Brookhaven FOIL (Emergency Care Contract)

The emergency vet care agreement was written to provide emergency medical services for shelter animals.
Several problems have surfaced with this arrangement. 
The procedure for STRAY animals found when the shelter is CLOSED is unclear and obtaining AUTHORIZATION is difficult.
This includes
- stray dogs
- stray dogs in need of medical attention
- stray cats/kittens in need of medical attention
One other complication involved a stray dog brought to the emergency clinic by a good samaritan when the shelter was closed. The dog was subsequently released to a person claiming to be the owner, but was not. 

When the agreement expired on 06/08/19, the town board authorized a renewal but agreements were not signed.
The reasons for this are unclear.

Year

Details

Overview

2015

FOIL

LI Animal Emergency (Selden) 3yr Agreement + option for (2) 1yr ext.
06/04/15 Resolution 2015-0425
06/16/15 Selden Signed
07/02/15 Town Signed
Effective 06/08/15 - 06/08/18

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

FOIL

LI Animal Emergency (Selden) 1yr Extension
07/12/18 Resolution 2018-0546
07/21/18 Selden Signed
07/30/18 Town Signed
Effective 06/09/18 - 06/08/19

2019

FOIL

FOIL

LI Animal Emergency (Selden) final 1yr Extension
06/06/19 Resolution 2019-0495
? Selden Signed
? Town Signed
? Effective
It appears agreement was not renewed

2019

FOIL

FOIL

LI Animal Emergency (Selden) New 3 yr Agreement
10/24/19 Resolution 2019-0790
? Selden Signed
? Town Signed
? Effective
It appears a new agreement was not implemented

 

Brookhaven Budgets & Actuals

Note:
The shelter has come in under budget every year for the past 5 years totalling over $1MILLION DOLLARS!
So much for the “we don’t have the money” excuse ...

Year

Spay/Neuter

Vet Care

Shelter

 

Budget

Actual

Budget

Actual

Budget

Actual

Difference

2015

$10K

$9.4K

$40K

$36.0K

$2.47M

$2.26M

-$210K

2016

$10K

$9.8K

$30K

$37.8K

$2.42M

$2.25M

-$170K

2017

$11K

$37.2K

$40K

$39.0K

$2.49M

$2.25M

-$240K

2018

$17.5K

$27.5K

$40K

$30.7K

$2.46M

$2.32M

-$140K

2019*

$40K

$11.1K**

$40K

$122.1K***

$2.68M

$2.18M

-$500K

2020

$40K

 

$41K

 

$2.90M

    

 

   * 2019 YTD Actuals are as of Nov 19, 2019
 ** Discrepancy with FOILed S/N vet bills received Nov. 25 ($3.5K)
*** Includes settlement with vet who ran private practice at shelter (?)

Brookhaven FOIL (Shelter Statistics)

Note: In 2016 a new computer program was installed to create office efficiency
Note: Cat statistics not tracked, except for DOH-4331 euthanasia?

Dogs 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Beginning Count unreported   unreported unreported  unreported
Intake 1208   1096 1119  1043
Redeemed 498   530 465 500 
Adopted unreported   445 531 411 
Transfer unreported   9 6 7 
DOA unreported   unreported 21 5 
Euthanized unreported   51* 69* 71* 
Data entry error       3 5
Ending Count unreported   61 24 44 

* Discrepancy with DOH-4331 dogs euthanized: 2017(48), 2018(71), 2019(62)