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Wilson County hears update on animal shelter expansion; director details K-9 and prison-training placements
Summary
At a Wilson County Animal Control meeting, the department director outlined a shelter expansion timeline, said the project is within budget, and described partnerships that placed shelter dogs with a Virginia police department and a Tennessee prison-training program.
Wilson County officials heard an update on the county animal shelter’s planned building expansion and new placement programs at a regular Animal Control meeting. Chair (unnamed) presided, and Steve, the department director, described the construction timeline, budget status and partnerships sending dogs to a Virginia police K-9 unit and to a prison-based training program in Tennessee.
The report matters because the expansion, if completed on the stated timeline and budget, would provide the county with additional shelter capacity while administrators say new placement programs are reducing long-term housing needs and related costs. The director said the county expects to advertise bids in September, award a contract in November and begin site work in January or February.
Steve, the director, told the committee the new building will be a concrete-block structure with a brick veneer to match the existing facility and that the addition will sit behind the current building…
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