Animal shelter report, interlocal agreements: Check out 3 updates from Allen City Council

At a recent City Council meeting, Allen officials discussed interlocal agreements, received a report from the Allen Animal Shelter advisory committee and more.

Here’s everything you need to know about Allen City Council’s March 10 meeting.

1. Allen Animal Shelter advisory committee report

Board member Kitri Stephens presented a report on the Allen Animal Shelter, showing the daily shelter population decreased year over year.

In 2025, there were an average of 25 animals at the shelter per day, according to city documents. Compared to an average of 37 animals per day in 2024, this shows an approximately 32.4% decrease.

“We were able to adopt out 402 animals to their forever homes, and that’s something that we’re very proud of,” Stephens said of adoptions in 2025.

In addition, the shelter returned 308 missing animals to their owners, city documents show.

2. Interlocal agreement with city of Lavon for radio services

As part of the consent agenda, council members approved an interlocal agreement between the cities of Allen, Plano and Lavon.

The cities of Allen and Plano have had an interlocal agreement to share a radio system for municipal services since 2018, city documents state.

The new agreement, which will be automatically renewed for up to 10 years, allows the city of Lavon to use the radio system as well, per city documents.

3. Amended and restated composting agreement

Council members also approved an amendment to the Regional Composting Interlocal Agreement as part of the meeting’s consent agenda.

The member cities of the North Texas Municipal Water District—including Allen, Plano, Richardson, McKinney and Frisco—established a regional composting program in 2003 with the goal of extending the landfill’s life, per city documents.

If approved by all five member cities, there will be three changes to the contract, including:

• Extending the composting agreement through Sept. 30, 2030
• Establishing a process to determine and allocate any annual surplus or deficit in the contractor’s operating budget among all five member cities
• Requiring that NTMWD and the member cities begin discussing any program modifications two years before the current term expires

Also of note

Allen City Council approved the first phase of the city’s Downtown Catalyst Project, which includes a $17 million mixed-use development.

When completed, the site will feature 18,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, a public pocket park, a stage and temporary parking, per city documents.

What’s next

The next City Council meeting is scheduled for March 24. Community members can find more details on the city’s calendar.