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Animal Control Commission January 6th. 2015 5:30 P.M. Commission Members Present: Betsy Culp, Ernest Galos, Rebecca Kaiser, Emily Sexton Citizen Members Present: 1 (Rebecca's mother) Council Members Present: Tim Scott Others Present: Matt Harmon, Todd Howard Agenda: No scheduled topics In commission meeting Chairperson Ernest Galos called the meeting to order. Matt Harmon indicated that he was attending this meeting to help the commission get started on a direction to take as far as policies, suggestions for SBACC, and what the commission might like to see happen at the shelter. Mr. Harmon iterated the importance of the need for volunteers at the shelter and events. Rebecca Kaiser mentioned she has a couple of volunteers working on tracking backyard breeders, via the internet. She wants to focus on getting more volunteers to help with making a list of said backyard breeders, and connect that with Code Enforcement and SBACC Officers to not only try and cut down the amount of backyard breeding, but also fine these offenders so they are less likely to continue. Matt Harmon suggests the commission figure out a policy they'd like to propose for backyard breeders, should there be a notice sent out? Ernest Galos brings up grants for spay /neuter rescues, and how SBACC could work with the City on integrating information such as a database that could be accessed by all enforcers. This way properties or offenders could be flagged. Rebecca Kaiser is working with Ron Teachman and the police with a program called "See Spot Run after Dark ". The Program consists of a group of volunteers working after hours to respond to calls regarding various animal rescue issues. She also suggests there be a database for the See Spot Run after Dark volunteers to track their efforts. Matt likes this idea and brings up bite cases in our area, they are double than surrounding areas, but he suggests this number is now double because the reporting is getting better than in previous years. He says it would be interesting to get health records of the number of animals sent for testing compared to past years /records. Rebecca says more people are reporting properties with pit bulls because they are worries about dog bites. To break stereo types of breeds she says some good events to put into place would be monthly adoptions help at the County City Building or another location, and "Tail Wagging Tail Gating" Event.