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Pre-budget workshop presents four Animal Management & Welfare cost-recovery options
A City Manager memo dated February 12, 2026 for the March 10, 2026 pre-budget workshop said the department's FY2025/26 budget was about $4.2 million with about $128,000 in fee revenue, and listed four options: raise the daily shelter care fee from $5 to $15 (daily care costs about $13.18 to $17.47), raise the adult surrender fee from $25 to $50, return adoption fees to the ordinance rates of $50 for dogs and $30 for cats from reduced rates used since 2020, and double impoundment fees on a second impoundment with spay/neuter required before release. The memo estimated $130,000 to $140,000 a year in added revenue. The workshop took no vote.[1][2]
What the sources say
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The City Manager's February 12, 2026 memo lists four AM&W options: daily shelter care fee from $5.00 to $15.00 per day excluding the first day, noting the fee "has not been raised in over a decade" and that actual daily care costs range from about $13.18 to $17.47; adult surrender fee from $25.00 to $50.00 with puppy and kitten fees kept at $10.00; adoption fees returned to ordinance rates ($50.00 dogs, $30.00 cats) from reduced discretionary rates in place since 2020; and impoundment fees doubled on a second impoundment with spay/neuter required before release. [1]
- Daily care current
- $5
- Daily care proposed
- $15
- Daily care cost low
- $13
- Daily care cost high
- $17
- Adult surrender current
- $25
- Adult surrender proposed
- $50
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The memo said AM&W's FY2025/26 budget was about $4.2 million with about $128,000 in revenue across its main fee accounts, that full cost neutrality is not likely achievable, and estimated the four changes "could improve revenue by approximately $130,000-$140,000 per year," described as preliminary order-of-magnitude estimates to be refined, including review by the advisory board. [1]
- Est revenue low
- $130,000
- Est revenue high
- $140,000
- ✓ Verified
Work session minutes for March 10, 2026 record that City Manager Grayson Path presented the pre-budget workshop and that no proposed budget would be considered or voted on. [2]