Title
Resolution Approving Recommended Amendments to the Name and Membership Composition of the Animal Control Advisory Committee (ACAC)
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
This resolution approves amendments to the name and membership of the ACAC, as recommended by the ACAC.
Discussion:
The following amendments are recommended:
1. That the name of the Committee be changed from "Animal Control Advisory Committee" to "Hampton Animal Response Team Advisory Committee" due to the name change of Hampton Animal Control to the Hampton Animal Response Team (HART).
2. That the Resolution preference for a Peninsula SPCA board member to serve as an ACAC member be eliminated since the City's shelter is now the Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter and the City is no longer directly affiliated with the Peninsula SPCA, as it was at the time the ACAC was created.
3. That the requirement that the HART Manager must serve as an ACAC non-voting member be expanded to allow the HART Deputy Manager to serve as an ACAC non-voting member since, at times, including in the recent past, there was no HART Manager and only a HART Deputy Manager.
4. That the term lengths be adjusted from three (3) years to four (4) years to align with most other Council-appointed entities.
Impact:
No fiscal impact.
Recommendation:
Rec
Approve the Resolution.
Body
WHEREAS, the Hampton City Council created the Animal Control Advisory Committee by Resolution on June 20, 2007;
WHEREAS, the Hampton City Council amended the composition of the Animal Control Advisory Committee on January 12, 2011, and January 8, 2014, to reflect a preference, rather than a requirement, for a Peninsula SPCA board member to serve as a voting member on the ACAC;
WHEREAS, the City is no longer directly affiliated with the Peninsula SPCA as it was at the time the ACAC was created;
WHEREAS, Hampton Animal Control has now been renamed the Hampton Animal Response Team (HART);
WHEREAS, at times there may not be a HART...
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