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DIVISION SUMMARY FY 2021-22 BUDGET

Function Department Division Account
PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE ANIMAL CONTROL 01-31-07

DIVISION DESCRIPTION:
The duties of the Animal Control Officer include: patrolling City streets, removing and disposing of dead animals, apprehending stray animals, maintaining and
caring for the animals in the City animal shelter, transferring unclaimed animals to the North Texas Humane Society, quarantining suspected diseased animals,
investigating complaints of reported violations, and issuing citations where warranted.

CITYWIDE CORE TENANT(S) SUPPORTED:
• Quality of Life: The City of Benbrook endeavors to implement legislation, policies, projects, and services to ensure our community remains a great city, and to

enhance quality of life for current and future generations of residents.
• Character: The City of Benbrook will govern with attentiveness, compassion, creativity, dedication, dependability, discretion, enthusiasm, fairness, flexibility,
honesty, humility, resourcefulness, respect, thoroughness, wisdom, and without bias.
• Services, Programs, and Projects: The City of Benbrook will provide services, programs, and projects that enhance quality of life.

DIVISION GOALS:
• To control the stray animal population.
• To provide protection to reduce the threat or endangerment of residents by any stray animal.
• To return all animals to their owners.
• To maintain a clean and humane animal shelter.

• To work to educate the public in the proper care of animals and the ordinances covering them.
DIVISION OBJECTIVES:
• To monitor expenditures and remain within + or - 5% of the Activity's budget allocation.
• To reduce the number of stray animals within the City by constant patrol and observation.

• To enforce all state and local laws and ordinances in an impartial manner.
• To assist in the return or adoption of all animals impounded.
• To maintain the animal shelter so that all state and humane society regulations are strictly enforced.
• To respond to all complaints within 15 minutes from the time received.

DIVISION MEASUREMENTS: ACTUAL ACTUAL ESTIMATED PROJECTED

2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Percent of Budget Expended 94.6% 91.7% 100.0% 100.0%
Number of Calls 6,035 6,263 6,524 6,800
Number of Animals Picked Up 858 718 624 700

Number of Animals Returned, Adopted or Rescued 157 426 421 266 400
Number of Citations Issued 5 19 38 40