Aug 10, 2026 Animal Shelter Advisory Committee

[00:00:01]

ALL RIGHT. WE LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF CITY OF SACHSE WILL HOLD A REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY,

[1. Call to Order: The Animal Shelter Advisory Committee of the City of Sachse will hold a regular meeting on Monday, August 10, 2026, at 6:00 PM to consider the following items of business:]

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAG.

CULLEN. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME, PLEASE. I 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.

JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN TOGETHER AND IN SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF SACHSE AND IN SERVICE OF OUR FURRY FRIENDS THAT WE TAKE CARE OF.

FATHER, WE ASK THAT THIS BOARD LISTEN TO EVERYTHING THAT IS PRESENTED AND SHOULD ANY DECISIONS COME UP, COME TO AN HONORABLE AND WISE ONE. FATHER, JUST BE WITH ALL OF THOSE WHO WORK IN OUR ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION.

IN FACT, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

KEEP THEM SAFE, KEEP THEM OUT OF HARM, AND HELP OUR CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND ALL THAT THEY DO.

CHRIST NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. I BLANKED. 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 SHALL BE ADDRESSED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.

THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHALL BE PRESENT, 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. DO WE HAVE ANY? ACTION ITEMS ARE FOR THE BOARD DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION FOR ACTION.

[1. Consider approving the April 1, 2026, meeting minutes.]

PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHALL BE GIVEN TO ACTING SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.

YOU GO. YEAH. SO EVERYBODY WILL JUST REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING IN APRIL.

CAN I TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO LOOK OVER, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING LOOKS IN ORDER? AND IF EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT, WE INVITE SOMEONE TO MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'D LIKE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.

OKAY. SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL PULL IT UP FOR THE VOTE.

I'LL HAVE TO VOTE. OKAY. YEAH, WE CAN VOTE BY HAND.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THERE ARE NONE.

ALL RIGHT, WE ARE RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON ANIMAL SHELTER ACTIVITIES.

[1. Receive an update on Animal Shelter activities.]

AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF GO OVER SOME, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES. AND THEN WE'LL, ONCE WE FINISH THAT, WE'LL REVIEW SOME, SOME OF THE HEALTH STUFF THAT WE NEED TO COVER.

JUST LETTING YOU GO. IS IT LETTING YOU DO THAT? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL JUST. WE'LL GO OVER IT. EVERYONE, DO YOU HAVE A PACK? JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER SOME UPDATES OF OUR SHELTER ACTIVITIES.

OUR LAST MEETING WAS IN APRIL, SO FROM APRIL TO JUNE, BECAUSE IT WAS FOR JULY.

SO WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BUSY. WE'VE HAD A FEW OFFSITE EVENTS, MAINLY TWO BIG ONES WAS A BIGFOOT GROOMING THAT WAS DONE AT A BREWERY IN WYLIE.

AND THEN WE ALSO ATTENDED THE SECOND ANNUAL ROYSE CITY PAW-LOOZA CARNIVAL.

IT'S A CAR SHOW ALONG WITH THE DOG ADOPTION EVENT AT ROYSE CITY HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY'RE AT THEIR STADIUM.

IT'S PRETTY HOT, BUT IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD EVENT. WE ALSO LAUNCHED SACHSE SAFE PAWS PROGRAM.

THAT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH SACHSE FIRE AND RESCUE FOR MICROCHIP MICROCHIPPING ANIMAL OR CHECKING FOR MICROCHIPS ON ANIMALS AFTER HOURS OR

[00:05:01]

WE'RE TRYING TO GET DOGS HOME. WE PARTNERED WITH THEM WITH PROVIDING THEM WITH MICROCHIP SCANNERS AT THE BOATS FIRE STATION.

SO NOW IF FOR ANY REASON THERE'S A DOG THAT'S FOUND AND SOMEONE'S WILLING TO GO TAKE IT TO THE FIRE STATION, THEY HAVE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO FIND THE OWNERS, CONTACT THEM, AND IF THEY CAN'T, AND WE CAN ALWAYS GO PICK THEM UP FROM THE FIRE STATION.

BUT IT IS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH ANY EMERGENCY.

SO THEY ARE AWARE THAT IF WE NEED TO GO PICK IT UP IMMEDIATELY OR THEY NEED TO LEAVE, WE ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES.

I STILL HAVE TO GIVE SOME KENNELS OVER TO THEM AND SOME BOWLS IN CASE THEY DO HAVE TO LEAVE IN AN EMERGENCY MATTER.

BUT THEY, THEY, IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT ANY EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER AVENUE FOR OUR PETS TO GET HOME A LITTLE FASTER.

WE'VE BEEN CONTACTED A FEW TIMES BY SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN OUR CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

WE HAD A FEW TOURS THIS PAST QUARTER BY THE BONEYARD GATE HERE IN SACHSE WAS ONE OF THEM.

AND THEN SUMMER PRIVATE SCHOOL IN WYLIE WAS ANOTHER THE BY THE BONEYARD BROUGHT EVERY STUDENT OVER.

SO THERE WAS ABOUT 80 STUDENTS. THEY DID, WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

IT WAS A LOT OF KIDS AT ONCE, BUT THEY WERE BUSSED OVER A COUPLE OF KIDS AT A TIME.

AND IT WAS ABOUT EIGHT TOURS THAT WE DID THAT DAY.

SO WE WERE PRETTY BUSY. WE ALSO ATTENDED AND HELPED SACHSE PD WITH COPS AND CAMPERS YOUTH SUMMER CAMP.

AMBER AND I WERE ATTENDED AS SPECIAL GUESTS, KIND OF JUST SPEAKING OVER SUMMER SAFETY, ANIMAL SAFETY, JUST THINGS AROUND THAT INVOLVE ANIMAL SERVICES AND KIND OF WHAT WE DO SHOW THEM OUR TOOLS.

IT'S NOT JUST DOG CATCHING. WE DO TRAPS, WE DO INVESTIGATIONS, ADVERTISING, MARKETING, GOOD THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT WAS A, IT WAS A FUN CAMP. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN CONTINUING EDUCATION THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE.

AS EVERYONE KNOWS, ANIMAL SERVICE OFFICERS REQUIRE 30 HOURS EVERY THREE YEARS.

SO WE PROVIDE CLASSES THERE, AND WE'VE ALSO ASSISTED SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES FOR THEIR EUTHANASIA CERTIFICATION OR RECERTIFICATION.

AND THEN WE HAD TWO CLASSES FOR THE CITY OF MESQUITE RECENTLY.

THEY CAME OVER AND WE GOT THEM RECERTIFIED FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR FOR, THEIR CERTIFICATION THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE.

ALL RIGHT, AND SO THAT LEADS US INTO SOME FUN STUFF.

THE NUMBERS SINCE MARCH. SO THIS LAST THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'VE HAD 590 CALLS FOR SERVICE, WHICH IS OF COURSE, AFTER THE WINTERTIME WAS 85% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WE'VE GONE OUT TO.

WE HAD 75 DOGS IMPOUNDED, OF COURSE, AGAIN, WITH THE WEATHER WARMING UP, DOGS BEING OUT A LITTLE MORE.

THAT WAS 23% INCREASE. HOWEVER, WE DID HAVE 58 DOGS RECLAIMED.

SO OUT OF THOSE 75 DOGS 58 WERE RECLAIMED, WHICH IS GREAT.

THAT WAS AN INCREASE FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING OF 93%.

WE HAD 22 DOGS ADOPTED. THAT NUMBER HAS KIND OF BEEN STAYED THE SAME FROM THE LAST TIME WE MET.

4 DOGS WERE RESCUED. THAT KIND OF WENT DOWN, BUT IT'S REALLY BECAUSE WE KIND OF FOCUSED ON CATS A LOT MORE.

81 CATS WERE IMPOUNDED. THAT WAS FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

103% INCREASE. AND THAT'S WITH SPRING KITTEN SEASON COMING IN, AND YEAH, THAT'S TRAPPING TNR.

SO KITTEN SEASON WAS UPON US FROM THIS LAST UPDATE.

WE DID HAVE THREE, THREE CATS RECLAIM, WHICH IS NOT VERY COMMON.

MOSTLY DOGS GET RECLAIMED. CATS KIND OF ARE, THEY DON'T HAVE A LEASH AT ALL.

SO IT'S EITHER THEY ARE ROAMING OR WE GET THEM TNR AND THEY KIND OF GO HOME.

BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD THREE CATS THAT WERE OWNERS WERE LOOKING FOR THEM AND WE GOT THEM BACK HOME.

WE DID HAVE 39 CATS ADOPTED. AGAIN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG INCREASE.

THAT WAS FROM OUR PREVIOUS GATHERING. IT WAS 129% INCREASE.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE CATS THAN WE DO DOGS.

AND THE NUMBERS NATURALLY JUST ARE UP. WE DID HAVE 19 CATS RESCUED, AND THAT'S A BIG NUMBER, BUT THAT ALL OCCURRED IN ONE MONTH, WHICH WAS APRIL.

SO IN THE, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT WE MET FROM MARCH AND JUNE, ALL 19 RESCUED CATS WERE IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, KITTENS ESPECIALLY. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD A REQUEST FROM OUR RESCUE PARTNER AT FROST FOR CATS FOR THEIR PETSMART STORES AS WELL.

WE DID HAVE NINE CATS RELEASED AS TNR. AGAIN, THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE WE WERE CAPTURING HEALTHY ADOPTABLE KITTENS OR KITTENS THAT NEEDED RESCUE THAT DIDN'T NEED TO BE RELEASED AGAIN.

AND THEN WE DID HAVE 107 WILDLIFE COMPLAINTS, WHICH IS WILDLY INCREASED.

THAT'S THE WEATHER CHANGE. I MEAN, THE NUMBERS WERE RIGHT.

I CHECKED IT TWICE, BUT THAT WAS LIKE A 500% INCREASE FROM THE WINTER TIME, WHICH WE IT'S NATURAL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE BEEN OUT ON SNAKES AND POSSUMS. AND ONCE THE WEATHER GETS CHANGED LIKE THAT, IT'S, IT'S USUALLY A BIG INCREASE. BUT YEAH, 107 WILDLIFE COMPLAINTS A LOT OF, LOT OF GOOD WILDLIFE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM HEALTHY.

NOT MANY. MANY WERE SICK. BUT. AND THEN WE ALSO DID WRITE THREE CITATIONS, WHICH IS NOT A LOT,

[00:10:01]

SO ONLY THREE, NOT BAD. THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE THREE PER OFFICER PER DAY, WHO KNOWS, BUT THREE CITATIONS WAS THAT WAS THE LAST UPDATE FOR OUR CITATIONS.

MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS IN ANY ISSUES ARE USUALLY MINOR.

AND THEN WE ALL KIND OF JUST WORK TOGETHER TO GET IT RESOLVED. AND SO NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 2 IN DISCUSSING ITEMS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

[2. Review and discuss matters related to the health and safety code for the Animal Shelter.]

THAT WAS MADE POSSIBLE ALSO BY OUR RESCUE PARTNER AT FRAS, FRIENDS OF RESCUE ANIMALS.

THEY, THEY WILL SPONSOR OUR HEARTWORM TREATMENT.

WHICH GIVES US A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO TEST EVERYTHING.

SO NOW ALL OF OUR DOGS THAT ARE OF AGE TO BE TESTED, WE TEST THEM OVER SIX MONTHS, DO GET HEARTWORM TESTED.

WE ALSO STARTED CARRYING FIV AND FELV TEST TESTS ON SITE.

SO ANY CAT THAT'S ACTING A LITTLE LETHARGIC OR NOT USUAL, IF WE DON'T GET THEM AN APPOINTMENT BEFORE WE GET AN APPOINTMENT, FOR FIV WE HAVE TESTS AVAILABLE TO TEST THEM.

THAT'S PRETTY DILIGENT ABOUT NOTICING SMALL THINGS THAT JUST AREN'T USUAL.

LIKE LOST A LITTLE BIT LOSS OF WEIGHT, SUNKEN EYES UN STOOLS THAT AREN'T NORMAL.

SO WE, THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY ABOUT OUR STAFF IS THAT EVERY LITTLE THING THAT WE MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, ONE MAY NOT THINK THEY NOTICE, THEY NOTICE IT AND WE ARE ON IT ON TOP OF IT.

ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY THAT I, I'M PRIDEFUL FOR OUR STAFF IS THAT WE TRULY CARE ABOUT THE HEALTH OF OUR PETS AND GETTING ALL THE FEEDBACK BACK FROM YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS MEETINGS, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THESE TESTS, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ONE AVAILABLE, WE ALSO CAN ALWAYS, ALWAYS TAKE THEM TO THE VET.

BUT VET REGULAR VISITS ARE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T TREAT IN HOUSE.

WE ALSO STARTED DOING FLEA PREVENTATIVE FOR OUR PETS, MAINLY OUR CATS, ANY DOGS THAT COME IN TO, BUT WE'VE NOTICED THIS PAST SPRING, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF FLEAS ON THESE LITTLE KITTENS THAT WERE COMING IN.

SOME OF THEM GOT INTO OUR PLAYROOM THAT WE HAD TO COMPLETELY CLEAN OUT, TREAT, TREAT AGAIN, CLEAN OUT AGAIN TREAT. AND WE WERE LEFT IT EMPTY FOR A FEW MONTHS BECAUSE WE HAD THE ROOM, BUT THAT WE TOOK CARE OF THAT PROBLEM PRETTY GOOD.

ALTHOUGH IT'S EXTREMELY HOT OUTSIDE, I WILL SAY THAT OUR AIR CONDITIONING IS WORKING GREAT.

IT NORMALLY STAYS IN THE LOW 70S. ON EXTREMELY HOT DAYS LIKE THIS LAST WEEK OR SO, IT WAS ABOUT 108-106.

IT WAS STILL 73 INSIDE THE KENNEL. SO THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

IN THE MORNINGS WHEN WE CLEAN EVERYTHING WE DO HAVE SOME FANS AVAILABLE TO HELP, HELP EVERYONE STAY COOL.

NOT INCLUDING STAFF, BUT GIVEN THE TEMPERATURE OUR KENNEL SPACE IS PRETTY GOOD.

AND EACH KENNEL THAT WE DO HAVE OUTSIDE, WE'VE REPLENISHED THE WATER BOWLS, WATER PILL, SO NOW DOGS HAVE FRESH WATER INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.

AND THEN WE CHANGE THAT WATER OUT DAILY WHEN WE CLEAN THE KENNELS ON THE OUTSIDE.

AND THEN I DO WANT TO JUST SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR FRAS VOLUNTEERS.

THERE'S BEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN OUR DOGS, DOGS BEING WALKED.

THERE'S TIMES WHERE DOGS ARE WALKED TWICE A DAY.

THERE WAS ONE TIME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHERE THERE WAS THREE VOLUNTEERS AND SOME DOGS THAT WALKED THREE TIMES THAT DAY.

SO THAT HELPS A LOT WHEN PRESENTING DOGS UP FOR ADOPTION.

THEY'RE NOT AS STRESSED OR HIGH STRUNG WHEN SOMEONE WALKS IN. BUT FRAS HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY, REALLY PART A GREAT PART OF HAVING OUR DOGS DECOMPRESS BY WALKING THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.

I KNOW MONDAYS ARE OUR BIG DAYS AND SATURDAYS ARE A BIG DAYS, BUT IF ANYONE AGAIN, I WILL ALWAYS MENTION IF ANYBODY WANTS TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD. WE WOULD. WE WOULD TAKE AS MANY VOLUNTEERS AS WE CAN, ESPECIALLY TO GET THESE DOGS WALKED. IT TRULY DOES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

IF ADOPTION IS NOT A POSSIBILITY, THEN WALKING A DOG A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK IS DOES TREMENDOUS WORK.

ASIDE FROM THAT THAT IS REALLY KIND OF ALL THE UPDATES THAT I'VE HAD SO FAR FROM THE LAST MEETING.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN ANSWER. OH, I'M SORRY, I DO HAVE ONE THING I KNOW.

OUR BOARD MEMBER, MISS DEBBIE STOUT DID WANT SOME UPDATES ON ANIMALS THAT ARE EUTHANIZED.

THIS LAST QUARTER SINCE MARCH, WE'VE ONLY HAD FIVE DOGS THAT HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED.

THREE OF THEM WERE BEHAVIOR AND SAFETY CONCERNS.

TWO OF THEM WERE DUE TO EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY BEING MEDICAL CONDITIONS BEING REALLY ILL, RESCUES NOT ABLE TO TAKE.

SO THERE WAS TWO OF THOSE DOGS THAT WERE VERY MUCH SENIORS, VERY MUCH ANEMIC.

I MEAN, ON THE BRINK OF THE LAST LEG AND WE STILL ATTEMPTED TO GET THEM RESCUED OUT.

JUST WE WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL WITH THOSE TWO. BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME WILDLIFE AND A COUPLE OF SICK KITTENS THAT COME IN WITH THE LITTER THAT CAME WITH FIV, BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY NEED TO MAKE SPACE BECAUSE OF RUNNING OUT OF SPACE.

[00:15:02]

THAT'S GOING TO RUN THE ENTIRE MONTH. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE AT THE MEGA ADOPTION EVENT IN DFW.

IT'S A HUMANE SOCIETY RUN EVENT IN FORT WORTH THAT'S THIS WEEKEND COMING UP.

SO SPREAD THE WORD. BUT ANYBODY INTERESTED IN HAVING COME TO SACHSE, WE HAVE SOME GREAT DOGS.

WE HAVE SOME DOGS HAVE BEEN THERE A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG AND WE LIKE TO FIND THEM A HOME.

SO THEY'RE DOING GOOD, BUT WE JUST NEED TO GET THEM OUT.

OTHER THAN THAT IS OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE MAY HAVE.

YEAH, I GOT IS THERE A TIMELINE ON THE DOGS. DO WE KEEP THEM THE WHOLE TIME? WE'LL KEEP THEM AS LONG AS WE CAN. AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT A DOGS. NO, NO ISSUES THEY'RE THERE.

YEAH, THE ONES THAT ARE THERE NOW, SOME OF THEM GET OVERLY EXCITED SOMETIMES. AND ONCE THEY GET WALKED OUT, THEY'RE GREAT. BUT THERE'S NOT A TIME FRAME. AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE SPACE, WE HOLD THEM. WE HAVE A DOG NAMED DEUCE.

HE WAS AT A DIFFERENT SHELTER. HE WAS THERE A YEAR AND THEN HE'S BEEN AT OUR SHELTER FOR A YEAR.

SO HE'S BEEN IN THE SHELTER FOR TWO YEARS, AND WE STILL HAVE HIM.

HE'S JUST OVERLY EXCITED, HIGH ENERGY. SO HE, HE'S A GREAT DOG.

JUST HE'S BEEN THERE TOO LONG, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TIME FRAMES.

WE'RE HOPING AS LONG AS WE CAN. ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. WE'RE GOOD. GOOD ABOUT IT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT.

THANK Y'ALL. NO MORE QUESTIONS. WE'LL ADJOURN THAT.

IT'S AT 6:24. 6:23. MEETING ADJOURNED. MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.