DATE: January 30, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Chief of Police
SUBJECT: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate up to $200,000 in Donations and Fee Revenue for the Animal Shelter for Fiscal Year 2024
RECOMMENDATION
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to accept and appropriate up to $200,000 in donations and fee revenue for the Animal Shelter for Fiscal Year 2024.
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 Council approve and appropriate up to $200,000 in donations and fee revenue for the Hayward Animal Shelter in fiscal year 2024. Staff does not anticipate receiving more than $200,000 in donations and fee revenue this fiscal year but if it does, staff will return to Council to request an increase of the appropriation.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution