August 5, 2015 MinutesMINUTES REGULAR
MEETING August 5,
2015
APPROVED MINUTES
A Regular Meeting was held by the Schertz Animal Advisory Committee of the City of Schertz,
Texas, on August 5, 2015 at 12:30p.m.
LOCATION: City of Schertz Animal Adoption Center,
800 Community Circle, Schertz, Texas.
Committee Members Present: Marshal Harris, Director; City of Schertz Marshal's Office, Dr.
Brooke Knowlton; DVM, Councilmember Grumpy Azzoz, Chairman Shanna Roman, Animal
Services Division Manager, Lisa Connolly, Schertz Humane Society
Staff Present: Administrative Assistant Jacki Marbach
Others Present: Robert Brockman
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by staff Jacki Marbach @ 1:06pm
Hearing of Residents: No one spoke.
Discussion and possible action:
1. Agenda Item No. 1. Minutes- Discussion and/or approval of the December 19, 2014
Minutes.
Motion was made to approve the minutes from the December 19, 2014 meeting.
Councilman Azzoz abstained due to not being on the board at that time.
Motion: Chairman Shanna Roman
Second: Marshal Harris
Motion passed.
2. Agenda Item No. 2. Animal Services Adoption Facility Update- Discussion on the
Animal Adoption Facility. Chairman Shannon Roman provided an update regarding the
adoption facility. The warranty was up in March/April (2015) time frame. Marshal Harris
and Shanna went over issues with the building including but not limited to A/C- Heating
producing too much condensation, rooms not being cooled, mold, broken hair interceptor
and kennel doors coming apart. Marshal Harris said that there was a Yd party engineer that
was also looking at the building and agreed that it did not meet original plan steps.
Owner's Representative Phil Gaudreau, was contacted to go to the original contractor. The
contractor is disputing what the engineer is saying. Meanwhile there is a punch list of
items that need to be fixed before anyone will sign off on the building. Grumpy Azzoz
wanted to know if they had been fully paid. Marshal Harris and Shanna stated that they
did not know if it was paid or not, but there is still an implied warranty as things are not
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completed. Grumpy said that maybe they need to receive a letter from the City stating that
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they have 30 days to fix it or there will be a penalty, and whether it was paid for in full or
not people still need to be held accountable. No action was taken on this item.
3. Agenda Item No. 3. Animal Adoption Trailer Update- Discussion updating committee
on the Adoption Trailer. Trailer cost came in at $27,000.00. We were a little short on
funds, therefore Marshal Harris spoke to finance and there are a couple of donation lines
that were not tied to specific donation use, for example there is a specific donation line for
spay /neuter, shots..etc. After trailer is ordered there will be a 3 month turn around. Shanna
does have a wrap in mind that she would like and has citizens that would like to donate to
the wrap. Marshal Harris stated that he would like to see the names of the people that
donated on the front of the trailer. It was stated that Animal Services needs a better truck
to pull the trailer with, and we are on a vehicle replacement list to get it replaced in the
2015 -2016 budget year. No Action Taken
4. Agenda Item No. 4. Trap/Neuter/Release Program- Discussion to update committee on
TNR program. Program is set to be presented to council within the next two weeks.
Committee was presented a copy of the ordinance. Alley Cat Allies has offered to pay for
the first year of the program. Grumpy let the committee know how grateful Steve White is
on the cat issue as well. Cibolo is also looking at the same program, and it was mentioned
using the Borgfeld location for the cats in both cities to be housed there during their
transition periods.
5. Agenda Item No. 5. Meeting Calendar- Discussion regarding future meetings. There are
supposed to be meetings quarterly, we will not hit the quarterly numbers. Next meeting
will be in December and Jacki will try to give four weeks' notice. The Charter was
brought up, maybe trying to change it. Right now we have to have all members,
unfortunately all members may not always be able to make it. Therefore we need a plan of
action so the meetings can carry on in case of someone absence. Shanna will do the
research and see what we can do. Mike is requesting for it to be researched and put on
next agenda.
6. Announcements by Advisory Committee Chairman and Members -Items for next
agenda, follow up on TNR, trailer and facility.
7. Announcements by City Staff — The date for the next meeting has not been determined at
this time but the Committee will be notified as soon as the date is set and given up to four
weeks' notice.
Adjournment
Motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 1:39p.m. by Chairman Shanna Roman
Meeting was adjourned.
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Jaclyn Marbach, Administrative Assistant Marshal Michael Harris
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