At the Joshua Animal Control advisory board meeting, staff introduced recommended changes to the animal-control fee schedule and reviewed shelter operations and August statistics.

Speaker 4 told the board the shelter would propose adjustments to daily-care and quarantine fees to better reflect operating costs: "We do rabies quarantine for $200," and the manager said market rates can be much higher in some jurisdictions. Board members discussed balancing reasonable user fees with the shelter's status as a service rather than a revenue-generating operation and noted the ordinance allows the manager or city manager to waive fees for indigent residents.

The board also discussed tracking repeat owner surrenders and potential sliding fee scales based on animal size or repeated behavior. Speaker 1 urged the shelter to track surrenders to avoid becoming a long-term disposal point for repeat relinquishments.

A separate, extended discussion addressed a high-profile pack of stray dogs in neighboring Johnson County and Godley. Residents had raised safety concerns about an estimated 30 60 animals; Speaker 4 described jurisdictional limits and told the board what the shelter would do if directed by the city manager: "we would actively trap ... we'd feed in traps for 2 to 3 days" and coordinate with nearby municipal or nonprofit partners.

Operations data through August showed reduced cat intakes during extreme heat (staff suspended trapping for safety) but year-to-date cat intakes were about 150 higher than last year; adoption numbers remain limited by the number of adoptable animals. Speaker 4 reported donation-driven revenue increases (reported as up about 111% as of August) and summarized training and outreach activities.

The board approved the prior meeting minutes earlier in the meeting (motion by Speaker 3, second by Speaker 1, vote 4-0). Staff said specific ordinance language and recommended fee figures will be presented at the next advisory meeting for endorsement before going to city council.