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Our meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M.  The minutes from the last meeting were read and approved.

Marcia went over the statistics for the month of February.

Marcia informed the Board that she met with County Administrator, Mark Eckert, regarding the licensing program proposal.  Mr. Eckert was very supportive and told Marcia that he did not foresee a problem getting it passed by the County Commissioners this year.  He gave Marcia some suggestions on updating her proposal and requested that the Board as a whole give him a written “Goals and Objectives” of this licensing program.  We all discussed what these goals were and agreed that Marcia would draft this and present it to the Board next month for approval before presenting it to Mr. Eckert.  Mr. Eckert also told Marcia that these funds could be set apart in an “Enterprise Fund” exclusively for the use of Animal Services and that the Board could set up as a non-profit organization to further the Center’s support.  Marcia said that all in all the meeting was very encouraging.  She will work on updating her statistics in the proposal and drafting the goals and objectives. 

With regard to the licensing program, last month Marcia read a letter from Asst. Chief Trautz who suggested that we find a different name for this proposal rather than licensing fee or user fee.  Sally Hawie suggested we call our new proposal “ARF” which could stand for Animal Registration Fund or Animal Registration Fee.  We all thought this was an excellent suggestion and very appropriate. 

After last month’s meeting Mimi called Ellis Carter to ask him for his help on the building programs at the new facility.  She told him that some painting had been done and blinds put up, however, the problems with the water and drains were still there.  Mimi told Ellis that Marcia said that she was told that the drains would be done sometime this Spring and that a new well would have to be dug.  We discussed the problems with the water and the water softener unit and why the water is black.  Ellis assured me he would look into our problems and get with Marcia and get back to me.  According to Marcia she never talked with Ellis and he did not call me back.  Mimi told the Board that she would call him again and bug him. 

Marcia informed the Board that she has hired a new employee but that they were still operating under overtime conditions and that they were thinking about closing the Center all day Friday when the euthanizing is done because they don’t have enough people and time to complete everything that needs to be done.  Marcia also explained that they would not be utilizing any more inmates from the jail because to many negative things were happening and the staff did not have time to babysit the inmates.  However, Marcia said she has a meeting set up with Judge Williams regarding using the people enrolled in her drug program. 

Mimi handed out new updated emergency pet shelter manuals which Marcia had just updated last Fall.  Mimi told the Board she had talked Sgt. Kevin Jones of the Brunswick Police Department about getting Marcia on his radio show closer to the hurricane season to talk about our hurricane and disaster preparedness plan and explain that we would appreciate volunteers and pet carriers picking up an animal and transporting them to an inland facility for the duration of the evacuation.  Sgt. Jones thought this was a good suggestion.  Mimi still has to speak with some people about getting some carriers donated to us for the evacuation. 

Due to the Easter holiday, spring break and Marcia’s wedding, the next meeting was set for April 30, 2003.