Minutes City Of Bedford Regular Meeting of the Animal Shelter Advisory Board Monday February 3rd, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Call to Order General Comments Dr. Read called the meeting to order at 10 a.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Consider approval of the following Animal Shelter Advisory Board minutes a. August 12th, 2024. Dr. Read stated that the first thing that needed to be done was to consider the approval of the minutes No changes were made. Karen Killian made a motion to approve minutes. Jose Morales second. All agreed. NEW BUSINESS: 2. Report of shelter stats data a. Dr. Read asked if Jose Morales would go over the new shelter stats. Jose Morales went over shelter stats as presented at the meeting for the 4th quarter of 2024 and 1st quarter of 2025. Jose Morales advised that we were at 92.4 live release rate one of the few cities to be able to reach that. 3. Shelter Updates: a. Jose Morales and Alex Maggie were certified in level one and level two National Animal Cruelty Investigator through the University of Missouri. b. Jose Morales introduced Leslie Hightower to the advisory board. Advised that she has been with the city of Bedford animal services since October of 2024. C. Jose morales advised that Animal Control Officer week will be April 13th-19th. d. Karen Killian asked if we were budgeting correctly for our animal shelter and staff members due to her seeing that there are donations being asked for. Jose Morales advised that all the things that are asked for there is a budget line item allocated for it, also explaining that the reason they see the posts on social media for donations is due to residents asking what can we help the shelter with donation wise. Karen Killian understood. e. Karen Killian asked about getting ACO number 6 back. Chief Bobby LaPenna answered not at this time. f. Karen Killian asked what we could do to assist the fire rescue of animals in California. Steve Farco advised to donate to the non-profits that are assisting in the extraction of the animals now. Meeting Dates: a) Jose Morales set the next meeting for April 7th, 2025, at 1000 hours. Adjournment a. Dr. Read stated that we need a motion to adjure the meeting Karen Killian made a motion and Jose Morales second, everyone in favor. Meeting adjourned. 0RR Dr. Read Chairperson