Min - Animal Shelter Advisory Committee - 2019 - 11/20 - Regular ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING
NOVEMBER 20,2019
Present: Absent:
Deborah Michnick, Chair
Pamela Ackerman,Vice-Chair
Gail Smallin, Secretary
Dr. Alan Coffman
Deputy Chief Ken Myers
City Council Liaison Lauren Doherty
Call to Order
With a quorum of the Board members present,the Regular Meeting of the Animal Shelter Advisory Committee
was called to order by Chair Michnick at 6:59 p.m. on Wednesday,November 20, 2019, at the Animal Shelter
Conference Room located in the Allen Animal Shelter, 707 S Allen Heights Drive,Allen,Texas 75002.
1. Approve Minutes of the August 28,2019 Regular Meeting.
The minutes were approved by the acclamation of the board.
2. Conduct election of officers for the 2020 year.
Officer positions will stay the same by the acclamation of the board.
3. Update on adoptable kennel floor replacement warranty issue.
Repairs of the floor in the adoptable kennel room have been completed.
4. Update on Abby's Lounge.
Abby's Lounge is now completed and being used daily. In order to decrease germs going from cat to
cat,the public is no longer allowed in the cat room. Instead the public can visit with individual cats in
the lounge.
5. Update on city registration and wildlife utility bill insert.
An insert with a copy of the city's pet registration form and coyote/bobcat fact sheet will be included
in December's Utility bills.
6. Update on coyote/bobcat concerns.
Chair Michnick states that there are approximately 75 coyotes and/or bobcats in the city.An On-line
reporting system for sightings of wildlife is currently available for public use.Animal shelter staff is
reaching out to HOA's to promote different methods to eliminate wildlife from making dens near
people's homes.
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7. Update on up to date statistics for 2019.
From 2018 until October of 2019 there has been an increase in the daily average occupancy,pet
registrations,donations to the shelter,visitors and shelter events.A decrease was noted in
Impoundments, strays, adoptions, bite investigations and citations issued.
8. Discuss and Make a Recommendation to the City Council regarding Proposed Revisions to
Chapter 3,Animals and Fowl,of the Code of Ordinances and/or Standard Operating
Procedures.
Standard Operating procedures have been completed.
9. Discuss Upcoming Events:
December 2019—Rudolph Run and Santa Paws Adoption Event.
March 2020—Pirouettes for Pets
Adjournment
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Chair Michnick and a second by Dr.Coffman,the Board voted Six(6)
for and none (0) opposed to adjourn the Regular Meeting of the Animal Shelter Advisory
Committee at 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday,November 2019. The motion carried.
These minutes approved on the 19th day of August 2020.
APPROVED:
116kt.
Deborah Michnick,CHAIR
ATTEST:
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Gail Smallin,SECRETARY