· Resolution
FY2026/27 budget: $4.49 million for Animal Management & Welfare
The FY2026/27 budget book (after council review) set the department's budget at $4,492,687 and listed FY2024/25 actuals of 8,632 dog and cat intake, 3,920 euthanized, 2,663 adopted, 1,313 reclaimed and 795 left through rescue, projecting 3,034 euthanized in FY2026/27. The budget ordinance adopted September 29, 2026 raised the daily care and adult surrender fees; it did not change the impoundment fee section to double fees on a second impoundment.[1][2][3]
What the sources say
- ✓ Verified
The FY2026/27 budget book (after council review) lists a department budget of $4,492,687, all from the General Fund, and FY2024/25 actual expenditures of $3,881,220 and revenues of $624,220. [1]
- Budget fy2026 27
- $4,492,687
- Actual fy2024 25
- $3,881,220
- Revenue fy2024 25
- $624,220
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FY2026/27 book performance measures list FY2024/25 actuals of 8,632 total dog and cat intake, 1,225 surrendered, 1,313 reclaimed, 3,920 euthanized, 2,663 adopted and 795 left through rescue; the FY2026/27 projection is 8,272 intake and 3,034 euthanized. These are projections, not results. [1]
- Intake fy2024 25
- 8,632
- Euthanized fy2024 25
- 3,920
- Adopted fy2024 25
- 2,663
- Projected euthanized fy2026 27
- 3,034
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Section 10 of the FY2026/27 budget ordinance amends Sec. 8-2-4 to raise the daily care fee from $5.00 to $15.00 and the adult surrender fee from $25.00 to $50.00. It leaves the first-impoundment fee in Sec. 8-2-4(a)(1) at $50 intact or $30 spayed/neutered with no doubling for a second impoundment, and lists adoption fees of $50.00 (canine) and $30.00 (feline) unchanged. [2]
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The City reported that the FY2026/27 budget votes were all 4-1.[3]