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Department tells advisory board it is retaining a third-party shelter evaluation
The January 10, 2024 advisory board agenda listed a "2024 staff review of city ordinances" and a "3rd party comprehensive shelter evaluation." The minutes say AM&W was "in the process of retaining a 3rd party comprehensive shelter evaluation service (Animal Shelter Services, Inc.)", described as "a key component in building a strategic plan for long-term goals," and was moving forward with renovating the shelter operations building and a kennel refresh at a facility built in 1972. The department reported 2023 outcomes of 1,987 adoptions, 1,431 transfers to rescues, 1,251 returns to owners and 398 barn-cat placements, and listed open positions including three animal care workers and three officer trainees.[1][2]
Victoria MedleyAnimal Shelter Services, LLC
What the sources say
- ⚠ Sources differ
City sources give different construction years for the shelter.
Reported value 1[2]
- Value
- 1,972
Board minutes: 'The facility was built in 1972 and has been identified as city priority.'
Reported value 2[3]
- Value
- 1,974
The 2023-2028 CIP says the current kennels and the shelter services building were built in 1974.
Reported value 3[4]
- Value
- 1970s
The interim director told NewsChannel 10 in August 2026 the shelter was constructed in the 1970s.
- ✓ Verified
The department reported 2023 outcomes of 1,987 adoptions through the adoptions office, 1,431 transfers to partner rescues, 1,251 returns to owners and 398 barn-cat placements, plus 2,534 surgeries; field services received 21,404 calls and officers issued 754 citation violations, up from 452 in 2022. [2]
- Adoptions 2023
- 1,987
- Rescue transfers 2023
- 1,431
- Returned to owner 2023
- 1,251
- ✓ Verified
The 2023-2028 Capital Improvement Program programs $1,692,406 for "AM&W Kennel Renovation" (project 411556) from FY2024 to FY2028, addressing two kennel buildings per year, and $59,750 in FY2024 for a "Shelter Services Building Remodel" (project 411555). [3]
- Kennel renovation programmed
- $1,692,406
- Building remodel programmed
- $59,750