AS 2012-02-21
Animal Services Board Meeting Notes
Date: February 21, 2012, Tuesday
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Coppell Animal Services building, 821 S. Coppell Rd., Coppell, TX 75019
Item 1: Meeting called to order at 5:34 PM. Members in attendance include: Robert Smith, AS
Manager; Garfield Reid, Grace Adamson and Linda Pate-Ulmer. Senior ASO Charlene Trego is
acting as secretary.
Item 2: Discuss Animal Services board duties/responsibilities. Robert Smith explains to the
members the general responsibility of the board and provides hand-outs including local and
state requirements.
Item 3: Elect Chair and Vice Chair for Animal Services board.
Grace Adamson is elected as the Chair and Linda Pate-Ulmer is elected as the Vice-Chair.
Item 4: Open questions
The subject of wildlife is brought up and Robert explains that we are currently considering a
plan for public education in conjunction with Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. and local
homeowners association groups.
Linda asks about the change in uniforms and Robert informs the board that uniforms for ACOs
have been updated to get a more professional appearance and they now carry badges to help
with public perception.
Grace asks about problems with ducks and is furnished with some general information to
desuede ducks from nesting on her property.
Item 5: Meeting is adjourned at 5:54 PM.
Robert Smith, Animal Services Manager
Grace Adamson, Board Chair