HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Animal Care Advisory Committee - 05/16/2019MINUTES OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
ANIMAL CARE ADVISORY MEETING
Conference Room, 2626 Holly
Minutes from May 16, 2019
Members Present: Linda Gibeaut, Margaret Obregon, Connie Baird Bowen, and Sharon Ray
Members Absent: None
City Staff: Mike Gillis, Jackie Torres, Elizabeth Atwood
Public Present: Jarvis Amaya, Deborah Shores
L Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Ms. Gibeaut at 12:35 p.m.
II. Roll Call of Members
Roll was called, and a quorum was confirmed.
III. Discussion and Approval of Minutes from January 17, 2019
Ms. Gibeaut moved to approve the minutes. It was stated no minutes due to Tom Brown being reassigned.
IV. Discussion and Approval of Absences from January 17, 2019
None
V. Department Presentation and Discussion
• Region 11 Zoonosis Report — 3 confirmed bat rabies noted. No questions were raised regarding the
report.
• Current Shelter Report and Clinic Report — Mr. Gillis stated total live release up from 2018
80.67% and 2019 is 87.99%. April total live release was 88.3%. Cats are also up from 2018 at
45.57% to 71.84%. Credit was given to the kitten nursery with bottle fed babies. 72 kittens have
graduated from the bottle-feeding class. The new nursery has been well received by the public. Ms.
Gibeaut added how impressed she was with the live release rate being up and thanked Mr. Gillis and
his staff. Mr. Gillis stated how pleased he was with consistent staffing levels. Adding almost all 19
slots for ACO's are filled with two in background check stage.
• Program Manager Update — Mr. Gillis stated the Wolf Pack Program is exceeding expectations
bringing in new foot traffic to the facility. Incarnate Word Academy planned a field trip to read to
the dogs with third and fourth graders. Girl Scouts are planning a Silver Badge project around the
animals. Mr. Gillis also stated he was pleased to announce a $5000 innovation grant last week to
assist in kicking off a fostering program.
Subcommittee Reports
Bypass
• Ordinances—Bypass
• Volunteer Recruitment — Bypass
VI. Old Business for Discussion and Possible Action
• Recidivism rate for animals returned to CCACS via owner surrender and stray pickup —Dr. Draper
is continuing to try to obtain the information, but it is not a report contained within Chameleon. Dr.
Draper believes that she may be able to data mine but will continue to work on this to see if it can be
done.
• City Ordinance regarding Tethering — Motion passes to table. New state law covers Tethering.
• Breeding Ordinance — Motion passes to table. May be added at another time.
VII. New Business for Discussion and Possible Action
• Spay and Neuter Ordinance, Mr. Gillis stated this is our number one issue, however, the problem that
we may have is enforcement. The concern is, do we want to punish and already deprived community.
Comment was made that grants are no longer being given. Continue to discuss next month. Ms.
Gibeaut will contact San Antoni and stated more research needs to be done.
• Meeting date and time change, 31 Wednesday of every month at 12:30 p.m. Motion passes to change
date and time.
VIII. Public Comments
There were no public comments.
IX. Identify items to be placed on next aeenda
For Old Business keep "Spay and Neuter Ordinance".
X. Adjournment
There was a motion to adjourn by Ms. Gibeaut with second by Ms. Obregon, all being in favor the
meeting was unanimously adjourned at 1:27 p.m.
Ronald D. Tyler, DVM, MS TEXAS 601 W. Sesame DriveVaishnavi Narasimhan, MPH- Zoonosis Control Specialist Ilealthaa Human Harlingen, Texas 78550
Letty Tamayo, MS- Public Health Specialist is Services Office: (956) 444-3212 FAX: (956) 444-3216
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TEXAS RABIES REPORTS
Extensive information about rabies in Texas
is available at https.//vvww.dshs.state.tx.uslidcu/
disease/rabies/. The "Cases/Statistics" link will
take you to monthly and annual rabies reports
showing the animals tested for rabies by
County as well as to a search query that lists
confirmed rabies cases in individual counties.
The "Maps" link will allow you to view Texas
maps showing the rabies cases by County,
species and/or rabies virus variant from 2003
to the present.
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