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there s#ill is no cat fiacility at th€ IEona shelter. Whare is the $3®,000.00 and why did Hawaii Island Humane Society send out a broc~ture telling the public that donations of X100.00 or more would entitle their name to be inscribed on the Kona cat facility, and yet it is still not built?' This Island is tov big for one agency, and it should be stressed that the animal control contract is to errforce the ani~tal ct~nta4 laws. In a letter to Legislative Auditor, Connie ICiriu, dated 11/110/01 from Grayson Hashida, executive ®irector of Hawaii Island Humane Society, ~81r. Hashida states that he "urges the County to establish a separate animal contro9 division within the Police C?epartmerrl, while continuing to contract with HfHS to run the shelters." If Hawaii Island Humane Society just wants to "shelter" the animals and not enforce the laws, t~~ thego sAts~t~At~ mot ~e awa~~c~ a arse~aB c®s~1 cow At the IoIACA public meeting held at the bona t)utdoor Circle, a recent manager of the HMS's &Cona shelter stood up and said "~6hat's the sense in giving a ~20.OD citation if people are jus# going to throw it in a draw and continue to break the lard'. This manager obviously did no# know the laws or the tine. This is an example of FIIHS's lack of training. If a manager does not know the laws, I am to think that the rest of the oft'icers are not properly trained either. Time does not allow me to make comment on all that I agree with or disagree with in t'he IdACA report, except I would like to say in closing that I do not think that there should be a special division of the police department to enforce the animal control laws. It is not appropriate to have a separation of the enforcement staff and another agency providing the sheltering. This would cause more confusion and paper work if an Animal Control ®f~cer was not at the shelter to issue a citation when a person redeemed their dog. However, I do think that the animal control contract should corns under the Jrerrsdictiort of the Police Cepartment rather' than the Finance I3epartrnerrt as they are both law errtorcement agencies. Thank you for your time and I will be happy to ans~+er any questions that the council may have now ar in the future.