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ANIMAL CARE ADVISORY MEETING
Conference Room, 2626 Holly
Minutes from August 19'h, 2020
Members Present: Linda Gibeaut, Sharon Ray, Juliana Carlisle, Jarvis Amaya
Members Absent: Connie Bowen, Deborah Shores
City Staff: Joel Skidmore, Vickee Soliz, Jackie Torres, Jacqueline Escalante, Amanda Friar
Public Present: None
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Linda Gibeaut at 12:32 p.m.
H. Roll Call of Members
Roll was called, and a quorum was confirmed.
III. Discussion and Approval of Minutes from June 171h, 2020
Sharon Ray motioned to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
IV. Discussion and Approval of Absences from June 17'h, 2020
Sharon Ray motioned to approve the absence of Jarvis Amaya. The motion was seconded and passed
unanimously.
V. Department Presentation and Discussion
• Region 11 Zoonosis Report — No discussion due to one of the board members needing to leave the
meeting therefore a quorum was no longer present.
• Current Shelter Report and Clinic Report —Mr. Skidmore went over CCACS Comparison Shelter
report June 2019/2020. Highlighting an increase in Live release from 86.98% in 2019 to 87.85% in
2020, Violations from 139 in 2019 to 311 in 2020 and a decrease in Bite Cases form 144 in 2019 to
93 in 2020. The Average Length of Stay for Dogs/Cats/Other also reflects a decrease for Cats 23 in
2019 to 8 in 2020 and Dogs 16 in 2019 to 10 in 2020. Clinic Report for Dogs/Cats at 134 in 2019
and 55 in 2020. Microchips in 2019 is 166 and 11 in 2020. City Licenses for 2019 were 612 and 542
in 2020. Mr. Skidmore and the rest of the board were unable to continue the meeting due to Ms.
Carlisle needing to leave the meeting at 1:00 pm, therefore a quorum was not present.
• Program Manager Update — Mr. Skidmore introduced our new Assistant Program Manager Vickee
Soliz.to the committee.
Subcommittee Reports
• Ordinances - Bypass
• Volunteer Recruitment - Bypass
• Tethering Ordinances —Bypass
• CCACS Ordinances- A motion was made and passed unanimously to allow the CCACS presentation
to be presented first on the agenda. Officer Escalante gave a presentation on Sec.6-126.-City
Registration, Sec. 6-125 Failure to Reclaim. Officer Escalante discussed statistics on animals with a
microchip returned to owner, the cost benefits of a microchip instead of a city registration tag and
holding owners accountable that do not reclaim. Ms. Carlisle asked what the fee would be for an owner
that did not reclaim. Officer Escalante advised the fee has not been established yet, it needs to be an
approved ordinance first. Mr. Amaya inquired on enforcement for the Microchip Ordinance. Officer
Escalante explained that it would be similar to the current City Registration Ordinance that will allow
citations to be issued to the owner if animal is not chipped and/or updated. Ms. Ray motioned to move
forward with the proposed ordinances, the motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
VI. Old Business for Discussion and Possible Action
• None Discussed.
VII. New Business for Discussion and Possible Action
• None Discussed.
VIII. Public Comments
None
IX. Identify items to be placed on next agenda
• None Discussed.
X. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 1:00. All approved, and meeting was adjourned.
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PUBLIC HEALTH REGION 11 SUMMER -QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER 2020
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RABIES REPORT
During the first six months of 2020 (January -June), four
(4) rabid bats were reported in Region 11 in each of the
following counties: Bee, Hidalgo, Nueces and Refugio.
Also a decomposed bat, a decomposed dog, a destroyed
skunk, a destroyed dog, and a destroyed bat were also
investigated.
LABORATORY
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2020 RABIES CASES
Rabies Cases by Species
Animal e
COUNTY
2020
2019
2018
JANUARY
0
1
0
FEBRUARY
2
0
1
MARCH
2
2
5
APRIL
0
2
4
MAY
0
3
1
JUNE
0
0
1
TOTAL
4
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During the first six months of 2020 (January -June), four
(4) rabid bats were reported in Region 11 in each of the
following counties: Bee, Hidalgo, Nueces and Refugio.
Also a decomposed bat, a decomposed dog, a destroyed
skunk, a destroyed dog, and a destroyed bat were also
investigated.
LABORATORY
N
2020 RABIES CASES
Rabies Cases by Species
Animal e
COUNTY
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
TOTAL
BEE
0
BAT -1
0
0
0
0
1
HIDALGO
0
0
BAT -1
0
0
0
1
NUECES
0
0
BAT -1
0
0
0
1
REFUGIO
0
BAT -1
0
0
0
0
1
TOTAL
0
2
2
0
0
0
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