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Animal Services – continued <br /> <br />• Program administration and development: <br />o Oversaw and sustained a volunteer program averaging approximately 1000 <br />hours per month. <br />o Oversaw a community spay/neuter program responsible for hundreds of <br />surgeries and involving close collaboration with the Department of Social <br />Services and AnimalKind (which runs The $20 Fix). <br />o Collaborated with staff and others to begin to carry out a balanced and <br />manageable plan to address free-roaming cats as part of the county’s effort to <br />effectively manage pet overpopulation <br />o Oversaw a pet registration program with a strong web-licensing component <br />responsible for total revenues of almost $250,000. <br /> <br />Performance Measures 2013-14 <br />Actual <br />2014-15 <br />Actual <br />2015-16 <br />Budget <br />2015-16 <br />Projected <br />2016-17 <br />Budget <br />Service: Provide low-cost or free spay/neuter surgeries to target audience <br />Number of low-cost spays and neuters 465 479 525 300 400 <br />Percentage of target SN number <br />(Target > 5 per 1,000 humans) <br />Goal = 600 <br /> <br />77% <br />Goal = 600 <br /> <br />80% <br />Goal = 600 <br /> <br />88% <br />Goal=600 <br /> <br />79% <br />Goal=600 <br /> <br />79% <br />Service: Pet Licensing Program <br />Total number 20,833 19,367 19,000 19,149 19,350 <br />Online licensing percentage 26% 28% 27% <br /> <br />33% 35% <br />Service: Maintain strong Volunteer Program <br />Average weekly volunteer hours 234 232 265 250 250 <br />Number of annual volunteers 1,794 1,738 1,825 750* 800* <br />Service: Community Relations and Leadership <br />Admitted (cats and dogs) <br /> <br />• Per 1,000 humans <br />2,949 <br /> <br /> 21 <br />2,879 <br /> <br />21 <br />2,700 <br /> <br />19 <br />2,755 <br /> <br />20 <br />2,700 <br /> <br />19 <br />Euthanasia (cats and dogs) <br /> <br />• Per 1,000 humans <br />801 <br /> <br />6 <br />813 <br /> <br />6 <br />750 <br /> <br />7 <br />757 <br /> <br />6 <br />725 <br /> <br />5 <br />* New computer program adds actual yearly volunteers, whereas approach before added individual number of <br />monthly volunteers, causing regular volunteers to be counted up to 12 times in one year <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />