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Reconstituted advisory board reviews 2024 shelter, field and court figures and asks for a spay/neuter voucher item
With new members and a new chair, the advisory board heard 2024 figures: 2,511 adoptions, 643 transfers to rescues, 1,280 returns to owners, 16,730 field calls, 88% of budgeted positions filled and an average municipal court failure-to-appear rate of 63.4% on animal cases. Texas Tech veterinary students had done about 700 surgeries. Councilmember Les Simpson, a board member, said the mayor had committed funding for spay/neuter efforts, and the board set a spay/neuter voucher program as its next action item.[1]
What the sources say
- ✓ Verified
The January 22, 2025 minutes report 2024 totals of 2,511 adoptions (1,377 dogs, 1,102 cats, 32 others), 355 barn cats, 643 animals transferred to rescue and 1,280 returned to owners; 16,730 calls for service; 88% of budgeted positions filled, with twelve field officers and two field supervisors; and Municipal Court animal dockets of 831 cases and 224 defendants with an average failure-to-appear rate of 63.4%. The presiding judge said there were 609 post-judgment and 602 pre-judgment outstanding animal warrants. [1]
- Adoptions 2024
- 2,511
- Rescue transfers 2024
- 643
- Returned to owner 2024
- 1,280
- Calls 2024
- 16,730
- Failure to appear
- 63.4%
- ⚠ Sources differ
Department estimates of what the Texas Tech veterinary school partnership saves the City differ by measure.
Reported value 1[1]
- Amount
- $140,000
January 22, 2025 advisory board minutes: 16 students completed about 700 surgeries, which 'would have cost approximately $140,000.'
Reported value 2[2]
- Amount
- $100,000
June 26, 2025 public health board minutes: the collaboration 'saves the city approximately $100,000 annually.'
- ✓ Verified
The minutes record that "Mr. Simpson shared that the mayor held a special meeting with concerned citizens and committed funding toward spay/neuter efforts," and that AM&W "confirmed that microchip purchases are supported through a dedicated budget line item." The chair proposed a $0.03 water-bill surcharge with an opt-out to fund spay/neuter services; no action was taken on it. The next meeting was to include "an action item that will address the spay and neuter voucher program." [1]
