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County approves higher health-inspection fees and renews animal-control interlocal with City of Odom
Summary
Commissioners approved updated environmental health inspection fees effective Nov. 1 and renewed an interlocal animal-control agreement with the City of Odom that raises the monthly fee and shifts veterinarian costs to the city.
San Patricio County on July 20 approved changes to its environmental health fee schedule and renewed an interlocal animal-control agreement with the City of Odom.
Gabriel Arroyo of Environmental Health told commissioners the county's revised inspection fees will take effect Nov. 1, 2026, with a 90-day notice to cities. He said the mobile food-unit permitting category has been removed because such units are now regulated by the state under House Bill 2844. "That category has been removed," Arroyo said, adding that surrounding counties' fees were used as benchmarks.
Arroyo also described a renewed interlocal with the City of Odom limited to human-bite response within city limits. The contract continues prior service but increases the monthly fee from $3.50 to $500 and makes the city responsible for any veterinary costs incurred. Commissioners approved both the fee schedule and the Odom interlocal by voice vote.
The county auditor and commissioners discussed cost-per-inspection data; Arroyo said he can provide information about the actual cost of inspections on request.
