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Davis County Commission tentatively advances new animal care facility despite $1.7 million construction shortfall
Summary
Commissioners agreed to move the animal care facility project to schematic design and prepare to go out to bid in August 2025, while staff outlined options to trim $1.7 million from the building budget and asked the commission to revisit the county's donation policy.
The Davis County Commission voted in a work session in August 2025 to tentatively proceed with schematic design and the bidding process for a new county animal care facility, even as staff reported the project is roughly $1.7 million over the current construction budget.
The facility replaces an aging shelter and was planned from a 2021'2 study by CityGate Associates. That study estimated a building need of about 31,986 square feet and originally placed construction at roughly $470 per square foot. After design revisions and a move to a pre-engineered steel structure, the project team reduced the plan to 29,120 square feet but still reported the animal care building construction cost at about $13.6 million, with an additional $2.1 million estimated for site work, bringing the construction total to about $15.7 million. The county's approved construction budget is $14.0 million and the all-in project budget is $16.5 million.
Ashley Young, director of Animal Care for Davis County, told commissioners the team has…
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