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Animal Control Commission March V, 2015 5:30 p.m. Commission Members Present: Emily Sexton, Ernest Galos, Becky Kaiser, Betsy Culp Citizen Members Present: Matt Harmon Council Members Present: Agenda: No scheduled topics Ernest: Calls meeting to order 5:31 pm, Review of minutes: no corrections, approved New business: Matt Harmon gives overview: 3 -4 -15 strategy meeting at the shelter, building mission statement, addressing 3 -5 year plan. Working on getting a grant for Pet Refuge and SBACC to do a 300 microchip giveaway around June 2015. Each month starting in May, partnering with a faith based groups to be in the community and do outreach. There is a new attorney, Stephanie Steele, to represent the SBACC and is excited about new vision connecting crimes with Animal Control. Now there will be the ability to prosecute and have access to records from the police dept. that they haven't been able to use before. Ernest: How has the new ordinance regards to cold weather we've had, been busy with that kind of stuff? Matt: Not right now because it's not so cold, but during the extreme weather changes we are always just so busy. This year has been even more so because now that people know about us they're more apt to call, which is good we are trying to accomplish that. But we may need more officers to compensate. Near future we will release the 2014 annual report, I'll send it out in a PDF once the Mayor's Office makes it public. Breaks down, 1 officer per 31,000 people roughly. Pie graph breaks down different types of calls /complaints. Starting to keep track of all this info to see how we can improve. St. Patty's Day parade we will have our own spot so people will acknowledge the adoptions. Matt and Becky discuss: Putting up notice on social media as soon as you get confirmation with the Mayor's office Ernest: Are you guys going to participate in any of the SB150 Events too? Matt: Not technically but when we do an event we will contact the Mayor's office and get a stamp on it, so yes and no. Dog Days, that stuff will be part of the event as well. Discussion between all members goes on about how these events with dogs bring out so many people from the community. Matt talks about events and promotions: Spay neuter outreach month long, radio spots ready to go, commercial for fixing a cat, etc. Want to do more outreach.