Oklahoma Animal Shelter 2023 Comps Survey
Common Bonds is collecting information from animal shelters in Oklahoma to create a data set that compares shelter resource in four area: shelter budgets/staff sizes/wages, shelter practices and services, the municipal relationship and ordinances, and shelter technology. We will produce a topline of results that identifies your shelter only by budget and staff size. Our goal is to create a comprehensive resource that will be helpful to you when hiring new employees, considering new shelter practices and policies, and managing the municipal government relationship. As an incentive, five organizations that complete the survey will be selected by Best Friends Animal Society to receive one of the following:

$5,000 grant
$3,000 grant
$1,000 grant
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Thank you for adding your organization's information to the Common Bonds 2023 survey of Oklahoma Animal Shelters. To complete the survey, you will need to gather some basic information about your shelter. Thank you for taking the time needed to complete the survey by July 21, 2023. 

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PART 1: Animal Shelter Budgets, Staff Sizes, and Wages
The following questions seek information about your annual budget, your full-and-part-time staff sizes, and staff wages.
What is your name and shelter role?
What is the name of your animal shelter?
What is your shelter type? 
Clear selection
What was your animal shelters total intake for 2022?
What is your animal shelter's total annual budget? (most recent fiscal year)
What is the size of your animal shelter's full-time staff?
Clear selection
What is the size of your animal shelter's part-time staff?
Clear selection
What is the size of your animal shelter's volunteer staff? (if applicable)
Clear selection
What is your animal shelter's total annual budget for full and part-time salaries?
Clear selection
What is the shelter manager's current annual salary?
Column 1
$20,000 - $30,000
$30,000 - $40,000
$40,000 - $50,000
$50,000 - $60,000
$60,000 - $70,000
$70,000 - $80,000
$80,000 - $90,000
$90,000 - $100,000
$100,000 +
Unsure
Prefer Not to Answer
Clear selection
Number of years in current position?
Clear selection
What is the current annual salary of your shelter's supervisors (if applicable)? If more than one supervisor, please list all supervisor positions and salaries?
$30k - $35k
$35k - $40k
$40k - $50k
$50k - $60k
$60k - $70k
$70k - $80k
$80k +
Prefer not to answer
Supervisor 1
Supervisor 2
Supervisor 3
Supervisor 4
Supervisor 5
Clear selection
What are the current annual salaries of your city's ACO's and their years in the position? 
$20k - $25k
$25k - $30k
$30k - $40k
$40k - $50k
$50k - $60k
$60k +
Prefer not to answer
ACO 1
ACO 2
ACO 3
ACO 4
ACO 5
ACO 6
ACO 7
ACO 8
ACO 9
ACO 10
Clear selection
How many years have your ACO's been in their current positions?
Less than 1 year
1-2 years
2-5 years
5-10 years
10-20 years
20 + years
Unsure
ACO 1
ACO 2
ACO 3
ACO 4
ACO 5
ACO 6
ACO 7
ACO 8
ACO 9
ACO 10
Clear selection
Does your shelter have a veterinarian? 
Clear selection
If yes, please tell us more about the working relationship.
Full-time
Part-time
Contract Full-time
Contract Part-time
Occasional Visits
No
Other
Vet 1
Vet 2
Vet 3
Vet Tech 1
Vet Tech 2
Vet Tech 3
What do you pay your vet staff? (if applicable)
$20K - $30K
$30k - $40k
$40k - $50k
$50k - $60k
$60k - $70k
$70k - $80k
$80k - $90k
$90k - $100k
$100k +
Unsure
Vet 1
Vet 2
Vet 3
Vet Tech 1
Vet Tech 2
Vet Tech 3
Clear selection
What is the current hourly pay rate for your shelter's kennel staff? (if more than one list the five highest hourly pay rates)
$7.25
$7.25 to $10
$10 to $15
$10 to $20
$20 +
Staff 1
Staff 2
Staff 3
Staff 4
Staff 5
Staff 6
Staff 7
Staff 8
Staff 9
Staff 10
Clear selection
How long have your kennel staff been in their current position?
Less than 1 yr
1-2 yrs
2-5 yrs
5-10 yrs
10 + yrs
Staff 1
Staff 2
Staff 3
Staff 4
Staff 5
Staff 6
Staff 7
Staff 8
Staff 9
Staff 10
Clear selection
PART 2: Shelter Practices and Services
The following questions seek information about your shelter's animal management and operational policies.
Does your shelter require an appointment to surrender an animal?
What is the intake jurisdiction for your shelter?
Do you have animal intake agreements with other communities?
If yes, how many separate agreements are in place and what are the reimbursement rates?
Please list the cities and counties you have agreements with:
How much are your adoption fees for cats and dogs?
Less than $50
$50 - $75
$75 - $100
$100 - $150
$150 - $200
More than $200
Dogs
Cats
Clear selection
What is your shelter's stray-hold policy for cats and dogs?
3 days
5 days
7 days
Longer than 7 days
None
Dogs
Cats
Clear selection
If longer than 7 days, how many days?
Are you able to waive adoption fees?
Clear selection
Are your shelter animals spayed/neutered before they are eligible for adoption? 
Does your shelter provide animal vaccinations at intake?
If no, please describe briefly why vaccinations are not administered at intake.
Does your community have access to low-cost medical services?
Clear selection
Does your shelter provide low-cost medical services to the public?
Clear selection
Are your shelter animals microchipped before they are eligible for adoption?
What ways do you provide surgery for adopted animals?
What programs do you currently administer? 
If other, please list
Does your shelter have a Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) or best practices manual/document? 
If yes, would you be willing to share a link to your shelter's SOP manual/doc so that Common Bonds could include in a toolkit of animal shelter resources? Please share link to document below or send to kellyburley@commonbondsok.org 
Does your shelter have a disaster emergency operations plan for the following? 
If yes, would you be willing to share a link to your shelter's disaster emergency operations plans so that Common Bonds could include in a toolkit of animal shelter resources? Please share link to document below or send to kellyburley@commonbondsok.org 
Which of the following are most important to you?
Most Important
2nd most important
3rd most important
4th most important
5th most important
6th most important
7th most important
8th most important
9th most important
10th most important
Least important
New/bigger shelter
New/more kennels
More affordable vet contracting options
More staff
Bigger city budget
Grant writing
Establishment of a 'Friends' Group
More transport options
Stronger relationships with municipality
Stronger relationships with community
New vehicles/equipment
Clear selection
PART 3: The Municipal Relationship and Ordinances
The final set of questions seeks to learn more about various aspects of your animal shelter within the municipal government structure, additional budget information, and your municipal animal ordinances.
A: Reporting Structure
Which city department does your animal shelter report to?
Clear selection
If other, please list name of department. 
what is the title of your direct supervisor (police chief/major/captain, code enforcement director, other) 
Clear selection
If other, please list title of supervisor. 
Who does/do your ACO/s report to?
Clear selection
If other, please list who your ACO's report to
Has your city/supervisory department ever re-directed a portion of your budget to cover expense lines elsewhere?