Concho Valley PAWS bid submission to the City of San Angelo reflected a number of changes. The City shifted the cost of spay/neuter and rabies vaccination of adopted animals to PAWS. In return PAWS got the ability to set and collect adoption fees and the right to set its hours of operations.
A public information request produced the revenue the city received from animal adoptions prior to shifting responsibility to Concho Valley PAWS.
City staff did not include the loss of adoption revenue in its evaluation for City Council on August 18, 2020. It only included the contract fee, which rises over the five year period from $60,000 to $76,006.
City leaders signed the expanded contract with PAWS on November 30, 2020. Documents show a total maximum amount of $350,997, the sum of the five years of negotiated contract fees. The signed contract does not reveal any amount for the adoption fee franchise given to PAWS.
PAWS served as the city's adoption coordinator for the last three years. Adoption fees for 2019 and 2020 averaged $41,000. If PAWS collects $40,000 per year the organization would garner an additional $200,000 over the life of the contract, courtesy of the City's generosity. That would bring total proceeds to $550,997.
One can argue the appropriate amount of adoption fees but some estimation should have been made and given to City Council when it considered the arrangement. That would've shown a more accurate financial impact.
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