DATE: May 6, 2025
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Chief of Police
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate Donations to and Fee Revenue From the Hayward Animal Shelter for Use by the Hayward Animal Shelter Through Fiscal Year 2025-2026 in an Amount Not to Exceed 500,000
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to accept and appropriate donations to and fee revenue from the Hayward Animal Shelter revenue for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 for use by the Hayward Animal Shelter in an amount not to exceed $500,000 ($250,000 respectively for each year).
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SUMMARY
Community members, businesses, and organizations routinely provide monetary donations to the Hayward Animal Shelter to support various necessary expenditures such as veterinary care, spay and neuter services, feline Trap-Neuter-Return programs, and subsidies for low to no cost adoptions. Each of the donations and fees, regardless of the amount, require Council approval to be appropriated and used to support the Animal Shelter. For smaller donations, the approval process can cost more in staff time than the funds received.
Staff requests that the City Council approve an appropriation of donations and fee revenue in an amount not to exceed $500,000 for use by the Hayward Animal Shelter annually through the end of fiscal year 2026. Staff does not anticipate receiving more than $250,000 in donations and fee revenue each fiscal year (for 2025 and 2026) but if it does, staff will return to the City Council to increase the appropriation request.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution