILL PENDING HIM. UH, I KNOW DINA IS STILL LOOKING FOR CATS. IF, IF YEAH, I LET HER KNOW WE HAVE, SHE'S LOOKING FOR SOME, WE HAVE SOME CANDIDATES. THERE'S ONE THAT JUST IS ADJUSTING STILL. AND THEN WE JUST GOT A FEW THAT JUST WERE STERILIZED. BUT THEY, YEAH, I'VE, I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH FROST ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. IS LUCY THE ONE THAT'S OUT ON, UH, ON HOME VISIT? IT'S, UH, NO. THE, UH, IVORY CAME BACK AND IT'S JINGLE. OH, OH, OKAY. YEAH, LUCY WAS ADOPTED OKAY. LAST WEEK. AND SHE WAS IN FOSTER FOR A FEW MONTHS SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE FOSTERS AND THE HOME VISITS ARE WORKING, SO WE'LL KEEP, WE'LL KEEP PROMOTING THOSE. IT'S GOING GREAT. YEAH. THANKS. AND, UH, AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON, ON COLIN, I, I KIND OF MENTIONED TO HIM OUR, IF, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING, OUR FROST PROGRAM IS GROWING AND OUR ANIMALS ARE GETTING OUT A LOT MORE. THEY'RE, UM, WE WANNA PROMOTE, UH, VOLUNTEERISM AND JUST, EVEN IF SOMEONE WALKS A DOG FOR AN HOUR, 30 MINUTES, IT HELPS. AND WE WERE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THAT IN THE PLAY TIMES AND THE WALKING MORE REGULARLY. SO IT HELPS THE DOGS KIND OF RELAX, GET OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT. AND SO THEY PRESENT BETTER WHEN, WHEN, YOU KNOW, NEED PEOPLE COME IN. AND IF I CAN ADD SOMETHING, IT AND GETTING THEM OUT IF WE COULD EVERY DAY HELPS REDUCE THAT. IT MAKES THEM MORE ADOPTABLE. IT'S SAFER FOR THE KENNEL STAFF. SO DOG WALKERS PLAY A BIG, BIG PART IN THAT BIG PART. YEP. AND A LOT OF THOSE, SOME OF THE NEWER WALKERS CAME FROM THE EXCHANGE THAT WE DID WITH YES. WITH RICHARDSON. SO THEY, AND THEY STEADILY CONTINUED TO COME BACK AND WALK EVERY DOG, NOT JUST THE ONE THAT WAS, THAT WAS BROUGHT OVER. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN HELPING, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD. WHERE DO THEY WALK? 'EM? UH, THEY WALK 'EM IN THE FRONT OF, UH, THE SHELTER. THEY HAVE A PLAY, WE HAVE A PLAY YARD AND, AND THERE'S A HUGE FIELD ON THE SIDE, UH, THAT THEY'RE ON, ON LEASHES AND HARNESSES. UH, THEY GET TRAINING TO DO THAT FIRST. SO THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A TRAINING SESSION TO KNOW WHAT'S IS ALLOWABLE AND WHAT'S NOT. BUT, UM, AND THEN THERE'S A COLORING SYSTEM TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT DOGS ARE GONNA BE EITHER A LITTLE, LITTLE HARDER 'CAUSE THEY'RE BIGGER, OR THE ONES THAT ARE A GREEN LIGHT THAT ARE EASYGOING GOING. AND THERE'S A FEW THAT ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT BIGGER AND STRONGER. SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE YOU'RE ABLE TO HANDLE. BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF GREEN SPACE ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND THERE'S A, THERE'S ONE OR TWO VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE LONG LEASHES THAT WILL GET SOME OF THE DOGS OUT THAT EXPERIENCE. AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL 'EM RUN FOR, THEY'LL RUN WITH THEM TOO, SO THEY'LL GET SOME EXERCISE. BUT IF IT'S ONE THAT'S QUESTIONABLE, THEY DEFINITELY CAN USE THE PLAY YARD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IF THAT, THAT WAS THE FINAL, UH, PORTION OF IT. SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, THEN WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING AND CALL IT AT SEVEN OH TWO. YOU MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? DON'T NEED TO. NOT YET. NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. OH, HE JUST SLAMS A GAL, HUGO. ALRIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.