A proposal to fine people caught dumping unwanted pets and other animals will get a council vote after all.

Councilwoman Teri Castillo (D5), Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito (D7), and Councilman Marc Whyte (D10) filed a three-signature memo on Friday morning to force a city council vote creating fines between $500 and $2,000 for people caught abandoning animals in the city.

The three councilmembers asked staff to add the item to the council’s Sept. 11 agenda, a week after it was supposed to be up for a vote.

Alderete Gavito is the author of a council consideration request (CCR) that prompted Thursday’s proposal. The same trio of councilmembers forced another meeting three weeks ago over what they saw as San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones overreaching her authority to change how counc

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