The Animal Shelter Advisory Committee failed to achieve a quorum for yesterday's planned meeting. This is surprising given heavy representation from City staff and Animal Services contractor Concho Valley PAWS. Four of the seven committee members are paid by the city as an employee or contractor.
The City's Code of Ordinances does not specify a quorum for the ASAC.
The next meeting is planned for May. It could be eleven months between meetings.
Update 2-25-22: The City produced a video highlighting its No Kill achievement for the last fiscal year. It said that local residents had been overburdening the Animal Shelter. Concho Valley PAWS once again cited spay-neuter as a key component. The Shelter donated its surgical equipment to PAWS in December 2019. How many spay-neuter surgeries has CVPAWS done on area pets since they were the beneficiary of city property? The need is there according to one COSA Facebook poster "Animals running loose, mating and getting struck by cars because of negligent owners is a definite issue."
Update 4-5-22: Four of the six ASAC committee members are city employees or contractors. The death of Chair Ryan Smith means one seat is unoccupied.
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