[1. Call to order and roll call of members]
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ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS.
[2. Approval of minutes for June 12, 2024, committee meeting]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR JUNE 12TH.DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT? NOPE.
HE'S GONNA WORK ON GETTING Y'ALL SCREENS ON HEAD IN FRONT OF Y'ALL.
IT'S, IT IS ON THE, THIS SCREEN, BUT IT'S A LITTLE SMALL FOR Y'ALL.
I'LL BET YOU THINK I CAN READ THAT.
THEY'RE THEY'RE WORKING ON IT OVER HERE, BUT THEY'RE GONNA GET IT IN FRONT OF US HERE, WOULDN'T THEY? BUT IT ALSO WAS IN Y'ALL EMAILS.
I DUNNO IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
'CAUSE THIS WAS FROM TWO MONTHS AGO.
I HAD, I HAD SEEN THAT ONE FOR SOME REASON.
YEAH, BECAUSE I READ IT, I READ IT BEFORE THE OTHER, YEAH.
I FORGET WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST MINUTES.
[3. General shelter update and June & July statistics from Amelia Nusbaum]
ALL RIGHT.SO A QUICK LOOK AT THE STATISTICS FOR JUNE AND JULY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WERE, WE HAD A GREAT NUMBER OF ADOPTIONS IN JUNE, AND THEN I WANTED TO POINT OUT IN JULY, UM, JULY IS STILL AN EXCELLENT NUMBER FOR THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT WERE ADOPTED DUE TO THE HURRICANE THAT WE HAD.
UM, THAT KIND OF, UM, PREVENTED THE COMMUNITY FROM COMING TO ADOPT AND HELP US OUT.
UM, AND IN GENERAL, FOR JULY, WE'VE HAD, WE HAD ESSENTIALLY MORE COMING IN THAN WE'RE LEAVING.
UM, SO THAT KIND OF SET US UP TO OUR CURRENT CAPACITY FOR DOGS, WHICH WE ARE IN EXTREME.
UM, WE'RE IN THE EXTREME RANGE, SO WE'RE FILLED IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM.
UM, BUT I HOPING IT'S AT THE END OF KITTEN SEASON.
SO WE'RE SITTING IN A REALLY DECENT PLACE FOR CATS RIGHT NOW WITH CATS AND KITTENS, UM, BETWEEN MODERATE AND NORMAL CAPACITY.
UM, AND WE HAD OUR BISSELL EVENT, UM, WHERE WE ADOPTED OUT 116 ANIMALS.
UM, AND EVEN IF, I MEAN, IF THE HURRICANE HADN COME, WE COULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL, BUT THAT'S STILL REALLY EXCITING, UM, GIVEN THE NUMBERS.
AND IT WAS, PEOPLE WERE STILL, THE COMMUNITY WAS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE HURRICANE
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE STATISTICS? NOPE.
ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THOSE STATISTICS, GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES GIVEN? ABSOLUTELY.
I'D STILL LIKE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY ROOM EMPTY THOUGH,
WE HAD, WE HAD ADOPTERS COMING IN AND PEOPLE LOOKING AT ANIMALS TO ADOPT, LIKE THE DAY AF THIS FIRST DAY WE OPENED.
AND SO THAT WAS AN AMAZING TURNOUT AND SUPER GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT.
UM, SO SOME OTHER GENERAL SHELTER UPDATES, MOVING PAST THE STATS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR THE SECOND, UM, OFFICER.
I THINK IT WAS STARTING 26TH, THE 26TH.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A, UH, FULL TEAM FOR OFFICERS AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN BUSY UPDATING AND DRAFTING SOME NEW POLICIES TO HELP US BE A LITTLE MORE IN LINE WITH BEST PRACTICES.
THEY'RE ALWAYS UPDATING, THERE'S ALWAYS NEW RESEARCH THAT'S OUT THERE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA STAY ON THE STAY ON THE FRONT END OF THAT.
AND IT'S, UM, MAINLY IN REGARDS TO, WE'RE FIRST LOOKING AT SANITATION AND STRESS MANAGEMENT IN GENERAL FOR A LOT OF THE PROCESSES THAT WE'RE EDITING AND UPDATING.
AND WE HAVE AN EXCITING, A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT WE TOOK PLACE THAT WERE, WE'VE, THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
UM, SO THERE IS A REOCCURRING MONTHLY EVENT, THE MAKER'S MARKET, AND IT'S HOSTED BY SOUL FREE COFFEE SHOP AT THE LEAGUE PARK.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON PLANNING A FALL EVENT, AND WE HAVE A FOSTER APPRECIATION CELEBRATION COMING UP NEXT WEEK TO REALLY JUST GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE FOSTERS.
UM, THE, THE AMOUNT OF KITTENS
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME REALLY EXCITING UPDATES IN REGARDS TO THE NUMBER OF DOGS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR A LONG TIME THAT WE GOT OUT TO FOSTER CARE.
UM, AND SO WOULD YOU GUYS BE INTERESTED IN NAMES OR YOU JUST KIND OF WANT A NUMBER? YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT TO HEAR THE NAME.
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STELLA LUNA.AND HOW MANY DOGS HAVE BEEN? OKAY.
OH, AND THEN WE'VE HAD 45 DOGS ADOPTED FROM FOSTER CARE.
A LOT OF THOSE ARE PUPPIES AND THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME LONG STAY DOGS ALSO GET ADOPTED TOO.
WALTER GUNNER JOJI AND OAKLEY.
AND SO THAT WAS EXCITING AS WELL.
UM, OH, I MISREAD THAT INFORMATION.
IT WAS 17 DOGS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED FROM FOSTER CARE IN THE PAST 45 DAYS.
I FLIPPED THOSE NUMBERS, WHICH IS A LOT IN SHORT TIME.
THAT'S STILL A LOT BECAUSE FIVE, WE DON'T WANT THEM IN THE SHELTER.
THEY'RE MUCH HAPPIER IN A HOME.
AND SO FOR THEM TO GET, UM, ADOPTED RIGHT FROM THEIR HOMES, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.
UM, YEAH, ALICIA DID GREAT WORK WITH ALL OF HER LITTER.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY IN FOSTER THE WHOLE TIME.
IT PREVENTS A, A STRAIN ON, ON THE SHELTER.
AND THE TRANSITION FROM UM, HOME TO HOME IS A LOT EASIER THAN FROM SHELTER TO HOME.
AND SO IT JUST SETS 'EM UP FOR SUCCESS ALL THE WAY AROUND.
I RAN THROUGH THOSE UPDATES REALLY QUICKLY.
DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO WHERE IS THE NEW, UM, OFFICER FROM? ARE THEY CERTIFIED OR IS THIS IN LIKE, OFF LIKE NOT CERTIFIED OFFICER? NOT CERTIFIED.
UM, EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN A BUNCH OF OTHER, IN, IN A BUNCH OF AREAS I DON'T SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER.
AND I KNOW HER STRONG SUIT IS, UM, VET TECH.
SO SHE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN ANIMAL HANDLING.
VACCINATING, I BELIEVE, SOME WILDLIFE.
SHE HAD EXTENSIVE, UM, ANIMAL HANDLING, UM, CUSTOMER DEALING WITH, UM, WITH CUSTOMERS AND ANGRY PEOPLE, WHICH IS REALLY HELPFUL OUT IN THE FIELD.
UM, AND, UH, YEAH, A LOT OF ANIMAL EXPERIENCE MM-HMM.
AND I KNOW IT SOUNDS A LITTLE WEIRD TO HIGHLIGHT THAT EXPERIENCE, BUT THAT'S A LARGE PART OF THEIR JOB, YOU KNOW, ASSISTING THE COMMUNITY AND BEING IN THE FIELD.
BUT ANIMAL HANDLING VACCINATING, THAT'S ALSO LIKE THE SECOND PART OF THEIR POSITION.
THE CUSTOMER SERVICE ASPECT IS, IS A BIG DEAL.
SO SHE DECIDED SHE WANTS TO TRY THIS OUT.
AND SHE HAD SOME SHELTER EXPERIENCE PREVIOUSLY AS WELL.
SO SHE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH HOW A SHELTER OPERATES.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
[5. Review of proposed 2025 shelter budget]
SO, UH, WE'LL GO TO NUMBER FIVE, REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED SHELTER BUDGET.LET'S SEE IF THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO GET THAT UP ON YOUR SCREEN.
I'M ASSUMING YOU CAN'T READ THIS
IT'D BE GREAT IF WE HAD IT IN FRONT, BUT YEAH, I'VE GOT A COPY OF IT, SO OKAY.
WANNA HAVE A ROOM, JUST WALK THROUGH THE SURE, SURE, SURE.
MILLI, DO YOU WANT TO JUST WALK THROUGH THE BUDGET AND SORT OF A, UM, LET'S SEE.
SO IT'LL COME UP ON YOUR SCREENS.
SO FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS, BUT WHAT MIGHT BE EASIER IS I'VE KIND OF PULLED OUT, UM, OUR INCREASES AND, UM, BUDGET DECREASES.
SO I'LL JUST START HIGHLIGHTING THOSE.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK IF YOU GUYS WANT MORE DETAILS AS WELL.
SO LOOKING SPECIFICALLY, LET ME GO BACK TO THIS PAGE.
SO OUR INCREASES FOR FY 25 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, SO THE SPAY AND NEUTER, WE HAVE A 20% INCREASE, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
AND SO THAT CATEGORY SPECIFICALLY REFERS TO THE BODY CAMERAS AND THE ACCESSORIES THAT GO WITH THAT.
UM, THAT'S GONNA BE AROUND 14 K TRAINING AND TRAVEL.
WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 3000, AND THAT'S, UH, INCLUDING CONFERENCES, THE UPCOMING EUTHANASIA TRAINING AND COMPASSION FATIGUE TRAINING, BUILDING AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE INCREASED.
THAT IS NOT AN AREA THAT WE CONTROL.
UM, AND THE NEW POSITION THAT WAS APPROVED AND WE HAD DECREASES, AGAIN, THESE, THESE ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT, UH, NECESSARILY THAT WE CONTROL WAS THE OIL AND GAS DECREASED ABOUT 5,000 IF I'M ROUNDING UP.
AND THE UNIFORM EXPENSE DECREASED AS WELL.
SO WE HAD INCREASES IN THE KEY AREAS THAT WE NEEDED.
SO THE CITY GAVE YOU YOUR UPPER
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OF ONE PERSON? IT HASN'T THE NEW POSITION.OH, I THOUGHT SHE SAID BY COUNCIL.
IT'S BEEN APPROVED TO GO TO COUNCIL.
IT HAS TO GET PAST INTERNAL LAYERS FIRST.
AND THE TRAINING AND TRAVEL THAT INCREASED WAS DUE TO WHAT, AGAIN? ADDING ADDITIONAL EUTHANASIA TRAINING, WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE, UM, PER PERSON.
UM, UH, DO YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN THE COMPASSION FATIGUE, IF YOU COULD? SURE.
SO THE ANIMAL WELFARE IN THE ANIMAL, ANYBODY WORKING IN THE ANIMAL INDUSTRY IN GENERAL, IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S VERY MUCH SEEN IN THE VET COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
UM, ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE JUST DEALING WITH SO MANY TRAUMATIC, SAD, STRESSFUL EVENTS THAT, UM, YOU GET BURNOUT AND YOU CAN GO INTO, UM, YOU, YOU TEND TO WANT TO LEAVE THE FIELD AND IT AFFECTS YOUR, YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL.
AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP EVERYBODY AWARE OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP MITIGATE IT FROM THE PERSON LEAVING THE FIELD IN GENERAL.
SO IS THIS A PROACTIVE THING OR, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY SEEMING TO STRESS OUT, YOU RECOMMEND THEM FOR THIS OR IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TALKED ABOUT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, IF NOT MORE FREQUENTLY? MM-HMM.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE A REGULAR TRAINING, ALMOST JUST LIKE A SAFETY TRAINING.
UM, BECAUSE THAT MENTAL HEALTH ASPECT IS GOING TO AFFECT EVERY PART OF YOUR LIFE.
UM, AND WE WANNA KEEP EVERYBODY HEALTHY, HEALTHY AND HAPPY.
AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'VE HAD BEFORE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE BEFORE AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S SUPER, UM, NOT A LOT OF SHELTERS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT EITHER.
AND SO IT'S EXTREMELY EXCITING THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO THE TEAM.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WISHED FOR
UM, BUT COMING IN, HAVING THIS ALREADY BEEN PROPOSED VERY PLEASANTLY HAPPY, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE POSITION.
UM, THE BODY CAMERAS, UH, AND THE NEW TRAINING.
I MEAN, WHAT MORE COULD WE, WHAT MORE COULD WE ASK FOR? UM, SO, AND THEN THE INCREASE IN SPAY NEUTER, THAT'S DEFINITELY GONNA HELP US SECURE ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS.
UM, AND NOT BE LIMITED TO JUST LIKE ONE PLACE OF SERVICE, BUT WE CAN VISIT MANY DIFFERENT CLINICS AND CREATE THE CONTRACTS WITH THEM.
SO WHERE DID THE 30,000 GO THAT CAME FROM BEST FRIENDS? IT HASN'T GONE ANY, IT HASN'T GONE ANYWHERE.
IT'S STILL WAITING, BUT LIKE, IT BECOMES, LIKE, IT GOES INTO THIS, DOESN'T IT? THE YOU'RE, THE BUDGET YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE, UM, THE LIKE MAIN BUDGET.
THERE'S A DONATION ACCOUNT AS WELL, AND IT'S IN THE DONATION ACCOUNT TO SPEND IN 24 25 IN THE 25 FISCAL YEAR.
IT, I DON'T THINK IT NECESSARILY WAS STIPULATED THAT WAY.
SO HAS ANY OF THEM THE 30 KI THOUGHT LIKE YOU GET A GRANT, THE CITY GETS A, GET A GRANT AND THEN IT HAS TO GO INTO LIKE THE NEXT FOLLOWING BUDGET CYCLE.
IT DOESN'T, YOU WANNA EXPLAIN THAT OR YOU WANT ME TO? IT USUALLY DEPENDS ON THE GRANT.
AND SO I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE 30,000 WITH THE BEST FRIENDS, BUT I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE MORE RECENT 10,000.
WAS IT FROM MADDIE'S FUND? MM-HMM.
UM, AND IN THE GRANT IT STIPULATES AT THE TIME THAT WE RECEIVED THE MONEY, WE HAVE A DEADLINE WITH WHICH TO SPEND IT.
UM, SO THE GRANT, LIKE CAPTAIN LEE JUST SAID IT VERY MUCH VARIES WITH EACH GRANT.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 30,000 IS.
IT'S, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE 30,000 IS IN THE DONATION FUND.
IT'S IN THE DONATION FUND RIGHT NOW TO SPEND MM-HMM.
SO SPEND LIKE AS IN 2024 RIGHT NOW TOO.
SO THE DONATION FUND IS USED FOR WHAT THE DONATION FUND IS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
PLEASE FILL IN, UM, ESSENTIALLY USED TO HELP BACK US UP IN OTHER AREAS THAT THE BUDGET DOESN'T REALLY ACCOUNT FOR.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE, IF WE SAW A NEED TO HAVE, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT'S, AND WE'VE ALREADY USED ALL OF THE TRAINING BUDGET, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE DONATION FUND FOR THAT REASON.
OR IF WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL MEDICAL EXPENSES COVERED, THE DONATION FUND WOULD BE USED FOR THAT REASON AS WELL.
IT ALSO COVERS THINGS LIKE, LIKE SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PULL, YOU KNOW, AD BUDGET TO.
SO THINGS LIKE SPECIAL EVENTS, UM, VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION PROGRAMS, UM, EXTRAORDINARY MEDICAL, YOU KNOW, THAT OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S THAT ABOVE AND BEYOND.
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OKAY.SO, YOU KNOW, WITH INFLATION BEING LIKE, WHAT, 20, 20% IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS OR SO, LIKE I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WOULD ASK FOR A MUCH BIGGER UPPER ON YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
'CAUSE THAT'S ALL YOUR VET AND SPAY NEUTER STUFF.
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT, UM, REQUEST.
NORMALLY IF YOU GO OVER 20% INCREASE, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT YOU SIDEWAYS.
SO A 20% INCREASE IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU GOT A 20% INCREASE.
WHERE DO YOU SEE 20%? AM I LOOKING AT THE WRONG NUMBERS HERE? THE TOTAL WAS, UM, THE, WHAT? THE TOTAL PREVIOUSLY WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING? WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING? IT SAYS THE FISCAL YEAR.
I'M LOOKING AT THE FISCAL YEAR 25 PROPOSED BUDGET.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ACCOUNT? YEAH.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FA NEUTER SPECIFICALLY WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DEDICATED TO THAT.
THEN YOU HAD A COUPLE OTHER LINE ITEMS IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
SO THAT'S WHERE, WHAT, THAT'S WHERE THE 20 K IS.
IT'S THE 20% OF THE A HUNDRED MM-HMM.
SO YOU'VE GOT THE SPAY AND NEUTER, WHICH IS THE, FROM THE A HUNDRED TO 120 K.
THEN YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONAL VET EXPENSES.
THAT LUMP IS LUMPED INTO THAT SUM THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
AND THE FUNDING WE HAVE TO TREAT HEARTWORMS. YEAH.
I MEAN IT JUST ONLY WENT UP ABOUT 20 K.
WHICH WAS 20% OF THE BUDGETED AMOUNT FOR SPAY NEUTER FROM THE OF SPAY NEUTER AMOUNT.
BUT NOT, I THOUGHT YOU GUYS SHOULD GET, LIKE WITH EXPENSES OF THE VET CARE AND EVERYTHING, AND YOU GUYS HAVE NOT BEEN GETTING UPPERS LATELY THAT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN, YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO PUSH FOR IT.
I MEAN, DON'T YOU AGREE VET SERVICES HAVE GONE UP GREATLY.
I MEAN, BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THAT'S ALSO NOT ALL OF THE MONEY ALLOCATED TO SPAY NEUTER.
THERE IS ADDITIONAL SPAY NEUTER FUNDING COMING FROM THE DONATION ACCOUNT AS WELL.
UH, AND AND THAT GRANT SITTING THERE.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE FULL PICTURE AS WELL OF WHAT THE CITY, THE CITY.
BUT, BUT LIKE CAPTAIN LEE WAS SAYING, ASKING FOR 20% IS A HUGE, THAT'S KIND OF THE CAP OF WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUSH FOR AN INCREASE OF, AND IF NOT MORE THAN THE CAP.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SHOW 'EM HOW MANY ANIMALS YOU HAVE OUTSTANDING THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SPAYED AND NEUTERED OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
I THINK WE LOOK AT IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE A BETTER PICTURE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE SECURED ADDITIONAL VENDORS FOR SPAY NEUTER.
UM, SO THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN LIKE IN JUNE YOU WERE SAYING YOU'RE HOPING TO HAVE A CONTRACT AT THE END OF JUNE.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON SECURING, UM, TWO ADDITIONAL MM-HMM.
UM, AND SO THEN WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD I THINK WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA WHERE WE STAND AND UH, IF WE NEED TO ASK FOR MORE OR NOT.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND YOU WANNA FIND OUT YOUR CLINICS, BUT I MEAN THE NUMBER THAT YOU NEED FOR SPAY NEUTER IS LIKE ALL THE ANIMALS OUTSTANDING, INCLUDING THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AND NOT BEEN SPAYED OR NEUTERED.
LIKE BACK INTO, LIKE I THINK RHONDA DID SOME REALLY GOOD WORK.
SHE HAD A LOT OF NUMBERS BACK.
BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CLINICS TO TAKE 'EM DUE TO GET FIXED, WE DON'T NEED THE MONEY.
SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO SECURE AS MANY CLINICS AND CREATE AS MANY CONTRACTS AS WE CAN AND THEN WE CAN START USING THAT FUNDING.
AND SO THAT IS PART OF, UM, THAT'S PART OF IT.
'CAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE PLACES THAT WE CAN CONTRACT WITH, WE'RE NOT USING THAT MONEY.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HELD US BACK.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON CREATING IS ADDITIONAL CLINICS TO TAKE 'EM TO.
BUT I STILL THINK YOU WOULD PRESENT THE CITY WITH THE DATA.
HERE'S WHAT, WHAT MONEY I NEED VERSUS I CAN'T SPEND THE MONEY.
'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE CLINICS.
I THINK ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AS WELL IS THAT IT'S COME UP SEVERAL TIMES THAT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LARGE PORTION OF THE BUDGET, SHOULD WE EVEN BE COVERING SPAY NEUTER AT ALL? AND WE DO NOT WANT TO LOSE THAT.
SO ASKING FOR SOMETHING EXTREME AND RISKING LOSING IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND AS WELL.
OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS AN OPTION FOR THE SHELTER TO NOT SPAY NEUTER.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT WE DON'T COVER THAT.
THAT THE SHELTER DOESN'T PAY FOR SPAY NEUTER.
OH, I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME LAW THAT SAID IF YOU ADOPT ANIMALS, THEY HAD TO BE SPAYED, I GUESS.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHY THEY SIGNED THAT THING THAT THEY'LL GET 'EM SPAYED AND NEUTERED.
THERE'S NO, IT, IT SAYS THAT THEY WILL.
I THINK THAT WAS THE IDEA THAT WE GET AWAY FROM PAYING FOR PUSH THAT COST ON TO THE PERSON ADOPTED ONTO TO THE ADOPTER.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S REASON FOR CONCERN.
I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO TACKLE WHAT WE NEED TO, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE CAN GO INTO THE DONATION FUND AND WE MAY NOT EVEN REACH THAT POINT.
SO I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT, UM, HAVE A BETTER PICTURE AT THE END OF THE NEXT, AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
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SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT WANT TO GIVE THIS COMING YEAR AS A PROVING GROUND FOR THE NECESSITY OF IT? YOU, YOU'RE REASONABLY CONFIDENT.I MEAN, PLUS THEY HAVE THE BACKUP, SO MM-HMM.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT
THAT 30 IS THEIR BACKUP IF THEY, FOR LOTS OF THINGS OF CYNTHIA.
WELL, WELL THERE'S ALSO THE 30 IS FOR SPAY NEUTER FROM BEST FRIENDS SPECIFICALLY.
WE ALSO HAVE 15,000 EARMARKED SPECIFICALLY FOR SPAY NEUTER AND THE DONATION FROM AS WELL.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN EXTRA 45 TOTAL RIGHT THERE.
SO BEING PRUDENT ON TOP OF 120 AND LOOKING FOR PROOF TO PRESENT TO COUNSEL THAT YEAH.
NOT JUST IN THEORY, THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
WHEN WE DID BUDGETS, WE HAD TO HAVE THE DATA IN THE BACK
BUT SHE EXPLAINED THAT'S NOT SPAY NEUTER, THAT'S ALL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
BUT THE SPAY NEUTER IS THE A HUNDRED PLUS THE 20 K UPPER THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR.
ONE 20 IS ONE 20 PLUS THE 30 THAT THEY SAID WAS EARMARKED FROM, UM, BEST FRIENDS.
BEST FRIENDS, AND THEN ANOTHER 15 EARMARKED AUTO DONATIONS.
I THINK, I THINK WHAT THEY'RE AT IS SO REASONABLY PRUDENT.
WELL, THE 1 65, WELL, NOW THAT SHE TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER, THE NUMBER THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER, YOU KNOW, FOR SPAY UTER, IT'S JUST SO EXPENSIVE.
I MEAN, FIX YOUR PET IS QUITE LIKE LAST, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY IDEA HOW SOON YOU GUYS CAN, I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS.
I MEAN, LIKE WAY BEFORE YOU WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE CLINICS ON, ON SOME OF THAT.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN REQUEST AND PESTER
BUT IT DOES TAKE TIME FOR THEM TO DRAFT THEIR, EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANNA SEND TO US AND TO DISCUSS ALL OF THAT.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WAITING, UM, ON THEM AS WELL.
BECAUSE I KNOW FIX YOUR PET WAS TALKING ABOUT HIRING MAYBE ANOTHER VET, BUT THEY THEN SOME OTHER PEOPLE SAID, WELL, WITH KITTEN SEASON OVER, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE SO BUSY, SO MAYBE THEY CAN'T HIRE ANOTHER VET.
SO YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO, BUT I KNOW THAT WAS A CONSIDERATION FOR THEM.
HAVE WE, AND NOW THAT WE'VE LOST OUR, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY ACCESS TO THE PAUSE 9 1 1 PROGRAM YET? THAT WAS WITH ANIMAL ALLIANCE? YEAH.
WE'VE HAD LIMITED AVAILABILITY TO, TO SEND PEOPLE THAT WAY AND WE CAN STILL DO SO YOU CAN, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU LOST TWO ACOS THAT WERE PART OF THAT MM-HMM.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE PARTNERSHIP ENDED WITH THAT.
THE, THEY CAN STILL BE REFERRED TO ANIMAL ALLIANCE, WHICH IS WHO THE PROGRAM RUNS THROUGH.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANIMAL ALLIANCE THEMSELVES.
UM, I'M NOT SURE OF THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
AND AGAIN, TECHNOLOGY MAINTENANCE SERVICES THAT INCREASE WAS FOR THE, UM, BODY CAMERA EQUIPMENT FOR THE OFFICERS.
BODY CAMERA EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES.
WAS THERE ANY RATIONALE IN CALLING EVERYBODY A COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR? I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? WAS THERE ANY RATIONALE IN CALLING EVERYBODY A COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR VERSUS LIKE FOSTER COORDINATOR, VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR? THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE BOTH IN THEIR TITLES.
AND THAT WAS A DECISION MADE WITH HR.
SOMETHING THAT'S HISTORICAL THAT YOU'RE NOT SURE
SO YOU GUYS DIDN'T GET AN UPPER IN THAT, DID YOU? UH, NO.
OPERATING SUPPLIES DOES INCLUDE KITTY LITTER, INCLUDES MICROCHIPS, ANIMAL FOOD, KENNEL DISINFECTANT, SANITATION SUPPLIES AND VACCINATION SUPPLIES.
AND NOT A ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN THAT, WHICH WOULD SEEM TO BE A PLACE THAT'S RIPE FOR AN INCREASE.
THE LOOK HOW MANY YEARS? IT'S BEEN THE SAME MARKET, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHY WOULDN'T WE ASK FOR AN INCREASE IN THAT? THERE WAS, WE DON'T ASK FOR AN INCREASE, UH, GOING INTO THE NEXT BUDGET
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YEARS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SPEND THE MONEY WE WERE REQUESTED THE PREVIOUS YEAR.SO IF WE, WE DIDN'T SPEND THE MONEY WE WERE BUDGETED THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE DON'T GO AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY, COULDN'T SPEND WHAT WE WERE ALREADY GIVEN.
IS THAT THE CASE? WE'RE GONNA LAND RIGHT.
AT WHAT WE WERE, WHAT WE WERE OFFERED LAST YEAR, RIGHT AT IT.
AND JUST LIKE, WE'RE STILL MAKING THE NUMBER.
AND SOME OF THAT MONEY DOES COME OUT OF THE DONATION, YOU KNOW, AS WELL.
PROJECTS AND THINGS WITH PEOPLE.
BUT YOU WOULD SPEND THE CITY'S MONEY FIRST NO.
SO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SHOW THE CITY YOU SPENT THEIR MONEY MM-HMM.
BUT WE, BUT THEN WE WOULD USE WHAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED DONATION WISE BEFORE ASKING THE CITY FOR MORE ON TOP OF WHAT THEY GAVE.
SO DONATIONS HAVE BEEN GOOD, HUH? THAT'S FANTASTIC.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S TOO LATE, BUT THE, UM, THE CITY WOULD LIKE
WE SIGN THE, REGARDING THE BUDGET.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT OR APPROVE OF THE BUDGET PROPOSED BUDGET.
I, I I THINK WE NEED TO INCREASE THE, UM, THE OPERATING EXPENSES.
UM, I I ALSO THINK THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO EARN MONEY WITH LIKE CUDDLY.COM OR FACEBOOK.COM MEDICAL FUNDRAISERS.
AND THE CITY HASN'T TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT IN A COUPLE YEARS.
I THINK IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE.
SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE FUNDS AS WELL FOR THE MEDICAL.
SO WHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU WANT, YOU SAY YOU WANT AN INCREASE, WHERE WOULD YOU, WHAT LINE WHERE WOULD YOU WELL, I MEAN, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A GRANT WRITER FOR $85,000 AND, AND GRANTS COME WITH A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS.
UM, TALKING TO SOME GRANT WRITERS THAT I KNOW IN THIS, IN THIS AREA, NOT IN THE ANIMAL WELFARE FIELD.
I TALKED TO ANIMAL WELFARE PEOPLE, BUT MAYBE I TALKED TO THE WRONG ONES.
SO YEAH, THERE'S STILL PLENTY OUT THERE.
SO, UM, I WAS JUST QUESTIONING HIRING SOMEONE.
I THINK WE NEED KENNEL TECHS AS MUCH.
YOU WANT ME TO SAY THAT? YEAH.
UM, SO THIS POSITION, I WANNA EXPLAIN TO YOU THINGS ABOUT IT.
ONE, THE POSITION IS NOT SOLELY A GRANT WRITER.
I, I KEEP HEARING, HEARING THAT I, I READ FROM YOU.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC.
IT'S ALSO TALKING ABOUT CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE, UM, ORGANIC CAMPAIGNS, CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE LOCAL, THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOT JUST ASKING CORPORATIONS FOR FUNDING.
UM, IT'S ALSO TAKING ON MARKETING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH WILL INCREASE, UM, VISIBILITY, INCREASE, UH, ADOPTIONS, FOSTER, VOLUNTEER, VOLUNTEER, UM, AND DONATIONS.
UH, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THE REASON THAT THIS POSITION WAS EVEN ON THE TABLE TO BE CONSIDERED IS BECAUSE THE, THE WAY THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING IS AT THIS POSITION IS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING IN THE MONEY THAT THE CITY IS SPENDING ON THEM.
THEY THINK IT'S GONNA BE AN EVEN TRADE, OR AT LEAST MAYBE EVEN BETTER.
SO WE WERE TOLD THAT THAT WAS MORE OR LESS OFF THE TABLE DURING THE DRAFTING PHASE.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BRING ITS OWN, UH, THAT WOULD FUND ITSELF, WAS OPEN FOR CON TO AT LEAST COULD BE CONSIDERED.
SO NOT A TRUE GRANT WRITER AS MUCH AS A, I'LL SAY A TREE SHAKER.
IT WOULD BE, IF THAT MAKES ANY, IT WOULD BE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING.
SO IT WOULD INCLUDE, UM, MULTIPLE THINGS UNDER THAT UMBRELLA.
BUT, BUT HALFTIME, IT SOUNDED LIKE GRANT WRITING.
IF YOU WERE READING IN THERE, IT DID SOUND LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S NOT ULTIMATELY WHAT THE POSITION IS FOR.
UM, SO IT'S GONNA BE REALLY BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THIS POSITION.
HALF THE TIME GRANT WRITING AND HALF THE TIME COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WHICH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MARKETING.
SO THEY'RE GONNA WRITE GRANTS.
AND SHAKE THE TREE OR IS THAT THE SAME THING? I DON'T KNOW.
I'M, I'M JUST SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST GOING THROUGH SOME FORMAL GRANT WRITING PROCESS.
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GOING THROUGH ALL DIFFERENT AVENUES TO FIND MONEY.THEY'RE HOLDING FUNDRAISING EVENTS COME, THEY'RE GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND ASKING, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE THAN JUST THOSE BIG NATIONAL GRANTS FUNDRAISING EVENTS.
I HAVE A SUBARU DEALER IN LEAGUE CITY AND THEY'RE USUALLY VERY BIG AND BEST C-A-R-S-P.
AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A PERSON, PERSON THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO DEDICATE THEIR TIME TO MAYBE GOING TO SPEAK TO SOMEBODY THERE.
AND SO THIS PERSON IS ALSO GONNA BE HUGE IN NOT ONLY BRINGING IN THE MONEY, BUT ALSO GETTING ANIMALS OUT.
SO IF WE GET ANIMALS OUT, THAT'S GONNA FREE UP AND HELP THE TECHNICIANS.
SO DO WE HAVE OTHER SHELTERS THAT ARE SMALL LIKE OURS THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS AND BEEN SUCCESSFUL? 'CAUSE IT SEEMS UNUSUAL.
WHERE DOES THE IDEA COME FROM? LIKE, THIS CAN'T BE LIKE, ONLY LAKE CITY HAD THIS IDEA, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS BRILLIANT.
OFTEN THEY HAVE MULTIPLE POSITIONS DOING THESE TYPES OF THINGS FOR SHELTERS OF OUR SIZE.
THERE, THERE'S OFTEN MULTIPLE PEOPLE.
USUALLY MARKETING IS A FULL-TIME POSITION ALL ON ITS OWN.
USUALLY THE BIG SHELTERS FULL POSITION, LIKE HUGE.
EVEN AT SMALL SHELTERS, EVEN AT THE TINY ONES.
WE'RE NOT TINY, BUT THAT'S, WE'RE NOT TINY IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS.
I JUST THINK OF LEAVE CITY AS A LITTLE CITY, BUT, ALRIGHT.
I I SEE WHERE THE LITTLE CITY COMES IN.
UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT LITTLE.
I MEAN THERE'S
I GET THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE MUNICIPAL STUFF, SO.
IF OTHER SHELTERS HAVE BEEN DOING THAT AND IT'S PAYING OFF WELL THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD DATA TO SELL THE CITY.
IF YOU LOOK AT ANY DATA OUT THERE ABOUT WHY ADOPTIONS ARE DOWN, THEY'LL SPECIFICALLY TALK TO THE FACT THAT, THAT WE'RE, THAT SHELTERS ARE NOT MARKETING ENOUGH AND THAT IS THE ONE OF THE WEAKNESSES THAT THEY'VE SEEN SINCE COVID.
UM, WHEN EVERYBODY ADOPTED EVERYTHING AND NOW THEY'RE NOT, BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IS HARD TOO.
THEY'RE ALSO SEEING A DECREASE IN A LOT OF MARKETING.
SO THAT WE NEED TO STEP IT UP.
WE NEED TO STEP IT UP TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH ALL OF THE OTHER SHELTERS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
100% AND THAT'S GONNA HELP REALLY DECREASE CAPACITY.
UM, AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE NEED.
I KNOW YOU NEED TO PRETTY BAD.
THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS THEN THAT YOU HAD.
WELL AGAIN, I HAD THE, UH, MADE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED BUDGET OR TO AT LEAST INDICATE OUR APPROVAL OF SID BUDGET.
I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE THE OPERATING EXPENSES INCREASE, BUT I GUESS WE MET IT SO WE'LL LET IT GO.
NEXT YEAR WE CAN SHOOT FOR NEXT YEAR.
'CAUSE THIS, THIS NEW HIRE THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET IS GONNA MAKE US SO MUCH MONEY.
AND THEN LIKE, THAT'LL BE LIKE JUST PERFECT.
AND THEN SO LIKE IF THEY MAKE SO MUCH MONEY, THEN MAYBE WE COULD LIKE, I JUST THOUGHT YOU COULD USE LIKE A TECH IN THE, WE TALKED THAT IN YEARS BEFORE, SO DON'T GET US WRONG, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE FIVE MORE
SO I WAS, I WAS HOPING THAT PICK YOUR BATTLES KIND OF.
YOU GOTTA PICK YOUR BATTLES, PUT YOUR PRIORITIES TOGETHER LIKE A SHOULDER SEASON, LIKE SIX MONTHS OF A, AN EXTRA TECH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE KID SEASON AND STUFF WHEN EVERYTHING'S REALLY STRESSED.
OH, WELL I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, IT'S TAKEN ME A COUPLE MONTHS.
UM, BUT WE'VE FINALLY, THE VENDOR THAT WE WORKED WITH FOR THE TEMP AGENCY, THE STATUS WAS RECENTLY RENEWED AS OF THIS WEEK.
SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THAT TEMP, UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE FUNDING AND WE'LL HAVE THE FUNDING AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS QUITE A FEW, UH, A LOT OF WORK HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH.
UH, SO WE'VE GOTTEN EVERYTHING.
I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A TEMP WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.
AND THAT'S FOR LIKE SIX MONTHS WORTH OF ATTACK.
DO YOU REMEMBER HOWEVER MANY THAT, HOW MANY, HOWEVER LONG THAT SMALL AMOUNT WILL GET US.
'CAUSE YOU REALLY NEED IT IN KITTEN SEASON.
HONESTLY, I'LL, WE ARE STILL OVER CAPACITY WITH DOGS.
OH, I DON'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE NOT HURRY NOW.
I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE AN EXTRA HELP ANYTIME.
NO, I KNOW THAT, THAT COMMUNITY ROOM IS UNFORTUNATE.
IT, IT SURGES IT'S FULL AND THEN IT'S, IT DOES EMPTY AND I'M LIKE ONE DOG AND THEN IT'S FULL.
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A COUPLE DAYS.AND THEN I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S HARD ON EVERYBODY.
[6. Select next meeting date]
OKAY.UM, THE NEXT MEETING DATE IS GONNA BE THE SECOND TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY.
SO IT SHOULDN'T BE INTERFERING TOO MUCH.
AND DID WE WANNA CONTINUE TO MEET MONTHLY OR MOVE IT TO EVERY OTHER MONTH? ESPECIALLY WITH ATTENDANCE? I WASN'T SURE.
I MEAN THESE WERE TWO EMERGENCIES THEY PLANNED ON BEING HERE.
SO THE REQUIREMENTS ONCE PER QUARTER.
SO, UM, I THINK ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH IS A GOOD COMPROMISE.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH EVERY MONTH? JUST SAYING, SEEING EACH OTHER, GETTING THE STATUS, SAYING HI.
WELL, FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT'S, IT IS DIFFICULT, UM, TO MAKE SUCH A LONG DAY.
AND IF WE'RE DOING IT ONCE PER A MONTH, UNLESS WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING, UM, CONDUCTIVE OUT OF IT, UM, I THINK ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH IS SUFFICIENT.
IF Y'ALL DON'T AGREE, OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO DO IT.
I DO THINK THE EVERY OTHER MONTH ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER MORE UPDATES AND MORE INFORMATION TO PRESENT TO YOU BECAUSE TIME GOES BY VERY QUICKLY IN ONE MONTH AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET AS MANY THINGS TAKEN CARE OF.
AND SO IF WE PROLONG THE TIME TO EVERY OTHER MONTH, UM, WE'LL HAVE MANY MORE UPDATES AND GOOD THINGS TO SHARE OTHER THAN EVERY MONTH.
I MEAN, I, I GET LESS COMMUNICATION.
WELL THAT'S WHAT EVERY OTHER MONTH IS LESS, LESS OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE THESE GUYS AND I'M IN FAVOR OF LESS COMMUNICATION.
HOW'S THAT PATTY? OH, JUST PUT IT
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE, IF WE'RE GONNA ARGUE OVER EVERY LITTLE THING, I'M THIS, THIS, WE'RE HERE TO MOVE THINGS ALONG AND IF THEY WERE ASKING FOR THAT, THERE'S SOME LOGIC BEHIND IT.
IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL, IS IT? YEAH.
BUT CAPTAIN KEEPS, YOU KNOW, TELLING ME, YOU KNOW, RELATIONSHIPS ARE IMPORTANT AND SEEING THE PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT AND TALKING TO 'EM ARE IMPORTANT.
SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE THE LOGIC.
I MEAN, WE CAN HAVE IT EVERY, EVERY, EVERY OTHER MONTH IF YOU WANT.
I THINK EVERY OTHER MONTH IS, IS SUFFICIENT TO SHARE WHAT WE NEED TO SHARE, CONTINUE TO BE PRODUCTIVE, UM, FOR US, AND I KNOW FOR THEM THEY PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS, A LOT OF HOURS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THEY HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE.
AND OBVIOUSLY THIS COMING UP EVERY MONTH JUST PUTS THAT MUCH MORE PRESSURE ON THEM.
SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE A GOOD COMPROMISE IS EVERY OTHER MONTH FOR REQUIREMENTS ONCE PER QUARTER.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING ONCE PER MONTH.
I FEEL LIKE ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH IS KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
SO THE NEXT MEETING DATE WILL BE OCTOBER.
IS THAT, IS THAT, ARE WE GOING BACK THEN? LET'S GO.
WE'RE GOING OCTOBER 9TH IT IS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ADJOURN? SURE.