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Animal Care Services requests $33.6 million for FY26; expands clinics, outreach and spay/neuter efforts
Summary
Animal Care Services Director John Gary presented a FY2026 proposed budget of $33.6 million and highlighted two new spay/neuter clinics, a Pet Care Connect neighborhood outreach pilot, improved critical call response rates and gains in live‑release metrics for dogs and cats.
John Gary, director of Animal Care Services (ACS), presented the department's FY2026 proposed budget to City Council Aug. 20, asking for $33,600,000 and describing investments in field operations, clinic capacity and community outreach programs.
Gary said ACS would operate with 245 authorized positions under the FY2026 proposal. He told council that roughly 27 percent of the budget (about $9,000,000) supports field operations — public safety responses, dangerous‑dog investigations, cruelty investigations and follow‑up services — and that ACS spends about $6,000,000 annually on spay/neuter programs.
Gary highlighted operational improvements: ACS increased critical‑call response rates from about 44 percent in FY2023 to roughly 83 percent overall and achieved a 94 percent response rate for critical calls in…
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