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In -less than a two month period, as a result of the preceding incidents (#1, 2, 3) you were warned on three occasions (2 verbal, 1 written) of your non compliance with departmental rules and your responsibilities to respond to calls. On September 22, 1993, less than two months after the written warning, incident #5 occurred. In my opinion, your lack of response to the first call from the E911 dispatcher was a very serious violation of departmental rules. As -- evidenced by the dispatch tape, there is no question the- injured dog was suffering and no question that the dispatcher apprised you of that fact. in my opinion, there is no doubt that you had a responsibility to immediately respond — to that call. The appeal hearing testimony reflects a total lapsed time of - approximately 50 minutes between the first and second dispatch call to you. Subsequently, you responded to the second call and put the dog down. As indicated previously, I have considered all the information and testimony presented to me in arriving at my final decision. Included in my consideration were your past performance and the letters of support presented at -the appeal meeting. However, in less than a four month time frame, in spite of three specific warnings, you still committed, in my opinion, a very serious violation of departmental rules. As a result, I am not convinced that if re -instated, based solely on your past performance, that the same type incidents would not occur again. Therefore, I deny your appeal for re -instatement. As provided for in Section AM -807.1, 6., b. of the Administrative Policy Manual ( Exhibit 11 attachment) you have the right to appeal this decision to the Board of County Commissioners. Very truly yours, ,lames E. Chandler 'County Administrator Attorney Collins stated that is in -essence the factual background in the determinations that were made in arriving at the conclusion to terminate Ms. House. Exhibits presented at the pre- termination meeting and the termination meeting are available to the Board if they wish: ... testing report of the beeper. ... appraisals from 1984-93, which were generally favorable. However, reviews in 1989 and 1991 mention deficiencies. ... letters of support for Ms. House. Commissioner Bird inquired about our policy on picking up unwanted animals and transporting them to the Humane Society, and Director Wright explained that the general policy is that we don't because of priority assignments and the limited number of personnel. We do pick up animals from elderly people who have no way of getting the animal to the Humane Society. The Humane Society does not have the ability to pick up unwanted animals; animals must be taken to them. We have a new policy in effect now that was not in effect during the time of these incidents. 15 800K 92 PAGE 15 66._ @BAR 31 -1994 .,A