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Minutes for February 15, 2024
Carol Kosel Sharon Baker MaryAndrews Ana Molina-Villella Amy Tarlion
Chairman Vice -Chairman Clerk Member Member
Erika Cervasio, D.VM.
Alternate
Present: AWC: Sharon Baker, Mary Andrews, Amy Talton, Carol Kosel, Erika Cervasio
ACO: Francesca Maciejko
The Animal Welfare Committee meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. at Mansfield Airport.
Approve Minutes
Motion: To approve the minutes from January 18, 2024. Passes.
Shelter Maintenance
• Only alternate streetlights are turned on after dark, making the shelter road difficult to
navigate when volunteers walk dogs in the evening. Francesca inquired about having all
the streetlights turned on, and she was directed to contact the Electric Dept.
• A couple of fluorescent overhead lights are out in the kennel.
Dogs
• Casey, Dream, Sully, and Benji will be leaving the shelter this weekend, leaving four
dogs at the shelter.
• Fez is scheduled for neutering on Feb. 201h. His intake exam will be tomorrow.
• Toby's disposition was much improved after he got out of the shelter and had a field trip
to Borderland Park.
• Val has offered to help with the dogs on other weekday mornings, in addition to Friday
mornings. Val and Tammy will cover the dog side on the holiday on Feb. 19"'.
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Cats
• Five cats might be surrendered to the shelter, due to a Foxboro eviction.
• There is enough litter in the trailer for 3 to 4 more weeks, unless we get many cats in.
• Sharon will schedule tail amputation for Fred prior to Kaycee Bailey taking Fred to her
home where he will be a barn cat after he recovers from surgery. Having a tail with no
sensation could be a sa y hazard for him if he is allov.ed outdoors, and he is not
adoptable as an indoor cat because of his fecal incontinence.
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• Correction to last month's minutes: Kennel #7 was fixed. Kennel #10 still needs repair.
• Volunteer Val Cabral's husband has created an Internet application that would contain
information on dogs and cats currently at the shelter, and some information on daily
updates. The application would be designed for volunteers who are not shift captains,
and who do not receive the daily updates. Access to the application would be by a
password. Val would post data on the application.
• Val Cabral introduced a discussion on cameras made by Wyze, which could be installed
at the shelter to broadcast to Francesca's phone. Francesca stated that she will need to
get approval from M.P.D.
Adjournment
Adjourned 6:55 p.m.
Signature of Clerk Date: 2/15/2024
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