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Commissioners back limited contract with regional animal services; staff to negotiate emergency weekend coverage

2390134 · February 26, 2025
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After a multi-week review, commissioners supported a middle-tier contract with a regional joint animal-services provider to restore consistent animal-control services, asked staff to negotiate a small emergency-weekend add-on with the sheriff’s office, and set a target of implementing the service by April if negotiations succeed.

Mason County commissioners on Feb. 24 discussed options to restore and strengthen animal-control services after a multi-year gap in dedicated animal-control staffing.

Staff described three vendor-proposed options from a regional provider: a $50,000 "housing only" option that would provide a place to hold animals; a mid-level option (about $175,000) that would provide weekday field response and use…

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