2011-04-20 ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTESAnimal Control Advisory Committee Minutes
April 20, 2011
The Animal Shelter Advisory Committee held a regular Committee meeting on April 20, 2011, at
6:30 p.m., located at the City of Pearland, City Hall in Pearland, Texas
1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:31 p.m.
2. Roll Call: The following members were in attendance at the meeting:
Board Member, Aletheia Lawry
Board Member, Dr. Tricia Trunek
Board Member, Jon R. Branson
Board Member, Shari Coleman
3. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MAY, 2008, MINUTES:
Committee Member Coleman made a motion to approve the minutes. Dr. Trunk
seconded the motion. There was considerable discussion regarding the fact that only one
current member of the Committee was actually in attendance at the meeting in 2008. As
a result of those discussions, the motion failed with two (2) votes in favor of the motion
and two (2) votes opposed to the motion.
4. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING FUTURE MEETING DATES:
Committee Member Lawry made a motion to meet three (3) more times through the end
of the year. Meet on June 8, 2011, September 14, 2011, and December, 14, 2011. The
starting time of the meeting will be 5:30 p.m., and the meeting location will be the
Pearland City Hall. The motion was seconded by Dr. Trunek and the motion passed
unanimously with four (4) votes in favor of the motion and zero (0) votes opposed to the
motion.
5. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE BY-LAWS:
Dr. Trunek made a motion to approve the By -Laws as amended. The motion was seconded
by Committee Member Lawry and motion passed unanimously four (4) votes in favor of the
motion and zero (0) votes opposed to the motion.
The following amendments were approved with the affirmative motion:
Article III
A. Composition of the Committee to be 5 members instead of 4 members. The fifth
member is to be a resident of Pearland.
B. Each member may serve (2) two consecutive terns. After two consecutive terms a
member must sit out one (1) full year before they can be reappointed to the Committee
Article IV
A. The Chairperson shall have the same privileges as all members including voting, making
a motion and seconding a motion.
Article V
C. Shall consult with City Attorney regarding inherent nature of each appointed Committee
Member and actual and appearance of a Conflict of Interest.
Article VI
E. The Chairperson may extend as deemed necessary, the three (3) minute time limit for
Public Comments as deemed appropriate to further explain the issue.
6. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ELECTION OF OFFICERS:
Committee Member Lawry made a motion to elect Committee Member Branson as
Chairman and Dr. Trunek as Vice Chairman. The motion was seconded by Dr. Trunek
and the motion carried unanimously with four (4) votes in favor of the motion and (0)
zero votes opposed to the motion.
7. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING COUNCIL GOAL X
ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES:
Committee Member Lawry made a motion for the Committee to prioritize their priority
Codes and Ordinances that need to be revised prior to the next (June) meeting so that the
Committee can start with those priority issues and focus on the less critical Codes and
Ordinance at a later time. Additionally, the Committee will focus on the potential
Westside location for a shelter at the September, 2011 meeting. The motion was
seconded by Committee Member Coleman and the motion carried unanimously with four
(4) votes in favor of the motion and zero (0) votes opposed to the motion.
8. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Ms. Tammy Dexter, with Pet Harbor Rescue Shelter located at 2800 E. Broadway, Suite
C. PMB 422, in Pearland, Texas thanked the members of the Committee for volunteering
their time to the Committee and the City of Pearland and wanted the Committee that her
organization was willing to help in any manner that they could.
9. STAFF REPORT: Please see attached Staff Report.
10. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:56 p.m.