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Tooele Council approves changes to animal-shelter and police-record fees
Summary
The Tooele City Council on March 18 approved Resolution 2026-15 to revise animal-shelter fees and raise the police/accident report fee to $10; the police chief said the changes fund sterilizations, rabies vaccinations and more robust redaction for records requests.
The Tooele City Council approved a resolution on March 18 that adjusts animal-shelter fees and raises the fee for police and accident reports.
Police Chief Adrian Day told the council the changes support a small trap-neuter-return partnership with Best Friends in Orem to obtain veterinary services and to allow the department to vaccinate animals before release. "We haven't been able to do a rabies vaccination before," Day said, adding the change will let the department comply with state law prior to returning animals to owners. Day also said the city plans to add a $30 surrender fee for cats and reinstate a $100 dog-surrender fee in limited circumstances for Tooele residents.
Day also proposed separating police-record fees from general city records and increasing the report fee to $10 from $5. "We had over 4,700 requests last year," he said, adding police reports require more redaction and careful handling than other city records.
Council members asked how the city handles animal carcasses and whether small animals such as rabbits were covered; Day said the city stores carcasses and transports them to the dump when full and suggested the fee schedule be reworded to distinguish small animals from livestock.
Councilman Hansen moved to approve Resolution 2026-15; Councilman McCall seconded. The council voted unanimously and the resolution passed, recorded as 5-0.
The resolution updates the city fee schedule; the council did not attach additional procedural steps. The council moved on to other ordinance items after the vote.
