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September 1993 HIHS Minutes "Badges.• Pat called the Director of Finance's secretary who rs currently trying to frrd out from the Corporation Counsel what the delay is. The Corp Counsel told Pat earlier that all the paperwork would be ready by July. " March 12, 1994 HIHS Minutes "use of badges rs awaiting the state's printing of the violation handbooks" Juue 25, 1994 HIHS Executive Director's report `After meeting with assistant police chief Todd and writing follow up letter to the Clerk of Court, Gtahon Books were finally returned to HIHS " Almost three years after badges were removed! May 14, 1997 Pnvatization Fats HIHS is informed by a top official in the last administration that the County contract is null and void as of the end of the day Furthermore, since the Kona and Waimea shelters are County property, our Executive Dvector, Lisa Fowler, is told that we might have to vacate the premises "What about the animals "she asks, and is amazed at his airswer. "Turn them loose. " HIHS is subsequently deemed an essential service, and we are allowed to keep operating May 17, 1997 At an HIHS board meeting, heated discussion ensues over whether the contract is worth fighting for While all agree that it would be satisfying to tell the County they can have the contract and welcome to it, the board reaches a consensus that we will fight to keep it The reasons Based on what we have seen of the County in action vis-a-vis animal control, we doubt the County's ability to run a humane animal control or sheltering operation, even given a period of training and transition June 1997 Joining with other non-profits to restore our contract, we incur $10,000 in legal expenses that are never reimbursed by the County 1998 Ginger Towle begins a campaign to win back the animal control contract for West Hawaii, and gets put on the Council agenda An unmense amount of our Executive Director's time in 1998 is spent responding to allegations put forth by WHHS May 4, 1998 I~HS Board member's testimony before the County Council "In closing, let me point out a frustrating trend Last year we were threatened with the closure of al! three shelters during the pnvatrzatron crisis. This year we must divert our energy to counter the groundless allegations brought by the Kona group. It rs dishecntening that after serving the county and our community to the best of our abihty for years, we must divert so much of our energy and financial resources to these absurd side issues. Yet we will persist to fight for the contract, because we know that we can do the~ob more humanely than any other group on the island Our bottom line rs not money, or status, or polities Our bottom tine rs the animals We would appreciate the support of the county council so that we may return our full attention to doing the work that we were contracted to do and have done very ably for the last eight years " The County Council Finance Committee concludes that there is no need to split the animal control contract between east and west Hawaii 4