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Animal Care and Control was working with multiple rescue groups, which in turn lowers the cost for the City. Mr. Howard continued that they are working to reduce animal bites. One of our three (3) animal control officers is now also the bite case coordinator. This means that now every time there is a bite, we have one (1) person the case goes straight to.We worked with IT to find out where the bites are occurring, when they are occurring, and who they are occurring to. If there is a high rate of children being bitten by stray animals in a given area, we could send people to those schools so we can teach the children how to approach stray animals and reduce those bitings. We are transitioning to Accela software and working with the Office of Innovation to find the best match for our dispatching system. This year we've yet to have a clinic to increase vaccinations and microchips, but we are going to be talking to the humane society of the United States to get a grant for more vaccinations. Increasing revenue is always a challenge to Animal Control. We will be reevaluating a lot of our processes in the near future, as well as going over the ordinances to see what we can do to increase the revenue. We are having targeted adoption specials to increase adoptions as well. Next year, we plan to utilize all of the information we have been acquiring to continue to seek ways to reduce animal euthanasia rates. We already have some of the lowest numbers in the area. Animal Care and Control will also be increasing community outreach and communication. We'll be putting together different pamphlets and brochures and getting as much information as possible up on the website. We want to make ourselves as accessible as possible. We are going to begin migrating Animal Control vehicles over the next couple of years to the pickup Chassis. Vans tend to be far more expensive, considering that there are cages we can drop on the back of the pickup trucks. Vans also require a different kind of maintenance and more gas, and the new vehicles will be more fuel efficient. We'll be restructuring management positions to improve efficiency and sustainability, which will be a work in progress over the next year. Once the manager position is filled at the shelter, we'll be working to see what we need to do and who we need to change around here and there to ensure that we can be more efficient. Mr. Wilkerson stated that the current vans they use are no longer made. If they were to buy vans, our current cages would not fit in them. If we buy the pickup trucks, our cages will work for two (2) generations of pickup trucks. Our kennels are useless if we go with vans. They are planning to make changes to the current ordinance. On August 1, 2013 the new ordinance was approved, and it has worked out great. There are many parts of it that we are able to utilize. Their enforcement action has gone up significantly since then. We've been able to hold habitual offenders accountable for their actions, we have far more control over the 16