City officials’ plans to convert a city-owned building into a new animal shelter could be completed earlier than expected.City Manager Joe Hines told city council members Tuesday that the facility could be finished within a year to 18 months.“I’m actually making some progress,” Hines said. “We started taking some steps.”The municipal building on S. Dallas Ave. was used as storage until city officials looked into converting it into an animal shelter.The city has an animal shelter near the landfill, but it is too small to keep up the growing number of abandoned and stray dogs.To get it ready, the building ...