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City Of Minutes of Regular Monthly Meeting of June 19j 1993
Cprpus Administrative Conference Room - 1702 Horne Rd.
Chfis(i Corpus Christi-Nueces County Health Department
MEMBERS PRESENT: Richard A. Schafer, D.V.M. , Vice-Chairman; Cissi Sweeney;
Mary V. Penuel; Michael Hughes, D.V.M. ; Shirley Justus
MEMBERS BSENT: Larry French; Leo Luna
STAFF PRESENT: Dr. Nina M. Sisley; Jeff Beynon
GUESTS PR NT: News media
CALL TO O : By Dr. Schafer, Vice-Chairman, at 2:30. May minutes approved.
ATTENDANCE REVIEW: All in good standing.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT: Monthly statistics: The number of bite cases is about the
same but investigations are down which indicates Animal Control was more
effective in catching animals; many juvenile cats and kittens with no mother
were brought in; miscellaneous animals adopted/reclaimed included 2 snakes
and a potbellied pig; only 2 animals were shipped for rabies examination last
month, but there have already been 4 this month; the number of animals
euthanized is down considerably compared to May 1992. Not all 1992 licenses
are in the computer: 1 veterinarian had a backlog due to massive staff
changes and then lost many when burglarized; 2 other Veterinary Clinics have
not sent in licenses since February. Animal Control will start notifying
veterinarians who are past 30 days sending them in. Mr. Beynon ordered
45, 000 tags this year and may have to order more. State law does not require
Animal Control to follow-up to make sure all adopted animals are sterilized
and some citizens are not complying; compliance is the citizen's responsi-
bility. Animal Control has 2 summer workers (4 people are working on
computers now) . Rabies Update: As of 6/10/93 there have been 75 cases in
this region; there were 57 cases at the same time in 1992. 9 of the 1992
cases were of non-canine strain compared to 3 in 1993. More domesticl animals
were affected in 1993 than in 1992. Horse drawn carriage: Traffic Engineer-
ing issued Mr.. Braun a temporary permit to operate on C.C. Beach; he is now
requesting to expand his permit to operate in the downtown area; Mr. Beynon
would not approve his request without him coming before this Committee again.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Dr. Schafer automatically becomes Chairman by virtue of
being Vice-Chairman. Dr. Hughes was elected Vice Chairman.
COMMITTEE _REPORTS: New Member: Shirley Justus was introduced. ordinance
review subcommittee: The Subcommittee did not meet this past month. Dr.
Hughes will set up a meeting soon. There is no rush in reviewing the
ordinance. Vacation month: Motion approved to not meet in August. Horse
drawn carriage: This Committee feels Mr. Braun needs to establish a good
track record in the C.C. Beach area before expanding further. Dr. Hughes
provided information from Carriage Operators of North America and asked that
Mr. Beynon and Members be prepared to discuss it at the July meeting. Mr.
Beynon says local temperature guidelines are more restrictive. Licensing by
Computer: City Hall mainframe is all that is available to Animal Control now;
they would need a compatible computer system before anything like this could
be implemented with local Veterinarians/PetsMart. Euthanization: A new
chamber was approved by the City Manager in 1993-94 budget. Discussed
euthanizing by chamber vs. injections and how it affects the staff.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: None
ADJOURNMENT: At 3 :25 p.m. Next meeting 7/8/93 at 2 :30 p.m.