San Angelo City Council learned on December 1, 2023:
Concho Valley PAWS is no longer building outdoor kennels and yards at San Angelo Animal Services.
City Council approved the construction of 25 outdoor kennels and one large play yard to better serve and improve conditions for housed animals in November 2022. This aimed to provide dog enrichment and improve the efficiency of daily cleaning.
The estimated $41,750 in private donations will instead be expended to construct these (or similar) amenities on Concho Valley PAWS’ leased property immediately adjacent to Animal Services.
Animal Services will repurpose the designated land to install a high-volume exhaust system to improve air quality in the building in the upcoming rehabilitation project. The Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DOAS) is a unit supplying cooled, dehumidified air in the summer and heated air in the winter to the entire shelter. This improves the visitor experience and provides better conditions for the staff and onsite pets.
The memo from Shelter Chief Morgan Chegwidden came in the aftermath of a November panleukopenia outbreak on shelter grounds.
Morgan referenced shelter updates which have been in the works for eleven months. The City borrowed nearly $2 million and only managed to hire engineers before paying that money back. The project is yet to be put out to bid.
Council received a second memo regarding the shelter's partnership with Concho Valley PAWS. It did not get the promised update in Morgan's November memo, which stated:
We’ll update you on FY23 owner redemptions’ progress next month.
Maybe that will arrive with the New Year.
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