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Councilmember Stiles seeks $20,000 for Peck Community Center spay/neuter and funding to finish Safe Bar app; committee agreed to consider amendment
Summary
Councilmember Stiles filed Amendment 1 to the FY2026 budget ordinance seeking $20,000 for additional spay-and-neuter services at Peck Community Center and funding to complete the Safe Bar sexual-assault-prevention program app; the Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee approved suspending rules so Council can consider the amendment.
Councilmember Stiles introduced Amendment 1 to the Fiscal Year 2026 budget ordinance at the Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee meeting on June 17, asking the committee to accept the amendment as a late-file item and to allow full Council consideration.
Stiles said the amendment includes $20,000 to fund an extra year of spay-and-neuter services provided by the Peck Community Center while the city’s animal services facility remains at capacity and a new facility is under development. Stiles also described funding for the Safe Bar program, a sexual-assault-prevention program that provides bartender trainings, test-coaster kits for spotting drink tampering, marketing materials, volunteer training and an app intended for visitors and residents to identify participating bars.
The committee discussed the late-file nature briefly; Stiles said the delay was partly her responsibility because funding-source details were not finalized in time. The committee voted to suspend Council Rule 13 to allow the amendment to be considered on the June Council agenda. The item was properly before the committee for consideration and Stiles delivered the amendment summary for the record.
The committee did not vote on the underlying budget ordinance amendment at the committee level; the suspension enables the full Council to debate and vote on the Peck Community Center allocation and the Safe Bar funding. The committee record does not list exact Safe Bar dollar amounts or a full budget breakdown; Stiles said prior Council support for Safe Bar had helped complete app development and marketing but the app was not yet finished, prompting the requested funds to finalize and distribute it.
The amendment will appear on the Council agenda for a substantive vote. If approved by the Council, the Peck Community Center funding would cover one additional year of spay-and-neuter services and the Safe Bar funds would support app completion, marketing and volunteer training as described by Stiles.
