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DASAC Agenda 01/21/2026 Domestic Animal Services Advisory Committee Agenda Wednesday, January 21, 2026 6:00 pm 2800 N. Horseshoe Dr., Naples, FL 34104 Growth Management Community Development, Conference Rooms 609/610 NOTICE: Persons wishing to speak on an Agenda item must register prior to its presentation. Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes unless adjusted by the Chair. Time may be ceded by other in-person registered speakers who are present at the time the speaker is heard. Speakers are required to fill out a “Speaker Registration Form,” list the topic they wish to address, and hand it to the Staff member before the meeting begins. Please wait to be recognized by the Chairman and speak into a microphone. State your name and affiliation before commenting. During the discussion, Committee Members may direct questions to the speaker. For general public comments on non-agenda topics, registration is required before that portion is called. Comments are limited to three (3) minutes. Please silence cell phones and digital devices. There may not be a break in this meeting. Please leave the room to conduct any personal business. All parties participating in the public meeting are to observe Robert's Rules of Order and wait to be recognized by the Chairman. Please speak one at a time into the microphone so the Hearing Reporter can record all statements. The public is welcome to attend either in person or remotely. Individuals who wish to participate remotely should register for the meeting using the Webex Meeting link: January 21, 2026 The registration deadline for the meeting is 6:00 p.m., January 21. Individuals who register will receive an email in advance of the meeting detailing how they can participate 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call – Establish a Quorum 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Approval of Agenda (Action Item) 5. Approval of Minutes (Action Item) a. December 17, 2025, Meeting Minutes – Attachment 1 …………… Pages 3-8 6. Annual Selection of Committee Chair and Vice Chair 7. Public Comment– a. Items not addressed on this Agenda b. Public Comment - Agenda Items in Sequence. 8. Staff Updates c. Leadership Report d. First Quarter Budget-Attachment 2………………………………...Pages 9-11 9. Old Business a. Community Events with Collier County Sheriff’s Department b. Marketing c. Executive Orders 20-69 March 1, 2020, and 20-246 September 30, 2020 - Attachment 3……..… Pages 12-14 10. New Business a. Committee Seats Discussion-(Action Item) Attachment 4 ……………...Page 15 b. Capital Project, DAS Campus c. Intake Cases d. Intake-Safety 11. Advisory Board Member Comments 12. Adjourn Future Meeting Dates: February 18, 2026 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF COLLIER COUNTY DOMESTIC ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE Naples, Florida December 17, 2025 LET IT BE REMEMBERED that the Collier County Domestic Animal Services Advisory Committee, in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 6 p.m. for a MEETING at Growth Management Community Development Department Room 609/610 2800 N. Horseshoe DR. Naples, Florida, with the following members present: Sherry Reno ( absent) County Staff in Attendance: CHAIRMAN: Allen Schantzen (Interim) Michele Antonia Kelly Hyland Susan Mehas Meredith McLean Alexandra Casanova, Manager, Domestic Animal Services Diane Lynch, Growth Management, Management Analyst II Any persons in need of the verbatim record of the meeting may request a copy of the audio recording from Domestic Animal Services. I. Call to order II. Roll Call-Establish a Quorum A quorum of 4 was confirmed. III. Pledge of Allegiance Pledge of Allegiance was recited. IV. Approval of agenda Motion to approve-Susan Mehas Motion seconded-Kelly HylandMotion passed unanimously Page 3 of 15 V.Agenda and Minutes . Meeting minutes November 19, 2025 Motion to approve- Kelly Hyland Motion seconded- Michele Antonia Motion passed unanimously VI.Public comment- Items not addressed on this agenda None VII.Public comment-Agenda Items in SequenceNone VIII.Staff Updatesa.Leadership Report- Meredith McLean • • • • • • • • • • • Staffing- 209 Adoptions for the month of November. 147 Cats, 59 Dogs, 3 Other . Enrichment increased to two days a week. Wednesday/Saturday 79 Animals in foster. 64 Cats and 15 dogs Total intake for November 2025 was 447. 303 Cats, 129 Dogs, 15 Other. 94.4% Stray, 4.5% owner surrender 154 Transfers out. 37 Dogs, 108 Cats, 9 others . Live release rate 96%. Save rate 95% . 2500 Volunteer hours by 95 people. Orientation rate up to 58%. National average is 40%. Current challenges, Safety and working with reduced number of volunteers due to the holidays. Initiated new 2 shadows required before working with animals alone . Finding effective ways to reach new fosters. Foster information sheets implemented. Social media engagement is up 23%. Total followers up 1 % . •45 Total employees. 28 Full time and 17 Key staff. Working on finalizing Administrative Support, Customer Service rep and offer going out this week for Marketing position. Updates from Last meeting. •Item B-Final walk requested between 5-6pm each night. Maintenance staff will be taking care of the nightly trash removal so staff can focus on walking dogs. Mandatory 3 walks per day. Timer periods 9-12, 12-4 and 4-6. Allen Schantzen- If a dog is walked for the last time at 4:00pm when is the next walk. Merdith McLean- Next day between 7-8am during kennel cleans. Allen Schantzen- Volunteers are in the play yard with dogs after 5pm. Recommend focusing on walking dogs during this time and skip play yard. Me1·edith McLean- I can give the directive to staff no play yard only focus on walking dogs. Page 4 of 15 Allen Schantzen- We have a really good group of dedicated volunteers. Recommend getting a group of volunteers together to go over shelter operations and procedures. Return for Life Policy-•Will not become a policy. Support is for 30 days return period. Staff will continue developing a triage and collaboration system to address animals that require return beyond the 30-day period. TNR Medical package- •Will remain at the discretion of the veterinary department. Discussing doesn't fallwithin the purview of this committee. Majority Vote confinnation- Diane Lynch- Ordinance 2025-43. Approved back in October. Section 3-Appointment and composition. Quorum Rules- Presence of 3 or more members shall constitute a quorum. Affirmative vote of 2 or more shall be necessary to take official action. The committee shall by majority vote of the entire membership adopt rules and procedures. Allen Schantzen- It says the entire membership, which is 7, but there is only 3 members. Diane Lynch- The question was asked of Jeff Glascow today and he stated he would prefer a full board, but if that is unlikely then the entire membership less the vacancies can take action. Allen Schanzten-The entirety of the board are the members who are presently appointed. Meredith McLean- We have had a few applicants for the open seats that will go before the BCC in January for approval. We also have applications for the at-large positions. We are seeking clarification if the committee will vote on the at large or the commissioners will vote. Diane Lynch-Applicants must be sponsored by the commissioner in that district. At- large can be from any district. They are not required to be sponsored by a specific comm1ss10ner. Susan Mehas- If we are aware of an applicant that someone isn't qualified or shouldn't be appointed, we need to be given a chance to speak up. Diane Lynch- It still has to be an item that goes on a BCC meeting agenda that gets approved. If you disagree with it, you have a chance to speak at that meeting and share your concerns. Kelly Hyland- How will we know ifwe need to attend a meeting Diane Lynch- The BCC meeting agenda is published a week before. I see it before its published. If I see something I will let Meredith know. Kelly Hyland- If our tern1 is up, how will we know if someone is running to replace us? Also, if we want to run again do we need to let the commissioner know. Diane Lynch- If a position is open, it will be posted, you would need to go on the website and apply again. Page 5 of 15 b. General Webpage Updates i. Updated Fee Policy replacing 2018-106 with 2025- 202 Alexandra Casanova-I have a list of general updates that have been done on our website. Licensing information (Main page). One year unaltered changed to $100.00. Three year unaltered removed. Fee Policy- Updated Fee Schedule signed. Clerks' version. (Resolution 2025-202). Laws for Pet Owners-Updated Dog and Cat breeding permitted inspected by Code. (no longer DAS). Updated Article II. Animal Control. (Municode ). Updated fee fines $1000.00. Breeder Regulations-Updated DAS language to Code Enforcement for application submission and relevant inspections. Updated the Breeder Application. (pulled from Code page). c. New Agenda Item Request Form -Attachment 3 Page l 0 Alexandra Casanova-This is a form that we would like to use going forward. It will provide a much more streamlined process to receive agenda item requests. Meredith McLean-People were just emailing items in before. They were not filling out this form. It will be required 14 days prior to the meeting. The general public can submit this form as well. Kelly Hyland-Who has the final say in what becomes an agenda item. Meredith McLean-The Chair and I meet to discuss each item. Alexanda Casanova-For the upcoming meeting in January, the 7th will be the final day for these to be received to be considered for the January meeting. IX. Old Business a. Stray Hold Period for Dogs and Cats (Action Item) Meredith McLean- At the last meeting we discussed the stray hold and what is existing. We discussed if we wanted to continue with our same stray/hold policy of 5 days or reduce to 3 days as the ordinance is written. Susan Mehas- In hearing from the people who run the lost pet pages, they do not feel 3 days is enough. I would also like the same consideration for dogs and cats. Kelly Hyland- I would like to make a Motion that we keep our policy as is at 5 days. Meredith McLean- We need to be specific. To put this on record, for existing, dogs have 5 day holds, Cats have a 5 day hold if they have a form of identification, if they do not, they can be returned back out or put into the adoption pool. Kelly Hyland- Correct. My motion is to keep the policy the same as it currently states. Michele Antonia- Motion Seconded. Motion passed unanimously. b. Policy for Releasing Sick Animals from the Shelteri. Returning a Sick Animal to the Owner Page 6 of 15 Kelly Hyland-Ifthere is an animal that is released from the shelter, and they are released sick. Who makes the call to release them, and who does the follow-up on the animal to make sure it is getting the care it needs. Meredith McLean-If the vet is concerned that there could be a cruelty case, CCSO is notified. If CCSO detennines that the is some sort of cruelty case, they would file the proper paperwork and possibly have the animal surrendered. There are legal parameters for me to confiscate animals. For things like skin conditions or heartworm, the vet makes that determination. The animals go home with medications needed and directive to follow up with their vet for care if needed. Kelly Hyland-Who is doing the follow up to make sure after they are released. Meredith McLean-We can't put a notice to comply on every animal that leaves the shelter. We advise if the symptoms don't clear up to please return with the animal. But it would be at the discretion of the Veterinarian for notices to be issued. We do issue notices to comply when needed and the AOC follows up on them. X. New Business a. Adoption Contract-Attachment 4 Meredith McLean-This is a very old adoption contract. I would like you to take this and make suggestions for improvements that need to be made and bring it back at the next meeting. Alan Schantzen-Will this be reviewed by legal Meredith McLean-Yes. Anything that has to be signed will need to be reviewed by legal. XI.Advisory Board Member comments Susan Mehas- Are we getting any fall out from the immigration issues. Meredith McLean- Any first responder is aware that they can contact animal control or code enforcement to have the animals removed if needed. Ice works with local law enforcement in these situations. Susan Mehas- Have you confim1ed we will have a table at the FGCU event Meredith McLean- Yes. We will be at the event. Susan Mehas- Are we back to charging adoption fees now Meredith McLean- Yes, but the fees are reduced. There has not been a decline in adoptions. Allen Schanzten- You mentioned you are working on an org chart, could I ask to be given job descriptions that match the org chart. Meredith McLean- Yes, Alex emailed them to you right before this meeting. XII.Next Meeting Wednesday January 21 st , 2026 XIII.Adjourn Page 7 of 15 2026 Domestic Animal Services Budget Page 9 of 15 A B C D E F G Fund Ctr/ Comm Item Adopted Budget Amended Bndget Commitment Actual Available %Consnmed 1 643400 WATER AND SEWER 40,300.00 40,300.00 23,730.91 8,269.09 8,300.00 79.4 643SOO CABLE TV/ l:'l"TERNET 2,000.00 2,000.00 1,076.10 423.90 500.00 75.0 35 644600 RE.'ff EQUIP:\IENT 36 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 644620 LEASE EQUIPML'ff 37 4,000.00 4,000.00 2,173.50 754.63 1,071.87 73.2 645260 AUTO INSL'RANCE 8,900.00 8,900.00 8,900.00 100.0 38 645920 INSURANCE CLAIMS 3Q 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 646110 BUILDING R.1\1 OUT 40 646180 BUILDING R.1\1 ISF 50,000.00 50,000.00 72,946.96 22,946.96-145.9 41 646320 LA.t',DSCAPE MAITRIALS 422.89 422.89-42 646430 FLEET :\IAINT ISF 30,000.00 30,000.00 6,914.00 23,086.00 23.0 43 646440 FLEET :\IAINT PARTS 17,400.00 17,400.00 193.44 17,206.56 1.1 646445 FLEET NON l\lAINT 45 1,800.00 1,800.00 16.00 1,784.00 0.9 646610 COl\lMUNICATION EQUIP 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,000.00 500.00 66.7 40 646970 OTHER EQUIP REPAIRS 47 11,000.00 11,000.00 323.00 10,677.00 2.9 647ll0 PRl:'l G A.'"D OR BIND 1,000 00 1,000.00 1,000.00 100.0 48 649000 SALES TAX EXPL SE 49 649010 LICENSES A "D PER.,IITS so 150,000.00 150,000.00 81,963.70 21,528.30 46,508.00 69.0 649100 LEGAL ADVERTISING 1,000 00 1,000 00 1,000.00 1000 51 649990 OTHER ::\IISCELLA. ,-i:ous 500.00 500.00 201.96 298.04 40.4 52 649992 VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION 53 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 65lll0 OFFICE SUPPLIES GL,"ER.<\L 10,000.00 10,000.00 1,400.50 1,094.27 7,505.23 24.9 651210 COPYING CHARGES 55 8,000.00 8,000.00 5,992.38 2,117.62 110.00-101.4 651930 l\IINOR OFFICE FUR.,i:TURE 10,115.76 1,281.00 11,396.76- 56 651950 l\IINOR DATA PROCESS 25,000.00 25,000.00 9,386.35 15,613.65 37.5 57 652110 CLOTIIlNG AND UNIF 58 25,000.00 25,000.00 1,706.72 23,293.28 6.8 652120 UNIFORM ACCESSORIES 3,000.00 so 3,000.00 3,000.00 652140 PERSONAL SAFEIT EQU 35,000.00 35,000.00 23,130.11 11,869.89 100.0 60 652210 FOOD OPERATDiG SUPPLIES 61 652250 SHELTER A.'1\IIAL FOOD 80,000.00 80,000.00 56,123.70 29,501.73 5,625.43-107.0 62 652255 ANIMAL SUPPLIES 63 100,000.00 100,000.00 42,550.21 38,003.37 19,446.42 80.6 652490 FUEL A. '"I> LUB ISF 42,000.00 42,000.00 2,821.61 39,178.39 6.7 652510 HOUSE A,',D INSTITUT 60,000.00 60,000.00 47,351.58 7,555.17 5,093.25 91.5 65 Page 10 of 15 Page 11 of 15 STATE OF FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 20-69 (Emergency Management -COVID-19 -Local Government Public Meetings) WHEREAS, on March 1, 2020, I issued Executive Order 20-51 directing the Florida Department of Health to issue a Public Health Emergency as a result of COVID-19; and WHEREAS, on March I, 2020, the State Surgeon General and State Health Officer declared a Public Health Emergency exists in the State of Florida as a result of COVID-19; and WHEREAS, on March 9, 2020, I issued Executive Order 20-52 declaring a state of emergency for the entire State of Florida as a result of COVID-19; and WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, President Donald J. Trump and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") issued the "15 Days to Slow the Spread" guidance advising individuals to adopt far-reaching social distancing measures, such as working from home and avoiding gatherings of more than 10 people; and WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, I wrote a letter to Attorney General Ashley Moody seeking an advisory opinion regarding concerns raised by local government bodies about their ability to hold meetings through teleconferencing and other technological means in order to protect the public and follow the CDC guidance regarding social distancing; and WHEREAS, on March 19, 2020, Attorney General Ashley Moody delivered an opinion to me indicating that certain provisions of Florida law require a physical quorum be present for local government bodies to conduct official business, and that local government bodies may only conduct meetings by teleconferencing or other technological means if either a statute permits a quorum to be present by means other than in person, or that the in person requirement for constituting a quorum is lawfully suspended during the state of emergency; and Page 12 of 15 WHEREAS, it is necessary and appropriate to take action to ensure that COVJD-19 remains controlled, and that residents and visitors in Florida remain safe and secure; NOW, THEREFORE, I, RON DESANTIS, as Governor of Florida, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Article IV, Section ( I )(a) of the Florida Constitution, Chapter 252, Florida Statutes, and all other applicable laws, promulgate the following Executive Order to take immediate effect: Section I. I hereby suspend any Florida Statute that requires a quorum to be present in person or requires a local government body to meet at a specific public place. Section 2. Local government bodies may utilize communications media technology, such as telephonic and video conferencing, as provided in section I 20.54(5)(b)2., Florida Statutes. Section 3. This Executive Order does not waive any other requirement under the Florida Constitution and "Florida's Government in the Sunshine Laws," including Chapter 286, Florida Statutes. Section 4. This Executive Order shall expire at the expiration of Executive Order 20- 52, including any extension. ATTEST: IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed, at Tallahassee, this 20thda of@ :x::a :Jt V? Ii ·J Page 13 of 15 STATE OF FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 20-246 (Emergency Management -COVID 19 -Local Government Public Meetings) WHEREAS, Executive Order 20-69, as extended by Executive Orders 20-112, 20-123, 20-139, 20-150 and amended by Executive Orders 20-179 and 20-193, expires on October 1, 2020, unless extended. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RON DESANTIS, as Governor of Florida, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Article IV, Section (l)(a) of the Florida Constitution, Chapter 252, Florida Statutes, and all other applicable laws, promulgate the following Executive Order to take immediate effect: Section 1. I hereby extend Executive Order 20-69, as extended by Executive Orders 20-112, 20-123, 20-139, 20-150 and amended by Executive Orders 20-179 and 20-193, subject to the condition of Section 2 below, until 12:01 a.m. November 1, 2020. This order supersedes Section 4 of Executive Order 20-69. Section 2. This order shall not apply to election canvassing boards. ATTEST: IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed, at Tallahassee, this 30th daY. September, 20::2,::,;0._._..-.._ (!{f5' RON DESANTIS, GOVERNOR w 0 ,, 3: .z:- -n -r rn Page 14 of 15 Current Members: Al Schantzen District 4 Susan Mehas District 4 Michele Antonia District 5 Kelly Hyland District 1 Morris Lisa Krupp Kelly Dickey Donna Martin Daniel Kepp Tom Leighton Gail Orlando Jessica Morris Rebecca Redstall Victoria District 2 District 3 At-Large Vacant Seats: Applicants: District 5District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 Applicants Page 15 of 15