[* This meeting has been joined in progress *]
[1. Call to order and roll call of members]
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THE FIRST PART OF THE AGENDA IS, OH, HERE WE GO.
WELL, WE WERE GOING TO, I STILL DON'T HAVE CONTROL YET.
UM, CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL MEMBERS.
[2. Approval of minutes for November 19, 2025, committee meeting]
THAT.WE CAN NOW LOOK AT THE MINUTES TO APPROVE.
AND I HAVE A COPY OF THE MINUTES TO PASS OUT FROM THE LAST MEETING.
1, 2, 3, AND THEN ONE FOR YOU.
GAVE YOU GUYS OH, OH, WE HAVE IT.
I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS A MINUTE TO LOOK THROUGH.
UM, SO WE CAN MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO, OH, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
AND NEXT OPPORTUNITY WAS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP TONIGHT
[4. Statistics from November 2025, through January 2026, from Lynette Bodmer]
AND WE WILL THEN JUMP TO STATISTICS.I'M GOING TO HAVE TURN AROUND SINCE IT'S NOT ON NURSERY.
UM, HOPEFULLY Y'ALL CAN STILL HEAR ME.
UM, SO THE STATS ON SCREEN ARE FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS, UM, NOVEMBER TO JANUARY.
AND, UM, OVERALL WE TOOK IN 343 DOGS, UM, IN NOVEMBER AND 285 CATS.
THE CAT INTAKE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN FOR THIS SEASON.
UM, AND AGAIN, STRAY INTAKE IS WHAT IS TAKING UP THE MAJORITY OF THAT.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE A PRETTY, UH, PRETTY LARGE NUMBER FOR FOSTER RETURNS AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT LARGER CAT NUMBER IS KIND OF ALL OF THE LINGERING KITTY SUMMERTIME KITTIES COMING IN BACK.
WE SAW 335, UM, DOGS LEAVE AND 298 UH, CATS LEAVE.
UM, ADOPTIONS FOR DOGS WAS, UM, THE BIGGEST PERCENTAGE WITH 119 DOGS LEAVING.
UM, AND FOR CATS 169 LEAVING, UM, FOR DOGS, WE DID STILL HAVE A LARGE CHUNK GOING TO RETURN TO HOME AS WELL.
AND VERSUS CATS WHO SAW A SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER PORTION GOING RETURN TO HOME.
AND THEN THE REST OF THOSE NUMBERS.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT CCP AND OTC ARE CALLED CATS? YES.
UM, OTC IS, UM, PEOPLE WHO WALKED INTO THE SHELTER AND SAID, THAT'S MY CAT.
AND THEN, UM, DURING THAT PERIOD WE DID, UM, OVER 1100 ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICER CALLS.
UM, WE HAD 288 ADOPTIONS, 135 PETS SENT TO FOSTER CARE.
UM, 101 DOG DAY, UH, GETAWAY OUTINGS, WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM THE LAST YEAR.
UM, AND 26 COMMUNITY MICROCHIPS AND ID TAGS HELP GET PETS HOME.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD.
COMPOSED TO NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
THEY'RE REALLY HIGH, BUT IT'S LIKE, WOW.
165 PETS OR 135, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THAT.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD, UM, RETURN TO HOME.
OUR DOG RETURN TO HOME IS REALLY HIGH.
NOW WE HAVE THAT BABY CAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN AS OF MONDAY, UH, WE WERE AT 98% CAPACITY ON DOGS.
SO WE WERE, UM, OUT OF THE EXTREME RANGE, UM, FOR AS FAR AS THESE MEETINGS GO FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, UM, BUT ONLY THE SECOND TIME TOTAL THIS YEAR.
UM, SO WE'RE DOING GREAT THERE.
AND THEN FOR FELINES, UM, WE ARE QUITE LOW RIGHT NOW, BUT EXPECTING A LARGE INFLUX THIS WEEK.
AND THEN UNTIL 2025, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 1600 ANIMALS COME THROUGH OUR DOORS.
UM, 656 ANIMALS REUNITED WITH OUR FAMILIES AND 741 PETS FOSTERED, UM, A TOTAL OF, UH, OVER A THOUSAND ANIMALS ADOPTED INTO NEW HOMES.
UM, DOGS AND CATS WERE PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSE TOGETHER THERE, UM, IN A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF OTHER PETS, BECAUSE THAT'S WAY MORE THAN WE NORMALLY HAVE MOST YEARS BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY A LARGE NUMBER OF OTHER PETS.
WE HAD A, A, WELL, A LARGE CASE OF REPTILES.
OH YEAH, I FORGOT ABOUT THOSE.
UM, MORE THAN 350 CALLS ARE ANSWERED MONTHLY BY ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICERS.
AND, UM, MORE THAN 2000 HOURS.
OUR PET RESOURCE CENTER IS AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS
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IN 2025.UH, WE HAD 2,600 ANIMALS COME IN.
UH, ALMOST 2,700 ANIMALS COME IN.
AND THEN, UM, UH, OVER 1100 HOURS CONTRIBUTED BY UH, 150 VOLUNTEERS.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THAT MANY CATS.
UM, IT'S BECAUSE THEY ALL LEFT THAT QUICKLY.
UM, AND THEN, YEAH, OUR DOG, UM, VOLUNTEER PROGRAM YOU CAN SEE IS REALLY STRONG.
UM, THE CAT VOLUNTEER NUMBERS ARE REALLY GREAT AS WELL, CONSIDERING THAT CATS MOVED THROUGH THE SHELTER SO MUCH FASTER.
UH, WE HAD 332 DOG A GETAWAYS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR LAST YEAR.
SO AGAIN, THAT, THAT MOST RECENT NUMBER THAT WAS OVER A HUNDRED JUST FOR THAT QUARTER IS REALLY HIGH.
UM, 115 NEW OFFICERS AND VOLUNTEERS CAME THROUGH OUR TAIL TALK EVENTS, WHICH IS THAT NEW PROGRAM WE HAVE.
UM, AND 190 MICROCHIPS AND IDS TO, TO OWNERS.
WE HAD $70,000 RECEIVED IN REGULAR, UH, DONATIONS THROUGH THE SHELTER.
AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 135,000 THAT WAS A ONE TIME SPECIAL DONATION FROM, UH, THE ESTATE OF BEVERLY DAY.
SO IS THAT 70,000, IS THAT FROM BISSELL AND ALL THAT? OR IS THAT JUST, JUST PEOPLE GIVING MONEY? ALL THE ABOVE.
UH, PEOPLE THAT ADD ON TO ADOPTION, PEOPLE THAT WALK IN THE DOOR AND DONATE, THEY GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND DONATE.
UM, UH, YEAH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
[5. General shelter updates from Amelia Nusbaum]
UM, WE WILL SHIFT TO, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAVE EVERYTHING FROM THAT SLIDE SHIFT TO GENERAL UPDATES.UH, WE HAVE A NEW CREW LEAD, ALEXIS MARTINEZ AND A NEW ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN, ALEX.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO CONTINUED WITH THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEER TRAINING FOR HANDLING AND BEHAVIOR WITH PAID CONSULTANT.
UM, AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO TRAIN, UM, THE TEAM IN REGARDS TO DATA ENTRY AND INTAKE, UM, AND MEDICAL PROCEDURES, UH, SO THAT WE ARE ALL UP TO DATE WITH BEST PRACTICES.
UM, WITH OUR NEW MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR POSITION, SHE HAS ALREADY DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND MADE SUCH A HUGE IMPACT.
SO WITH A WEBSITE, UM, WE'VE UPDATED PHOTOS AND INFORMATION ON MANY OF OUR PAGES.
UH, THE SHELTERS STAT PAGE, UM, WHICH IS HUGE FOR US, UM, WILL SOON BE UPDATED, UM, BY MID-MARCH AND IT'LL STAY UPDATED WITH ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY DATA.
SO YOU CAN QUICKLY GO TO THE WEBSITE AND KIND OF SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY UPDATE THE NEWS FLASH SECTION WITH ALL HIGHLIGHTS AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU MIGHT NEED TO KNOW.
AND, UM, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT SHE WAS TASKED WITH AS SOON AS SHE STARTED WAS, UH, MAKING SURE THE WEBSITE WAS BROUGHT UP TO A DA FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND SHE HAS DONE THEN WITH THE MONTHLY GIVING UP UPDATE, WHICH IS GONNA BE A NEW UPDATE WE HOPE TO INCLUDE.
UM, SHE HAS SEEN A $170 INCREASE, UM, WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND, UH, END OF LAST MONTH, UM, FOR REOCCURRING DONATIONS AND A $312 INCREASE IN SINGLE EVENT DONATIONS COMPARED TO NOVEMBER.
SO WE'RE ALREADY SEEING AN INCREASE IN, UM, DONATIONS.
EVENT RECAP, WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW EVENTS, UM, OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
WE HAD A BLACK FUR DAY 17 ADOPTIONS, WHICH WAS AMAZING.
WE ALSO HAD $307 IN DONATIONS, WHICH WAS QUITE A LOT.
UM, CONSIDERING THE EVENT WAS JUST FOR A SHORT TIMEFRAME.
AND WE HAD EMPTIES THE SHELTERS, WHICH WE HAD 40 ADOPTIONS.
AND THE ANGEL TREE INITIATIVE, UM, WAS FROM DECEMBER 2ND THROUGH THE 19TH.
AND ALL OF THE TAGS WERE SOLD OUT.
SO ESSENTIALLY EVERYBODY COULD PICK A DOG TO BUY, UM, SPECIAL THINGS FOR, AND THE SPECIAL THINGS DID GO TO ALL THE ANIMALS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD 60 PLUS ANIMALS RECEIVED DONATED TREATS AND TOYS.
UM, OUR VALENTINE'S PICNIC WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THE EVENT ACTUALLY HAD ONLY LIKE 15 SPOTS.
THEY ALL SEWED OUT IN LIKE A MATTER OF TWO DAYS, AND THE TOTAL ATTENDEES WAS 13.
SO 13 DOGS LEFT, HAD A PICNIC, HAD A DAY OUT, HAD A GREAT TIME.
AND, UM, TWO 17 WE FOUND OUT THAT TINO WAS ADOPTED FROM THAT PARTY.
UM, WE LOVE WORKING WITH THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE A WEEK LONG PROGRAM, UM, THAT TALKS ALL ABOUT ANIMAL CARE, RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP, UM, AND THEY COLLECT DONATIONS FOR US THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY ENJOY, UM, PARTNERING WITH THEM EVERY YEAR.
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UPCOMING EVENTS.WE HAVE OUR, UM, TREES WITH LOVE, WHICH IS GOING ON THROUGH FEBRUARY.
UM, SO YOU CAN, IT'S A SPECIAL DONATION WHERE YOU CAN, UM, ESSENTIALLY SPOIL COMMUNITY PETS WITH TREATS AND ENRICHMENT AND POPS AND PINTS.
OUR HUGE EVENT THAT IS COMING UP ON APRIL 4TH, UM, AS A REMINDER, LAST YEAR SOLD OUT, UH, WITH OVER 300 WRISTBANDS AND 600 PLUS ATTENDEES.
AND THIS IS A REALLY FUN COMMUNITY EVENT, UM, THAT WE HOPE TO SEE AN EVEN BIGGER TURNOUT THIS YEAR.
UPCOMING EVENTS IS TAIL CLOCK, WHICH WAS MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN, UM, GETTING ATTENTION AND FOR FOSTERS AND NEW VOLUNTEERS.
SO THE NEXT EVENT WILL BE MARCH 21ST, FOSTER UPDATES.
WE ARE GETTING READY FOR KITTEN SEASON.
SO WE GOT THAT HUGE GRANT LAST YEAR FROM MADDIE'S FUND.
IT MIGHT'VE BEEN THE YEAR BEFORE.
UM, IT STILL HAS SET US UP FOR SUCCESS IN REGARDS TO HAVING ALL THE MONEY AND THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO CARE FOR THESE D HS SU SUCCESSFULLY.
UM, WE ALSO CANNOT THANK THE FOSTERS ENOUGH WHO CONTINUE TO STEP UP AND HELP US WITH ALL THESE LITTLE GUYS, ALL THE RINGWORM, ALL OF THE URI, EVERYTHING THAT THEY, UM, TAKE ON.
AND EVEN THE LITTLE GUYS, UM, WHO REQUIRE SO MUCH EXTRA ATTENTION.
AND WE ARE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE EXTRA PREPARED THIS SEASON WITH ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND SOME KIND OF WRITTEN GUIDELINES TO MAKE SURE WE ALL KNOW WHAT TO DO, UM, TO ASSIST WITH FOSTER SEASON.
UM, AND THE FOSTER COORDINATOR RIGHT NOW IS WORKING ON BUILDING THAT RESCUE GROUP, UM, IN, BEFORE WE GET, UM, INUNDATED WITH LOTS OF LITTLE, UH, KITTENS VOLUNTEER UPDATES, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE ABOUT FINISHED THE ONBOARDING PROCESS.
WE WENT THROUGH THE HANDBOOK AND NOT COMPLETED THAT.
AND THEN WE UPDATED THE ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR VOLUNTEERS.
AND WE WERE WORKING WITH ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO SPECIALIZES IN ONBOARDING.
UM, WE'RE ABOUT COMPLETE WITH THAT PROJECT.
UM, IN NOVEMBER WE EXPERIENCED A SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH, UM, FOR VOLUNTEER HOURS.
SO IT WAS A WELCOME POSITIVE INCREASE COMPARED TO LAST NOVEMBER.
UM, A LOT OF THOSE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED IN GENERAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT TOO.
UM, AND THEY'RE THE GUYS THAT HELP US WITH THE DISHES AND THE LAUNDRY AND PUTTING DONATIONS AWAY.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, COMPLETED THE PLAYGROUPS.
I'M JUMPING AROUND IN BULLET POINTS, UM, BUT THERE WAS A PLAYGROUP TRAINING THAT WAS UPDATED, UM, AND ADDED TO BETTER IMPACT FOR VOLUNTEERS TO COMPLETE.
UM, AND WE HAVE STARTED HOSTING PLAYGROUPS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN SEE THE VOLUNTEERS MONTHLY SUPPORT.
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE IN THE DOG WALKING AREA.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE, WELL, YEAH,
UM, HOPEFULLY IT'S CLEAR WHICH ONE IS WHICH.
UM, WE DID A HUGE CLEAN OUT, UM, VOLUNTEER, UM, COORDINATOR.
DID AN AMAZING JOB, UM, IN PLANNING AND COORDINATING AND PUTTING ALL THAT TOGETHER IN DEEP PLANNING THE AREA.
SO THAT IS, WE ALSO NEEDED THE TRANSITION TO SLIP LEADS, WHICH ARE GONNA BE A MUCH SAFER, UM, HANDLING TOOL, HAPPY TALES.
SO WE HAD A FAMILY CHECK IN AND SEND SOME PHOTOS.
UM, THEY UPDATED US ON AGGIE, WHO WAS ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER.
WELL, SHE'S A LITTLE HARDER TO HOUSE TRAIN THAN ANTICIPATED.
UH, BUT SHE MAKES UP FOR THE TROUBLE BY BEING A SNUGLY BUNNY.
THANK YOU FOR SENDING HER HOME WITH US.
SO WE, UM, HAVE STARTED RECENTLY WORKING WITH A BOISE BULLY RESCUE.
UM, THEY ARE VERY SELECTIVE, UM, BUT THEY HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND TAKEN, UM, UM, A COUPLE OF OUR DOGS, SPECIFICALLY NINA AND GEORGI PI.
UM, AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED SOME OTHER DOGS IN HOPES THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PULL THEM TOO.
AND THE VOLUNTEERS WERE A HUGE RESOURCE IN HELPING US GET THESE DOGS TO RESCUE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF VIDEOS AND PHOTOS AND INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE SENT THEIR WAY.
UM, AND BOTH OF THESE GUYS ARE IN NEW HOMES NOW AND HAPPY TALES FOR THESE GUYS.
UM, THEY ADOPTED SPOOKS AND SPOOKY SHAW
UM, BUT THEY WERE ADOPTED TOGETHER.
SO THEY CAME TO US AS AN OWNER SURRENDER.
UM, AND THEY AS USUAL WITH OWNER SURRENDERS.
THEY'RE SHY AND A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN THEY FIRST COME IN.
UM, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY DID NOT STAY WITH US VERY LONG.
'CAUSE WE HAD A COUPLE COME IN AND THEY WERE LIKE, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE SPACE FOR TWO CATS, AND WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH SHY KITTIES AND WE WILL ADOPT THEM.
AND WE, I BELIEVE SHE JUST CAME IN, UM, THIS WEEKEND, I THINK I HEARD AND SAID THAT THEY WERE SETTLING IN WELL, AND IT WAS ALL GREAT.
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DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT DIRK? I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT DIRK.UM, DIRK IS A SPECIAL BOY THAT CAME IN IN 2022.
UM, HE HAD SOME BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES.
AND HE SPENT A LONG TIME IN FOSTER CARE, UH, WITH THE BRADLEYS, UH, BEFORE FINALLY GETTING ADOPTED TO, UM, A REALLY GREAT HOME THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE HIS FOREVER HOME.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY LAST MONTH, UM, HE HAD TO COME BACK DUE TO A PERSONAL CRISIS FOR HIS, UH, ADOPTER.
UM, AND HE IMMEDIATELY SHOWED THAT HE WAS GONNA STRUGGLE IN THE SHELTER AGAIN.
UM, I REACHED OUT TO HIS ADOPT, OR HIS FORMER FOSTER WHO NOW THEY NOW LIVE IN, UM, OREGON.
AND
AND THEY FLEW DOWN THE NEXT WEEKEND.
UM, AND THANKS TO SOME EXTRA WORK ON MULTIPLE TEAMS PARTS TO GET, UM, HIM TO THE VET FOR HIS, UM, HEALTH ASSESSMENT, UM, TO GET HIM, UH, DRUGGED UP FOR HIS FLIGHT
BECAUSE HE WAS, WE DIDN'T WANT HIS ADOPTERS TO HAVE TO DRIVE FROM IH HERE
UM, SO YEAH, WE HAD A, A VOLUNTEER NIGEL WHO CAME AND GOT HIM AND DR.
UH, SO ABOUT A WEEK AFTER HE CAME IN, HE WAS SETTLING INTO HIS NEW HOME WITH HIS OLD FAMILY, UH, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THERE.
UM, THE PICTURE OF HIM WITH THE OTHER DOG, UM, WAS HIS BESTIE IN FOSTER CARE BEFORE, AND THEY WERE, THEY DID LITTLE DANCES, EXCITED TO SEE EACH OTHER.
[6. Select next meeting date]
UH, NEXT, UM, AGENDA ITEM IS TO SELECT OUR NEXT MEETING DATE.I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT OUR CRUISE IS.
SO THEN I THINK I'LL, I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN MAY 16TH FOR THE END OF MAY.
SO YEAH, I'M, I WILL BE OUT TOO 'CAUSE WE LEAVE THE 12TH.
MAY WANNA DO EARLY MAY 11TH ON A MONDAY THE 11TH.
WHEN, UM, BETH, WHEN DO YOU LEAVE? THE 11TH.
AND WE'RE, IT'S A 15 DAY CRUISE.
WHEN UH, WHEN DO YOU LEAVE? THE 16TH? THE 16TH.
WHAT ABOUT THE SIXTH? I'M GONE.
WELL, DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE I'M THE PROBLEM.
WHAT ABOUT EARLY? YEAH, LET'S, OH WAIT, WHAT ABOUT THE 27TH? WHEN ARE YOU BACK? OH, I'LL BE BACK.
YOU'LL STILL BE GONE THE 27TH.
HOW ABOUT THE THIRD? I CAN DO THE THIRD.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I'M GOING ON VACATION NEXT,
DOES IT HAVE TO BE A WEDNESDAY? HOW ABOUT THE 10TH? THAT'S FINE.
THIS ARE YOU BACK BY THEN? I'LL PENCIL YOU IN.
I A DENTIST APPOINTMENT SECOND.
WE'LL GET THE INVITE OUT TO YOU GUYS.
UM, IF YOU COULD KINDLY PENCIL US ALL IN, THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.