The San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter was the subject of an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement approved by the Hays County Commissioners Court on Tuesday between the county and the cities of San Marcos, Kyle and Buda.

Among other things, the agreement lays out the historical cost distribution among those parties and what percentage of the population of the shelter – which is the only intake facility in the county – has come from each of those jurisdictions during recent years.

The agre...