Overview
- City Council unanimously approved a construction contract with F.A. Nunnelly, using voter-approved 2022 bond funds.
- Groundbreaking is scheduled for February, with completion targeted for fall 2027.
- The new hospital is planned at about 14,500 square feet—roughly five times the current 3,000-square-foot clinic—with an X-ray suite and laboratory space.
- Kennel capacity for treatment and recovery will rise from 73 to 171, and the existing clinic will be repurposed for offices and isolation, including a parvovirus ward.
- Officials say greater spay-neuter and treatment capacity should reduce euthanasia linked to medical and space constraints, which exceeded 1,800 animals last fiscal year.