Adam McDaniel told the Spokane City Council that the city’s current interlocal agreement (ILA) with Spokane County for animal control services expires Dec. 31 and that the proposed replacement would run Jan. 1, 2026–Dec. 31, 2030 unless terminated earlier.

McDaniel described the contract’s cost formula: each month the county will calculate the actual countywide cost of delivering animal-control services, multiply that by each jurisdiction’s share of calls, and subtract licensing revenue. He said Spokane accounts for about 50% of calls and used a September 2025 county actual of roughly $262,000 and Spokane license revenue of about $28,500 to illustrate how the monthly allocation would be computed.

Council later approved a staff motion to hold a special meeting Thursday, Dec. 18 at 11 a.m. to consider several interlocal agreements, including the animal-control ILA. Staff also moved to defer an emergency animal-control ordinance (listed as C-36803 in the packet) to that special meeting; Councilman McKecker moved to defer and the motion passed on voice vote.

No final vote on the new ILA occurred during the agenda review; staff said the proposed ILA language is in the council packet for action at the special meeting.