2024-03-20 ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
MARCH 20, 2024
The Animal Shelter Advisory Committee convened in a meeting on Wednesday, March 20, 2024,
at the Shari D. Coleman Pearland Animal Shelter and Adoption Center Training Room, 8311
Freedom Drive, Pearland Texas. The following represents the actions taken by Animal Shelter
Advisory Committee in the order they occurred during the meeting.
I. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 5:32 p.m.
II. ROLL CALL AND CERTIFICATION OF QUORUM:
Present—Chairperson DVM Catherine Cupples—Position 1, Patrick Savage— Position 2,
John Fischer— Position 3, Amy Stroud — Position 4, and Vice Chairperson Mary Hickling
— Position 5. All members present.
CITIZEN COMMENTS:
There were no citizen comments.
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Discussion and possible action regarding minutes from the December 6, 2023
Meeting.
Motion to accept by Member Hickling, Seconded by Member Fischer. Unanimous vote
to approve.
IV. DISCUSSION ITEMS
1. Staff Report from Animal Services Manager John Fischer:
"Statistics for 12/1/23-2/29/24
Animal Shelter Advisory Committee— March 20, 2024
Cats Dogs Total
Intake 139 175 309
Adoptions 59 69 128
Transferred to Rescue 80 33 113
Returned to Owners 5 63 68
Euthanasia 3 6* 9
Live Release Rate 98% 98.8% 98.4%
*4 dogs were owner requested euthanasia
Rabies Update: 0 confirmed positive rabies test results in the City for the period.
Supervisor Anderson has developed a map to track positive rabies results within
the City limits. We hope to transfer the data from this map to a GIS map.
Volunteer Program: Volunteer hours for the period totaled 445. Orientations are
being held at least monthly. Volunteer Heather Baker has really revived the
Events program. Events are held at least monthly but often multiple times a
month including Farmers Market, Tractor Supply, Springfest, the Pear Run and
others.
Staffing: We have one open Animal Control Officer position. Interviews
scheduled for next week.
Training: 3 ACOs have completed the final phase of training. 2 ACOs are in the
final phase. 1 ACO is waiting on a spot to open in phase four but has cleared
phase 3 and the final ACO is in phase three.
Social Media: We now have 17,345 followers of our Facebook page. Our
Instagram is up and running with a few posts and 321 followers.
Foster Program: We recently went through a software upgrade that added a
better foster function. Kassandra, Programs Coordinator, is working out some
bugs then we will roll it out the rest of the staff. We currently have 2 in foster at
Pearland Barkway and 4 cats in foster homes."
V. ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Savage, Seconded by Hickling.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:44 p.m.
Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected this 201" day of March 2024.
Patrick Savage, Assistant Police Chief/Board Liaison
Animal Shelter Advisory Committee— March 20, 2024