II. ROLL CALL AND CERTIFICATION OF QUORUM
Official Roll-Call Vote
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
Chairperson, Position 1 DVM Catherine Cupples Position 2 Derek Dunham Position 5 Phillip Parks Position 3, Joshua Craft was absent. Position 4, Amy Stroud was absent. CITIZEN COMMENTS III. None. REGULAR AGENDA IV. 1.Consideration and Possible Action to approve the minutes of the Animal Shelter Advisory Committee held on January 21, 2026. • Motion to accept by Member Parks, Seconded by Member Dunham. Unanimous vote to approve 2.Staff Report from Animal Services Manager Presented by Animal Services Supervisor D. Castaneda Statistics for 1/21/26-4/29/26 Cats Dogs Total Intake 159 124 283 Adoptions 59 66 125 Transferred to Rescue 5 0 5 Returned to Owners 3 50 53 Euthanasia 27 6 33 Live Release Rate 80.5% 95.1% 85.5% Agenda Item #1. Animal Shelter Advisory Committee Meeting - Aug 05 2026 Rabies Update: 3 confirmed positive rabies test result in the City for the period with no human or animal exposure. Volunteer Program: Volunteer hours for the period totaled 1,402 between the shelter, events, and offsite enrichment. Volunteer hours are up by 525 hours since the last period. Staffing: We are currently fully staffed. Training: 2 ACOs currently in Phase 4, 1 ACO currently in Phase 2B. Surgeries: Surgeries are performed all day on Mondays every week. Across 16 surgery days, a total of 90 spay/neuter procedures have been successfully completed in house and a total of 10 were completed by an external partner. Social Media: Our Facebook page is up to 23,159 followers. In the last 90 days, the shelter’s page views were up by 8.6%. Our Instagram views are up to 5.8K views. Foster Program: We currently have 3 dogs in Foster to Adopt, and 9 kittens being fostered as bottle babies. 1 dog is in Foster at Pearland Barkway. Events: We partnered with 3 Little Pitties and hosted a free vaccine/microchip clinic. In total we vaccinated 239 dogs and 71 cats. We microchipped a total of 131 animals. We were invited by Killens Steakhouse to a Pups on the patio event. We attended the Pearland Farmers Market and adopted 1 dog from that event. Baseball season has officially started so we are starting Waggin Wednesday’s at the Sugarland Space Cowboys games. Our first attendance at a game we adopted out 2 dogs. We have partnered with Pearland ISD and attend baseball/softball home games with adoptable dogs at Dawson for the season which resulted in 1 dog being adopted.
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.9/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.