A $14,000 increase in monies allocated to the San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter (SMRAS) is how much Buda expects to pay for its services in 2019.

But the move for a new agreement, approved by a unanimous 6-0 vote from the Buda City Council, also came with support of turning the SMRAS into a near no-kill shelter in the future. Council member Lee Urbanovsky was absent and did not vote at the meeting.

“We need to pay our fair share for this, so we can get up to a no-kill or up to a 90-percent....